FOT: Martin von Känel to lead financing division 
Martin von Känel has been appointed vice director and new head of the financing division at the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), effective 1 December 2023. Currently director of the transport company Martigny et Region’s (TMR) and president of the cooperation platform of... more
UTC's urgent charter shipment to Chicago
UTC Overseas recently arranged a charter to transport aero-derivative gas turbines from Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, to Chicago, IL, USA. Once they arrived at ORD, UTC further coordinated the last-mile transport to multiple destinations to support power stations. In total,... more
A caravan from Seattle... 
...and one of Dreamliners from Charleston soon. Iraq’s national carrier is making great efforts to meet international standards again, also with brand-new aircraft from the USA. This represents an important step towards getting off the EU’s blacklist. more
Hong Kong airport expands services to mainland
Fred Lam, CEO of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong (AAHK), introduced the novel sea-air intermodal cargo transhipment initiative to John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR), and a group of legislative council members. Under this... more
Intermodal transport partners share data
Hupac, Kombiverkehr, Hoyer, Paneuropa, Lokomotion and Kombiterminal Ludwigshafen have founded the new company DX-Intermodal (DXI) to jointly operate the KV4.0 data hub, which went live in March. The new platform connects all players in combined transport - carriers,... more
ZIM christens two new vessels
At SHI Shipyard in Korea, the Israeli shipping company ZIM recently held a naming ceremony for "ZIM Mount Everest" and "ZIM Mount Blanc", two 15,000 teu LNG-powered vessels for its new fleet. “Godmothers” Alice Tham, ZIM Singapore country manager, and... more
Pharma offer diversified
Qatar Airways Cargo has relaunched and expanded its services offer to the pharma industry which was first introduced in 2014. Instead of two sub-categories, the carrier's portfolio now includes five sets of services – pharma critical advanced, pharma critical passive, pharma... more
A sorting solution to improve speed and accuracy
Automation and software company Fortna has partnered with Budbee, a Sweden-based tech firm, to enhance delivery services for their customers. The automated parcel system includes a new sorting solution that improves speed and accuracy for their new terminal in Jönköping, Sweden.... more
Berthod banking on green fleet
Berthod Transport is the first company in Valais, Switzerland, to own an electrically powered 40 t Volvo truck. The vehicle has a range of over 300 km, which is easily enough for domestic transports between Sion and Zurich. The Volvo FH electric truck is silent on the road... more
Rhenus Air & Ocean picks Florian Braun
Florian Braun assumed his position as new operating officer (COO) at logistics specialist Rhenus Air & Ocean on 1 April 2023. Braun succeeds Jan Harnisch, who was promoted to the company’s CEO and had continued his duties as COO in a dual role until a replacement could be... more