A twelfth mega vessel for OOCL 
Orient Overseas Container Line (Oocl) celebrated the naming of its twelfth and final vessel in the 24,188 teu series, "OOCL Portugal," at a ceremony held at the Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co. (Nacks) shipyard. This marks the completion of OOCL's... more
Green truck collects dirty waste
The US waste management company Recology is testing North America's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse collection vehicle in San Francisco, CA (USA). The truck was developed in partnership with New Way Trucks and Hyzon. Recology will be the first waste and... more
Cargo Ai picks Fintech veteran
Launched in February 2023, Cargo Ai’s Cargo Wallet software has quickly gained traction and today facilitates cargo payments in over 47 currencies. The digital enabler has now appointed the global payment expert Olivier Veyrac as its senior vice president for Cargo Wallet.... more
Supporting a Savannah site
Armlogi has expanded its site at the Port of Savannah, thus enhancing capacity at its busiest warehouse in the USA. Dubbed SAV1, the warehouse has handled over 800 container shipments since its launch in 2021. 300 more are expected soon. It is this increase in demand that has... more
Subsidies for services and not for companies
The revision of its freight transport act and temporary bridging finance for single wagonload transport are to modernise the country’s freight transport sector and promote multimodal services, said transport minister Albert Rösti at the general assembly of the Swiss Shippers’... more
Commercial fleet to more than double by 2043
In its 2024 commercial market outlook (CMO) for China, a long-term forecast of demand for commercial airplanes and related services, Boeing predicts that China will more than double its commercial airplane fleet by 2043 as its aviation industry expands and modernises to meet... more
An e-truck for long-haul beer deliveries
The Swiss brewer Feldschlösschen used an e-truck for its beverage transport operations for the first time in 2013. It has gradually extended its fleet to a total of 20 fully electric Renault Trucks since then, recently adding a 44 t Renault Trucks E-Tech T. With its six... more
Peel Ports welcomes head of marine for Scotland
Alex McIntosh has been appointed to the senior position at Peel Ports Clydeport as the first women to hold the role for the port group in Scotland. She recently returned to the business after becoming its first ever female pilot in Scotland in early 2010. Now based at the... more
New 13,100 teu containership for Wan Hai
Wan Hai Lines held a naming ceremony for the new 13,100 teu containership, “Wan Hai A17”, at Samsung Heavy Industries' shipyard on 23 August. This vessel is the tenth in a series of thirteen, featuring environmentally friendly engines and "smart ship notation"... more
Coming soon: autonomous distribution yards
In a market first, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America (MEAA) has introduced “Hub Pilot”, a platform as a service (PaaS) to support autonomous distribution yard logistics. The technology uses infrastructure-based perception, high-definition mapping and sensors to... more