A transporter of solutions 
30 years of Sonatrans. Mohssine Bensouda is convinced that Sonatrans, the company he founded in Casablanca, has a special role to play. In these uncertain times he’s concerned in the short term with consolidating what has been achieved – and making concrete plans for expansion... more
A big eye and boxes
The Rivergate system identifies containers on inland vessels. Digitalisation has reached new levels in inland shipping too. Duisport has teamed up with its technology partners to equip cranes with cameras that work together to automate the handling of cargo at the terminal and... more
Forging heavylift transport solutions
Interested parties made bids for the new Goldhofer FT series at Bauma 2022. The manufacturers of transport solutions for heavy road haulage have to anticipate any demands the markets might come up with. Thus the Goldhofer group of companies, which originated from Bavaria and... more
An Atlantic alliance
A B747F and an AN-124-100M help an AOG to a high in the Azores. To prevent outage costs from going through the roof in the event of an ‘aircraft on ground’ (AOG), spare parts are generally urgently required. The recent deployment of several experienced players between the USA... more
Bringing it all together for a project
The market for crane selection and use remains complex – MyCrane will continue to simplify matters. All-rounders who know all about heavylift cranes have to know the industry, the customers and the technology well. Piet Kraaijeveld can offer this, having worked in Europe, Canada... more
Tarros’ Egyptian partner in fruitful exchanges 
Tarros Med Egypt was interactive and busy with fruitful meetings during the seventh edition of the ‘Food Africa’ exhibition in Cairo last week. The official partner in Egypt of the Italian shipping line Tarros even had an opportunity to welcome to its booth Ali Moselhi, Egypt’s... more
18 airports connected by domestic RFS
Singapore Airlines has extended its cargo partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the UK with a new contract for domestic road feeder services (RFS) connecting regional offline airports. WFS has provided cargo handling for the airline in the UK since 2015,... more
New intermodal connection for Europe's largest inland port
Contargo is introducing a new Duisburg–Wilhelmshaven shuttle in Germany in January. The intermodal link will initially offer one round trip a week. An increase to two round trips a week is planned for the second quarter. The first block train will depart from JadeWeserPort in... more
To Aurora Borealis with Austrian Airlines
On 17 December, Austrian Airlines is starting a new direct service between Vienna and Tromsø, northern Norway. Avinor, the Oslo-based company that runs 44 state-owned airports, considers this to be “yet another strengthening of the Lufthansa Group’s commitment to northern Norway... more
IMRF selects Caroline Jupe
The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has appointed Caroline Jupe as its new chief executive officer with effect from 1 February 2023. She’ll replace Theresa Crossley, who is retiring next year following a five-year tenure. She’ll remain on board in a support... more