“Rail.Hub” wins German Logistics Award 2024 
This year’s German Logistics Award goes to Denkinger Internationale Spedition for its “Rail.Hub” project. The medium-sized transport and logistics company impressed the jury with a mix of ideas and innovations and their rapid and consistent implementation. Denkinger has... more
A train to link Swarzedz with Barcelona
The Captrain Group has launched a new regular pan-European service for the intermodal specialist Clip Group. The new train runs two weekly roundtrips between the Swarzedz terminal in Poland and Barcelona in Spain. The tractions are operated jointly by Captrain’s companies in... more
Supporting Hong Kong's gold storage strategy
Since 2009, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has been operating the Precious Metals Depository at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to facilitate physical bullion trading and settlement activities. With a capacity for 150 t, the depository has been providing secure... more
Uber Freight's Mexican milestone
Uber Freight is seeing double-digit growth as it hits a milestone of USD 750 million in freight under management in the Mexican market. From its large base at Laredo, Texas, the logistics provider operates services across the border, with offerings such as brokerage, managed... more
UP’s KCIT to open in mid-2025
The new Kansas City Intermodal Terminal (KCIT) will be located west of downtown Kansas City, MO (USA) on an existing property of the class I railway and will serve both domestic and international containerised shipments of grains, consumer goods, refrigerated products, and pet... more
Overseeing Air Partner’s cargo division
Global aviation services provider Air Partner, a Wheels Up company, has appointed Eliska Hill as senior vice president of cargo for the UK and rest of the world. Bringing over 25 years of aviation experience, she has held senior positions at Chapman Freeborn in the UK and... more
Damen delivers first CF 3850 vessel
Damen Shipyards has delivered the first of three combi freighters (CF) 3850 to Reederei M. Lauterjung at Vietnam’s Ba Son Shipyard. The vessel, named “MV Arion”, will operate under the charter name “Amadeus Pearl” after reaching Europe. This delivery marks Damen’s first... more
FedEx to boost shipping capacity in Honduras
Federal Express Corporation has launched a new flight connecting Miami, Guatemala and Honduras. This new route offers a daily cargo capacity of up to 23,587 kg and enhanced connectivity for Central American businesses when importing and exporting to the USA and the rest of the... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Worldwide, women and girls without access to a toilet spend over 97 billion hours a year looking for a place to relieve themselves. In 2019, this was almost twice as much time as all people worldwide spent on Netflix in the entire year (51 billion hours). more
Rest stations for drivers in India
Amazon’s Ashray project is providing its delivery associates with rest points in India, aiming to set up five pilot centres in the country’s major cities. The inaugural site was opened in Gurugram, Dehli NCR, in late August, while two further ones came on stream this month... more