Ostend-Bruges Airport digitises cargo operations 
Ostend-Bruges Airport is equipping its cargo hub with a Nallian-powered Cargo Cloud, enabling a coordinated, digitalised approach to processes such as freight pick up and drop off, and the inspection of perishable goods. At the same time, it will provide the airport operator... mehr
Czech construction firm gets Effi Shunter with ETCS
The construction company Subterra has become Czechia's first private operator of a CZ Loko Effi Shunter 1,000 locomotive equipped with the ETCS train control system. The company’s representatives recently took over the unit in Jihlava, Czechia. Subterra will use the modern... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The roar of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Jurassic Park movies is a mixture of the squeals of a baby elephant, the gurgles of an alligator and the growls of a tiger. mehr
Certificate renewal for Jade Weser Port
Germany's Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven has gained Pers certification for its environmental management for the fourth time in total. Pers is the abbreviation for “Port Environmental Review System”, a tool for comprehensive analysis and monitoring of environmental management... mehr
Changes at Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL; president & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) has announced the following changes: Yoshiro Sakamoto, former general manager, secretaries & general affairs division, has been named general manager of legal division, effective 21 June 2022. Masaaki... mehr
Expeditors tackling the cyber attack
1979-founded Expeditors International based in Seattle has reported its results for Q1/2022. The group with 18,000 employees saw its revenues climb by 46% compared to Q1/2021, achieving USD 4.7 billion, while its operating income rose by 20% to USD 462 million. According to... mehr
Investment needed to shift more semi-trailers
Standard vertical transhipment technologies (gantry cranes/reachstackers), in combination with containers, are becoming more competitive with road-only transport solutions over distances of around 1,000 km, a study has concluded. It added that most intermodal transport chains... mehr
Cargo operations re-open in Kyiv
AirBaltic has cooperated with Ukrposhta to organise a multimodal mail transport system and thus reopen cargo operations from Kyiv. The first mail shipment from the Ukrainian capital arrived in Riga on 12 April. Since then the company has handled more than 7,000 mail bags... mehr
More capacity on the ground and in the air
A Boeing B767-300 has arrived in Singapore for a P2F conversion to be carried out by ST Engineering. It will subsequently join Icelandair Cargo in October. The aircraft will be acquired on lease from AerCap, which had previously leased it to TUI Airways. Another converted... mehr
Change at the Cargotec helm
The Cargotec Corporation’s board of directors, elected by the members at the annual general meeting, has appointed Jaakko Eskola as company chairman. Eskola will succeed Ilkka Herlin, who has chosen to step down, having served as chairman for 17 years since 2005. Herlin will... mehr