Delta Cargo to help combat illegal wildlife trade 
Delta Cargo believes that global airlines play a significant role in disrupting the supply chain of illegal wildlife trade and the company is committed to doing its part. Hence, Delta Cargo has signed the Buckingham Palace Declaration and joined United for Wildlife's Transport... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The sun delivers 1.5 x 1018 kWh of energy to the Earth's surface - one ten-thousandth of the world's energy needs in an entire year. more
Mirja Nibbe to lead CMA CGM Germany
Mirja Nibbe will become managing director of CMA CGM Germany on 1 June 2023. She will take over from Peter Wolf, who is retiring after having headed CMA CGM's German subsidiary for more than 31 years. Nibbe has overseen Hapag-Lloyd's global reefer container business as well... more
ESR opens new logistics facility near Tokyo
ESR Group has completed the ESR Higashi Ogishima Distribution Centre, the first-ever nine-storey logistics facility in Japan. The newly completed facility is close to the Haneda Airport and the port and central Tokyo, as well as the centres of Yokohama and Kawasaki city. The... more
DAF: a plant for sustainable transport solutions
DAF has opened a new assembly plant in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for the production of its latest generation of battery electric trucks. The XD and XF Electric are powered by Paccar e-Motors and equipped with battery packs of two up to five strings (210 to 525 kWh). The... more
Swiss Supply launches "Movement 32" campaign
The new promotion association "Swiss Supply" is launching a ten year campaign for the Swiss transport, logistics and supply industry. In this case, “Supply” involves all elements of the goods cycle such as purchasing, logistics, storage, transport, international... more
15.1% growth - despite challenges in the markets
All in all, Rhenus Alpina delivered a good performance in a positive business environment in FY/2022. The company’s Swiss operations generated a total revenue of CHF 532 million in 2022, which is 15.1% higher than the CHF 462 million posted in 2021. Thanks to its... more
Rwandair to serve Paris in two months' time
Rwandair is scheduled to launch new direct flights to Paris (CDG) for the first time on 27 June 2023. The new service will operate three times a week, giving customers access to one of Europe's economic powerhouses, as well as connecting France with Kigali (KGL), from where... more
First LNG-powered vessel calls at Puerto Cortés
On 25 April 2023, Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), the Honduran business unit of the Philippines-headquartered independent group International Container Terminal Services Inc. (Ictsi), welcomed the inaugural call of "Seaboard Blue". The first container... more
Four takeovers in two years
Expanding the international network: Eurotranspharma is taking over Alex International Transport (AIT), a major GDP transport provider in Romania. Now part of the French Walden Group, AIT was founded in 1994. It transports medicines and healthcare products both in Romania and... more