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The Turkish competition commission Rekabet Kurumu has imposed fines amounting to millions on three Turkish freight enterprises, for price collusion between 2006 and 2008. The firms...

The German CEP company Night Star Express has been certified as compliant with the environment management standard ISO 14001:2004, after an audit was carried out by the German cert...

The global real estate developer Gazeley has gained a new tenant at its Karlsruhe-Kandel logistics park (Germany). The newcomer is the Magna Exterior & Interior group...

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the Antwerp Port Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to foster commercial activity between the two authorities. The memorandum,...

Jorge Martinez joined TransNatur at the beginning of September, as the general coordinator of its sea and airfreight departments for Spain and Portugal. He will be based at TransNa...

NYK Line (Japan) is set to change its name to NYK Container Line on 1 November, when business is transferred from Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha (TSK) to Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. TSK's...

Global container volumes are expected to grow by 11.6% and reach 545 million teu in 2010, according to AXS Alphaliner's prediction. This would not only bring the figure to a greate...

VGK, a freight operator spun off from the Russian Railway RZD, is set to remain a 100% subsidiary of the latter corporation. Negotiations concerning a stake in VGK for the logistic...

Supply chain management and logistics service provider Ceva Logistics has signed a three year renewal agreement worth EUR 6.7 million with Honda Logistics Europe NV. The latter is ...

The global logistics provider Dachser announced plans to expand its Dissen location by a 12,000 sqm warehouse on the fifth anniversary of its food logistics branch at that location...

As part of its drive to reduce carbon emissions, the British logistics service provider TDG is investing more than GBP 1 million in a new cooling plant at its temperature-controlle...

Egypt's former transport minister, Mahamed Mansour announced that an investment of EGP 90 billion (USD 16.3 billion) would be made in the country’s road, rail, port and waterway in...

Over the next few years, the Japanese government has ambitious plans to substantially enhance the attractiveness of the country's ports, which are gradually being circumvented by l...

The German shipping company Hamburg Süd recently held a naming ceremony for the "Cap Jackson" in Manzanillo (Mexico). The vessel is the first of two identical containersh...

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) remains Europe's most punctual airline, and in August it was acclaimed the world's most punctual carrier. 92.82% of SAS' 15,607 flights arrived on time ...

The amount of cargo carried by Finnair grew by more than 43% in August, compared to the same month last year. In scheduled traffic, the cargo volume rose by more than 22%, and carg...

The US trade and development agency (USTDA) responded to a request made by the Haitian government in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the country in January to assist it...

The Indianapolis Airport Authority has replaced two cargo facilities which were serving passenger airlines on Pierson Drive and Cargo Drive, by a new 4,000 sqm state-of-the-art bui...

The Italian shipping company Ustica Lines has announced the launch of a new ro-ro service linking the ports of Chioggia (Venice), Augusta (Sicily), and Valletta (Malta) as from 14 ...

Valenciaport (Spain) welcomed a LNG carrier Q-Max, one of the world's largest LNG vessels, on 6 September. The "Al Dafna" unloaded 260,000 cbm of LNG in Saggas, the ...