Moving to Mombasa 
Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened a new office in Mombasa, East Africa’s largest seaport. It is the company’s second location in Kenya, following the branch in the country’s capital Nairobi. SGL now operates twelve offices in Africa. With a growing middle class and... more
Supermarket gets first of 151 ordered e-trucks
Iveco has delivered the first eDaily two battery truck to retailer Tesco for its home delivery fleet. A further 150 vehicles will join the retailer’s expanding EV fleet towards the end of 2024. This first eDaily (42S14E) enables zero-carbon deliveries via its modular battery... more
Mode Global picks CFO
The third-party logistics (3Pl) company Mode Global has appointed Max Slivka as its new chief financial officer. Slivka brings more than a decade of experience in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and business transformations to his new role. “We are... more
Measuring wind conditions in real time
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Metro Weather have launched a demonstration experiment on the route between Tokyo and Fukuoka using Doppler lidar, a long-range wind condition measurement device installed on the ro-ro vessel “Musashi Maru”. It is the first Doppler lidar to be... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Kung-fu literally means "skill acquired through hard practice". more
Avia Solutions Group: twelve AOCs
Avia Solutions Group, a global Acmi (aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance) provider with a fleet of 199 aircraft, has finalised the acquisition of the Australian airline Skytrans. Running a fleet of thirteen regional aircraft, Skytrans specialises in regular public... more
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JAL now operates maindeck capacities again after many years. On 19 February Japan Airlines began operating scheduled flights with its own full-freighters again. A Boeing B767-300ERF joined the fleet recently, with two more coming this year. The units will serve a network... more
The countdown for OPS in Barcelona is on
The port of Barcelona’s first OPS for container vessels has arrived at the Best terminal, marking the start of the countdown to connect the first ships. The OPS substation, assembled by Denmark's Powercon company, will allow up to two container ships to be connected... more
Betting on BETs
Australia is retrofitting a diesel-electric freight train with batteries, aiming to is to run heavy haulage and general freight routes using battery technology. In this AUD 9.4 million (EUR 5.7 million) project, Aurizon, Australia’s largest railfreight hauler, will develop and... more
Duisport merges logistics services
Duisport will merge its subsidiaries Duisport Agency, Facility Logistics, and Bohnen Logistik into a new unit dubbed ‘Duisport Logistics & Port Services’ (DLPS). It will offer a wide range of services, including intermodal transport, container storage, contract logistics,... more