ERA certificate awarded for Sweden and Denmark 
TX Logistik will be operating in Denmark and Sweden with a new single safety certificate. In the successful re-certification, the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) assured the company that it fulfils all legal requirements for safe railway operations in both... more
Threefold replacement of APAC services
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the Singapore-based conjunction of the three biggest Japanese Container carriers, is launching three new Southeast Asia to Australia services as a direct replacement of existing routes. The new services will commence in early March, subject to... more
UK e-truck manufacturer set for mass production
Tevva has secured the European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for its 7.5 t battery-electric truck, which means that the company can start producing and selling in volume in UK and Europe. Tevva is the first British company to receive an ECWTA for a 7.5t... more
Good tidings for Nairobi's horticulture sector
Kenya's logistic company Mitchell Cotts Group, Perishable Movements Kenya Limited (PMKL) and Fresh Handling Kenya Limited have together inaugurated the first vacuum cooling service at the land-side of the air cargo terminal facility in JKIA, Nairobi. The already commissioned... more
Opening a third office in Belgium
Bremen-based logistics company Röhlig Logistics opened a new office at Liege Airport on 1 January 2023. Liege Airport, a pan-European air freight hub, is located at the centre of the ‘Golden Triangle’ between Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt, which is criss-crossed by 70% of... more
Tanger Med in 2022
The Tanger Med port ecosystem, located on the Mediterranean, handled an overall tonnage of almost 108 million t in 2022, up 6% compared to 2021. This throughput represents approximately 54% of all port tonnage carried out in Morocco. The almost 7.6 million teu moved in 2022 were... more
Korean Register reappoints Lee Hyungchul
The current chairman and CEO of Korean Register (KR) Lee Hyungchul is extending his tenure for three more years, as he was elected as the company’s twenty-fifth chairman and CEO at the extraordinary meeting of KR’s general assembly on 22 December 2022. During his thirty... more
Second sister for the Baltic Sea
The “Finncanopus”, the second of the new series ro-pax vessels, has now touched water in the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai. It follows its sister “Finnsirius”, which was launched in August 2022. The new superstar class cargo-passenger vessels, which will enter... more
Iberia Group and Vueling teams save lives
The IAG group is the main partner of Spain’s National Transplant Organisation (ONT), carrying out more than 87% of its commercial air transfers. The three airlines -Iberia, Iberia Express, and Vueling- work with the ONT to make sure that organs arrive on time and save lives.... more
Nurminen expands Finnish business
The Estonian state-owned railway company Operail has signed the contract to sell its subsidiary Operail Finland, which provides freight transport services in Finland, to the Finnish logistics company Nurminen Logistics. The sales price is EUR 27.7. The purchase will take effect... more