MOU to solve safety issues 
Representatives of Cargo Incident Notification System (Cins), Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (Chirp), Container Owners Association (COA), International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (Ichca), and Ship Message Design Group (Smdg) signed a... more
A big acquisition in US transport
Knight-Swift is acquiring US Xpress for about USD 808 million, excluding transaction costs. After the transaction is completed, which is expected for Q2-Q3/2023, US Xpress will continue as a separate brand and operation. At the same time, cross-functional teams made up of... more
US railroads pilot emergency dispatching system
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and emergency management agencies in Sumner County, Tennessee have jointly piloted the addition of Askrail data to their emergency management dispatching system. By training and working with dispatch centres, all first responders... more
Newest low-water ship now in operation
HKG Shipping (Cologne) and materials manufacturer Covestro commissioned a new low-water vessel earlier this month. "Courage" is to supply Covestro’s customers with finished products from its sites in North Rhine-Westphalia with immediate effect. The identically... more
Lyte Aviation’s vision for a next-gen aircraft
The future face of regional aviation doesn’t have to be complex or look futuristic, says Freshta Farzam, founder and CEO of Lyte Aviation. With ten years’ experience in the green hydrogen and aviation sectors, Farzam’s new company fronts a distinctively conventional airframe... more
Jettainer strengthens team in Abu Dhabi
Jettainer, a global specialist in unit load device (ULD) management, is strengthening its foothold in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent and welcoming Rammohan Krishnaswamy, a seasoned aviation expert, to its branch office in Abu Dhabi. In his newly created... more
Europa Air & Sea takes off in Delhi
Europa Air & Sea has inaugurated a new office in Delhi, India, following the successful launch of the company’s latest sites in Shanghai (China) and Dubai (UAE), which both opened in 2022. The new facility in Delhi is Europa’s first step into the Indian Subcontinent and... more
Kalmar to deliver heavy e-forklift to Austria
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has secured an order from Austrian rail logistics service provider Innofreight for a Kalmar heavy electric forklift. This unit is the first of its kind to be delivered to a customer anywhere in the world. Kalmar’s first heavy electric forklift is to... more
Savannah increases national market share
With over 2 million teu for FY/2022 ending 31 December 2022, the Port of Savannah handled one out of every 8.8 loaded teus in USA. This was the highest market share Georgia’s deepwater port has ever achieved. GPA’s share of the US container trade posted an increase of 0.7%.... more
Gold nuggets seized on their way to Hong Kong
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stationed at the Port of Cincinnati seized an outbound shipment declared as containing clothing after they discovered it also contained loose gold and gold bars worth far more than the declared value of USD 125. Officers... more