New facility for perishables in Seaport 
Worldwide Perishables (WWP), based in New England (USA), has opened a new facility in the Seaport District of Boston, MA. In addition to the existing 3,716.12 sqm facility in the Chelsea Airline District, this new Seaport location will serve as a critical hub for WWP 's... more
Balancing traffic flows in Belgium and Spain
Transuniverse, a Belgian freight forwarder specialising in groupage services, has been working on a daily basis with Salvat Logistica since May 2023. The Spanish company operates important traffic flows to and from Belgium and has an extensive nationwide distribution network,... more
Braving the mistral on the waters 
Schmidbauer helps get an offshore wind farm off the coast of Marseille started. After more than three years of planning by Schmidbauer the offshore wind farm ‘Provence Grand Large’ off the coast of Fos-sur-Mer in the greater Marseille area is now being implemented. Its special... more
A hub for cross-border trade in Malaysia/Thailand
Construction of the new inland port BKH-ICD in Kedah in Malaysia near the border to Thailand is proceeding according to plan. Once in operation, the hub is designed to boost trade between the two countries, PKT Logistics said. The BKH-ICD Inland Port will be equipped with... more
Bimco elects Nikolaus H. Schües as president
At its general meeting in Hong Kong on Thursday, 25 May 2023, Bimco, the world’s largest shipping association, elected Nikolaus H. Schües, CEO and owner of Reederei F. Laeisz as its new president. Schües takes over as the 46th president of Bimco and the first German national to... more
Air Algérie: Airbus for long-haul flights
After having ordered eight B737 in March (see the upcoming ITJ 23-26/2023, p. 36), Air Algérie has now signed a firm order with Airbus for seven widebody aircraft. Algeria's national carrier has chosen five A330-900s and two A350-1000s. The European aircraft manufacturer... more
Speeding up rail services between China and Russia
The Russian transport companies Fesco and RZD Logistics are planning to introduce a joint Rail Jet service and recently signed an agreement to this effect. Rail Jet will offer regular and quick freight transport services between Manchuria in China and Moscow in Russia in future,... more
UECC and Repsol reach milestone
United European Car Carriers (UECC) and the Spanish energy company Repsol successfully completed the first LNG bunkering operation in the port of Sagunto (Spain) last month. UECC, a provider of sustainable short sea ro-ro transport services in Europe, thus demonstrated its... more
Geodis takes over Swiss provider ITS
Geodis has acquired ITS - International Transport & Shipping in Switzerland. ITS is an independent Swiss freight forwarder, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Reinach, in the canton of Baselland. The company’s main offering is high-tech “special services”, organising... more
A fresh first from Kenya to Brunei
Southeast Asian shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully transported its first shipments of avocados from Kenya to Brunei using Carrier Transicold’s innovative "Everfresh" controlled atmosphere system. Part of Carrier Global Corporation,... more