Three Canadian ports take up net-zero challenge 
After Canada’s federal minister of environment and climate change issued the net-zero challenge in August 2022, the ports of Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières began to join forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of maritime transport on the St. Lawrence River corridor.... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Humanity weighs approximately 287 million t, of which 15 million t are attributable to overweight people and 3.5 million t to obese people. more
Agility's acquisitions pay off in Q1/2023
Kuwait-based Agility ended Q1/2023 with earnings of KWD 15.3 million (EUR 45.7 million), an increase of 20% over the same period in 2022. Agility’s ebitda increased 78.1% to KWD 60.4 million (EUR 180.5 million) and revenue grew 142.7% to KWD 320.5 million (EUR 958 million).... more
Winning new business and expanding fleet
UK-based container logistics specialist MBBA in UK has expanded its trailer fleet and invested in 13 new skeletal trailers from Krone. The new equipment is to replace older units but also to help winning new and improved contracts from the company’s client base. Some of the... more
Now transporting wood
Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Gesellschaft (SETG) implements wooden wagon concept. On 15 March the ‘Sflexwood’, presented here a few months ago (see page 22 of ITJ 1-4 / 2023), was provided punctually for loading. The wagons of the first train composition had previously been... more
Beyond (east of) Munich: Japanese buy Cargo-Partner
The deal was signed on 12 May 2023: Japanese stock-listed Nippon Express Holdings (NX), which is also the parent company of Nippon Express, APC, Franco Vago and others, reached an agreement with the Austrian Cargo-Partner Group Holding and its subsidiaries Multi Transport und... more
First USA-Faroe service bookable from today
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced the USA’s first-ever nonstop service to the Faroe Islands with flights by Atlantic Airways between New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) and Vágar, the sole airport on the Faroe Islands. The seasonal weekly... more
Historic moment for Jaxport
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport), Florida’s No. 1 container port by volume and one of the USA’s major vehicle-handling ports, set a new port record with the arrival of the vessel “One Stork”, the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. This vessel is... more
Pharma expert Mark Maurer joins Loxxess
Loxxess, a medium-sized logistics company specialising in complex logistics and value-added services and headquartered in Tegernsee, Germany, has a new member on its executive board: Mark Maurer took over as managing director of Loxxess Pharma on 17 April 2023 and now acts as... more
VR launches first Dr19 locomotive in Finland
Finland’s rail company VR has started operating the first of a total of 60 diesel locomotives it ordered from manufacturer Stadler Rail a few days ago. With the new unit, the carrier can deploy larger trains and reduce its carbon footprint, VR said. The ordered locomotives... more