Moving reefers by train saves up to 83% CO2 
In coordination with PSA BDP, PSA Italy has launched its first sustainable refrigerated containers rail service in Europe. The new Port+ solution runs on PSA Italy’s Southern Express rail service between Basel (Switzerland) and the Port of Genoa (Italy). The service offers... more
Northwest Seaport Alliance names COO
The Northwest Seaport Alliance welcomes Jeff Bellerud as chief operating officer. He will oversee marine operations including rail, road, terminals, breakbulk operations, and management of the waterway. With extensive strategic level experience in terminal operations and... more
Another big player for Vacad
Georgi Handling, another industry heavyweight, has joined the German Air Cargo Handlers Association (Vacad). The air cargo handler, which operates in Frankfurt and Leipzig, expanded its capacities this year. After Dnata and CHI Aviation Handling, Georgi Handling is the third... more
A weekend engine rush
B&H Worldwide has successfully transported an aircraft engine to Northern Rescue Helicopter’s Whangerei Base, New Zealand. The aviation logistics provider had a strict deadline to ship the Sikorsky S-76 engine from the Sunshine Coast, Australia to Whangerei. It received... more
ONE adds Nagasaki unit
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the creation of a new subsidiary, One Dejima, in Nagasaki City, Japan. This initiative, supported by the Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki City, Fukuoka Financial Group, and the Juhachi-Shinwa Bank, aims to extend ONE's global network and... more
Driver facility for 120 trucks to open next year
DP World has broken ground on a new driver welfare facility at its Southampton logistics hub in the UK. Construction works are expected to take 40 weeks. When complete, the GBP 15 million (EUR 17.5 million) facility will provide the drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs)... more
Christian Spengler appointed CFO
Kögel Trailer has appointed a new CFO from its own ranks. Christian Spengler (right), who will assume his new role on 1 January 2024, can look back on a long career as a financial expert and controller. A banker by trade with a degree in business administration, Spengler... more
Air cargo from Russia to lighten up Bangladesh
Shodesh Shipping & Logistic Company, member of the PCN and WCA Projects Network, was nominated as an exclusive logistics agent in Bangladesh to handle and deliver the first seven batches of highly sensitive nuclear fuel to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). The... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The world's first crossword puzzle was published almost 100 years ago, in the Christmas supplement of the New York World newspaper on 21 December 1913. more
Albatros Express expands network
Transfracht will add two new terminals in Germany, Duisburg and Kreutal, to its Albatros Express network at the beginning of 2024. Both locations will be served with four weekly departures each. The additions will increase Transfracht’s network to 27 terminals and sux ports... more