Prelude to new healthcare terminal in Narita 
Close to Narita International Airport in Japan, Yusen Logistics is opening a new warehouse in the Narita Logistics Centre in Shibayama-machi, Sambu-gun, Chiba on 1 September 2022. As a next step, in April 2023, operations will be launched at the Narita healthcare terminal inside... more
Rail innovation arrives in West Africa
In Abidjan, Sitrail has taken delivery a new tamping-levelling-lining machine worth 2 billion CFA francs (more than EUR 3 million) for maintenance on the railway between Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. This innovation, designed by Plasser & Theurer in Austria and... more
Enhancing Maldives Ports
In the Indian Ocean, state-run Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) has decided to enhance its terminal handling equipment. It plans to add three Kalmar T2i terminal tractors to its fleet at the beginning of 2023. MPL was incorporated in 2008 to run the government-owned ports and... more
More space for ID Logistics
Segro France is acquiring a warehouse on behalf of ID Logistics. The 49,931 sqm logistics site is located in Plessis-Pâté, part of the former air base of Brétigny-sur-Orge. Around 75% of the property will be occupied by ID Logistics, the rest being rented by a company in the... more
Kuehne + Nagel: changes in the management team
Holger Ketz (pictured left) will join Kuehne + Nagel's global air freight management team in Schindellegi, Switzerland, as global head of network and carrier management on 1 January 2023. In this newly created role, Ketz will oversee the management of the company’s own... more
Efficient rail solution for energy transports
Canadian National Railways (CN) and the energy company Keyera have signed a memorandum of understanding that will leverage their joint expertise to evaluate the creation of a specialised clean energy terminal in Alberta’s industrial heartland. The partners believe that this new... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
If 23 guests turn up to a party, there is a more than 50% chance that two will have their birthdays on the same day. more
Another A321 freighter for Lufthansa Cargo
From October 2022, Lufthansa Cargo will offer its customers additional capacities in its medium-haul network on specially converted Airbus A321 freighters. The first cargo flight of its kind took off from Frankfurt bound for Dublin in March 2022. Due to a positive response... more
MOL takes the gloves off
MOL will build four capesize bulkers and two very large crude carrier (VLCC) tankers which will use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their main fuel. The Japanese company has signed a deal for the construction of four 210,000 dwt-class capesize bulkers with CSSC Qingdao Beihai... more
More intermodal links for Czechia
Railcargo Group, the railfreight subsidiary of the Austrian railway ÖBB, has improved train services between Czechia and the North Sea ports. The new shuttle runs once a week in both directions between Melnik (Czechia) and Wilhemshaven (Germany) and offers connecting services to... more