SSY hires Roar Adland 
Independent shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has appointed Roar Adland to the role of global head of research, effective from May 2023. Internationally recognised with over twenty years of professional experience, Adland has built an reputation as one of the most... more
Girteka banking on Chereau technology
Decarbonising road haulage is a complex issue. It is not enough to introduce alternative fuels; companies need to cooperate and share their knowledge and best practices. Although the obvious solution to reduce the road transport sector’s carbon footprint seems to lie in... more
C02 emission calculator for all transport modes
Nippon Express Holding has launched an “NX-Green” calculator. The tool calculates and visualises CO2 emissions from origin to destination for international air, ocean (including river barge), truck, and rail transport when users simply enter the origin and destination of a... more
Qatar Airways Cargo: an all-women crew
Qatar Airways Cargo celebrated a landmark flight on Sunday, 5 March 2023, as its scheduled Boeing 777 freighter from Doha to Shanghai was operated entirely of a crew of made up of women. From the ground staff overseeing and handling the cargo to the flight deck crew... more
L.I.T. renews contracts ahead of schedule
L.I.T. (Logistik, Information, Transport) has extended the contracts of its board members ahead of schedule for another five years. All four board members - Fokke Fels, Simeon Breuer, Julian Lachnitt and Ingo Schreiber - will continue to work for the group until 31 December... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In Rostov (Southern Russia) in 2013, a dispute between two young men over the German philosopher Immanuel Kant allegedly got out of hand and ended in a shooting. more
ZIM happy with "exceptional year"
The Israeli company ZIM released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022, which president & CEO Eli Glickman qualified as "an exceptional year". Net income for the full year was USD 4.63 billion (2021: USD 4.65 billion). Adjusted... more
Robots handle 55,000 units
DB Schenker has commissioned one of the largest automated e-commerce facilities for its retail customers in Spain, Portugal and France. Operations began at the 50,000 sqm warehouse in Guadalajara with 150 newly created workstations, more than 200 robots and an optimised... more
Investing billions of francs in road network
Switzerland is planning to spend around CHF 2.8 billion on the construction, expansion, maintenance, and operation of its national road network this year. The federal department of the environment, transport, energy and communications (Detec) approved the "2023... more
Cessation of Covid-19 subsidies leads to loss
Swiss railfreight operator SBB Cargo closed the year 2022 with a loss of CHF 187.4 million, having generated a profit of CHF 1.1 million in 2021. The reason for this downturn is attributed to the cessation of the Covid-19 subsidies which the company had previously received from... more