Itco president hands over baton 
Paul Gooch, director of The Logical Group, a supply chain & logistics consultancy, has been elected as president of Itco, the International Tank Container Organisation, for a two-year mandate, commencing 1 January 2024. With over 45 years’ experience supply chain and... more
16,617 t of CO2 emissions saved in six years
Girteka and Cargo Beamer have completed the 20,000th Girteka semi-trailer transport on a Cargo Beamer train since the start of their collaboration six years ago. The main artery for their intermodal operations has since been the route from Kaldenkirchen (Germany) to Domodossola... more
Spict invests in sustainable technology
South Pacific International Container Terminal (Spict) in the Port of Lae, Papua New Guinea, has expanded its operations by acquiring two new Mitsui hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTG). These gantries use a combination of a smaller diesel engine and a lithium-ion battery,... more
H.Esser moves into Italy's healthcare market
Logistics provider H.Essers is acquiring Romano Transporti. The Italian road haulage company operates nationally and internationally with a special focus on the healthcare sector. For H.Essers, the takeover is part of its strategy to expand its healthcare logistics network in... more
Four American carriers launch new rail service
In response to customer demand, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has started a new domestic intermodal service connecting Mexico’s growing industrial market to Florida, North Carolina, and other US markets. The new service is operated in partnership with Mexico-based Ferromex,... more
U-Freight: more robots in Hong Kong hub
The Hong Kong based company U-Freight has expanded the autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and intelligent racking system in its warehouse. 1,115 sqm of the company’s e-commerce fulfilment centre in Kwai Chung have been equipped with an AMR and intelligent racking system, and... more
Good news from Hong Kong
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has released the air traffic figures for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for September 2023. HKIA handled 3.3 million passengers and 24,190 flight movements during the month. Cargo throughput continued to grow in September,... more
Quicker handling of goods trains
The European wagon hire company VTG will be using the PJ Monitoring's (PJM) automatic brake testing system for handling goods trains in future. The new system will bring enormous efficiency gains, VTG says. For a 500 m long goods train, manual checks of the brakes take around 40... more
New president for Wiggins Airways
Ameriflight has appointed Paul Halter, vice president of airline operations at Ameriflight, as new president for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wiggins Airways. This leadership change comes after current Wiggins Airways president, Donna Nixon, announced her retirement after 36... more
Stef publishes its trimester results
Stef, a provider of temperature-controlled transport and logistics services for food products, has announced sales of EUR 959 million for Q3/2023, a drop of 1.3%. For Stef France, volumes handled in the fresh flow and supermarket segments continued to contract. The seafood... more