"Curiosity of the Day" 
On a corpse from Egypt from about 3,000 years ago, remains of about 30 tattoos were found, including lotuses, cows and monkeys. more
Hupac to run more trains to Italy 
Swiss combined transport operator Hupac is increasing the frequency of its train services between Germany and Italy as of today, Monday 5 September 2022. They will now run six round trips a week between Duisburg (Germany) and Pordernone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy), -... more
Future Port starts operations
Tuas Port‘s first three berths are now operational. PSA inaugurated the new facilities after the completion of the first development phase, a milestone in Singapore’s maritime strategy. The port is located on Singapore's western seaboard. Planned as the nucleus of... more
TFI International selling a big piece
TFI International, a Canadian transport and logistics group that is also operates in USA and Mexico, has decided to sell CFI’s truckload and Mexican non-asset logistics businesses to Heartland Express. The price was USD 525.0 million, subject to customary closing adjustments and... more
Etihad Cargo enhances customer services
Etihad Cargo's customer contact centre handles over 13,000 transactions per month, including customer enquiries and feedback, bookings and information requests. As the latest step in the carrier's digitalisation and continuous improvement journey, Etihad Cargo has... more
A dozen new rail vehicles
German rail vehicle lessor Northrail has ordered the last twelve locomotives from the framework purchase agreement with the manufacturer Siemens. The contract covers a total of 30 Vectron Dual Mode locomotives, which have a combined diesel and electric drive. Northrail has... more
Changes at Bertling Logistics
Urs Schaerer (left) is joining Bertling Logistics as logistics group technical director. He started his career in the 1990s as an engineer for ABB in Switzerland. Since then he has specialised in heavy transport engineering and his career has taken him around the world, working... more
Taag extends cooperation with Spanish GSA
Taag Angola Airlines, which is already working with GSA Summerwind in Spain, is also outsourcing its sales in Portugal to this partner that has more than 30 years of experience, including in the cargo business. Apart from Madrid, which the Southwest African airline resumed... more
Preferring sea freight to road traffic
It is now one year ago that Hansa Destinations launched its new shipping service between Nynäshamn and Rostock. The Visby-based shipping company Gotlandsbolaget’s investment in shipping between the continent and the Stockholm region is intended to reduce pressure on Sweden's... more
Hempel picks Michael Hansen
Michael Hansen will succeed Lars Petersson as group president and CEO of Hempel, a coatings company, on 15 October 2022. Petersson is leaving Hempel to take up the position of president and CEO of Velux Group. Hansen joined Hempel as CCO in May 2017 and is part of the... more