A Kiwi cold chain hub
Maersk has opened a new cold chain site at the Ruakura Superhub, its biggest infrastructure investment in New Zealand to date. Valued at NZD 140—150 million and built for multimodal activities, the 18,000 sqm cold chain facility will connect Maersk to key points for freight... more
HFW expands its Greek ship finance team
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its Greek ship finance offering with the hire of an executive team in Piraeus, led by partners Robin Parry and Ronan Le Du. Both have decades of experience on ship finance matters and join HFW alongside a team of... more
Eastern Airlines moves to the West
The Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, MO (EDCKC) and its partners have announced that Eastern Airlines has selected Kansas City, MO, for its new headquarters. The company has had a presence in Kansas City since 2021, when it purchased an MRO facility, Alta Aero... more
Hudson Bay Railway secures funding
The Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) will receive up to CAD 60 million (EUR 40.9 million) from the governments of Canada and its province Manitoba. These funds will allow to finish the upgrade work on the Hudson Bay Railway and to start redeveloping the port of Churchill, which are... more
"Curiosity of the Day"
When people laugh, they divide their breath into 1/15-second long bursts that are repeated every fifth of a second. more
Linking Jacksonville with South America
The ocean carrier MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has combined two existing container services to create a new direct route between the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) and the West Coast of South America. This new Ecuador-NWC and Scan Baltic-USA rotation, which now... more
Automotive focus
A second Euro–Mexican consolidated airfreight service. Cargo-Partner, a global logistics services provider from Vienna, has added a consolidated airfreight service from Frankfurt to the Mexican capital to its existing such link from Budapest. The option was designed with the... more
Codognotto conquers Dubai
The Codognotto Group, one of Italy’s largest providers of road haulage, intermodal, integrated logistics and sea/airfreight services, has added a Dubai branch to its network of 41 companies worldwide. Situated in the heart of the UAE megacity, the new office will serve as a... more
Intermodal service Alsace - Belgium launched
The 48-teu container train runs between the Lauterbourg Rhine Terminal (LRT) in Alsace (France) and the port of Antwerp in Belgium. The low-CO2 service was launched by Bolloré Logistics and is operated in partnership with LRT, Haeger & Schmidt, Wascosa, Fret SNCF and MSC.... more
Mycrane goes for growth in the USA
Mycrane, a global platform for online crane rental, has appointed Olga Dubinok as director of business development, USA, further strengthening its team in the USA. In her new role, Phoenix-based Dubinok’s task will be to drive continued growth in the USA, engaging with both... more