A partnership for the decarbonisation of shipping
It is a new cooperation to further decarbonisation in the shipping industry: in Italy, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering company Rina and Fincantieri, a design and construction company for ships and maritime technological systems, have signed a memorandum... more
Honours for best digital transformation projects
Geodis has won the first prize in the transportation category at this year’s computer weekly innovation awards Apac for its innovative use of internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the development and design of its road services.... more
Greetings from Berne
At the "Logistics & Automation – The unique national meeting place of the logistics industry in Switzerland", which is now (30 – 31 March 2022) taking place in Berne, you meet national decision makers from automated warehouse and conveyor technology to... more
US investment in British cargo carrier
Bournemouth (UK)-based European Cargo Limited (ECL) has closed a significant minority equity investment by Priority 1 Logistics Holdings, a newly formed subsidiary of USA-based Priority 1 Holdings. Proceeds of the investment will be used to eliminate third-party debt,... more
World trade starting to feel it
The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) showed a decline in February 2022, decreasing clearly from 120.7 points (seasonally adjusted) to 117.1 points, according to the... more
Brittany now also runs on LNG
Brittany Ferries and Wartsilä Cooperation have inked a long-term agreement to support the new LNG-fuelled ferry. The cooperation concerns in particular the solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ latest ro-pax vessel, the ‘Salamanca’. The ten-year agreement was signed in... more
More French desserts well preserved
The Mademoiselle Desserts Group, a European specialist in the frozen pastry trade, finalised the acquisition of the Stef warehouse in Thenon in March 2022. The additional 40,000 sqm of warehouse capacity helps centralise the storage of finished products from the company's... more
Investment in modern intermodal equipment
GB Railfreight and rolling stock company Porterbrook are cooperating in the production of 50 new Greenbrier box wagons. The transaction marks a renewed commitment to developing sustainable freight transport to meet the significant expected growth in the sector, the two companies... more
Yusen Logistics picks David Goldsborough
Transport and logistics provider Yusen Logistics (UK), whose UK business is headquartered in Northamptonshire, has appointed David Goldsborough as managing director global. Goldsborough has worked within the Yusen Logistics group since the acquisition of Tibbett Logistics in... more
Auto assigned AWBs now available
Lufthansa Cargo and Cargo One have launched a joint innovation that removes the prerequisite for freight forwarders to hold valid air waybill (AWB) stock before making an air cargo booking. As part of a seamless booking experience, Cargo One users can now book Lufthansa... more