Ten more tippers for Cemex 
Building materials company Cemex has added ten new Volvo FM 460 8x4 tippers to its UK fleet, all meeting Transport for London’s direct vision standard (DVS) rating. The new trucks will work out of the depot in Greenwich and be used to deliver aggregates and sand to... more
A carrier for carbon
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (Nedo) has completed the conceptual design of a new vessel. A project entrusted by Nedo to Japan CCS also involved MOL which launched research and development (R&D) on the adoption of a large-scale... more
U-Freight Group promotes two executives
International freight services and logistics provider U-Freight Group (UFL) has promoted two key executives based at its headquarters in Hong Kong. Amy Wong has been promoted to chief administrative officer of U-Freight Group tasked with supervising the day-to-day... more
The world’s first airborne IoT network
Unilode Aviation Solutions and On Asset Intelligence have announced a massive network upgrade that now includes in-flight tracking capabilities. Unilode owns and operates the world’s largest digitally enabled ULD fleet, over 120,000 digital ULDs strong and growing. It is... more
Electric deliveries in Munich
A new city logistics concept is taking hold in Munich. Dachser will deliver its general cargo consignments with electric trucks in future. As from September 2022, companies and private recipients have been supplied exclusively by a fully electric 7.5 t Fuso e-Canter truck. Two... more
Green refrigeration technology for Azerbaijan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting transit capacity and import and export cargo capacity in Azerbaijan by providing a loan of up to USD 4 million for the construction of a cold and dry warehouse. The investment addresses the shortage of... more
New brain for workforce scheduling
After Etihad and Latam, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the next airline to opt for Inform's expertise in workforce scheduling for employees at airports. With the AI-supported software "Workforce Plus", KLM Royal Dutch Airlines wants to standardise planning for cargo,... more
Deal undone 
Container production – MCI not to CIMC. The emergence of a container manufacturing oligopoly still seemed unstoppable in October. The fact that these expectations weren’t fulfilled is related to global policies. more
New rail link between Baltics and Turkey
Metrans has introduced new rail connections between the Baltic Sea, Central Europe and Turkey by adding Gdansk (Poland) as another terminal in Northeast Europe to its network. The new link with Turkey is operated in partnership with Omsan Logistics. The first container train... more