Towards tarmac automation 
For two months now, Groupe ADP and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have been testing, at Paris CDG, an airside cargo transport solution with an autonomous electric vehicle from French startup Orok. Winner of Groupe ADP's 2020 "Play Your Airport" innovation challenge,... mehr
500 PS for heaviest tasks
Kühne Transport in Valens (Switzerland) has chosen its first Scania truck. The family-owned company recently took delivery of the Scania P500 B 4x4 HA, which can carry out even the heaviest work. The family business started with its first transports in 1950 - with horses and... mehr
eActros trucks on trial in South Tyrol
Two near-series battery powered eActros trucks have crossed the Alps as part of a series of tests in Italy’s South Tyrol region. During the tests, the electric trucks tackled a total of 54,000 m of altitude. The highest point of the trip was reached during measurement runs at... mehr
Diving to recover crashed freighter
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is sending a team of investigators to the ditching site of a freighter aircraft off the Hawaiian island of Oahu to coordinate the recovery of the wreckage from the ocean floor. The recovery effort is scheduled to begin on or... mehr
Dubai Airport and Servy launch joint service
Dubai Airports, which also operates Dubai International (DXB), has established a new logistics chain to launch DXB & more. This new offer was developed in partnership with US-based Servy, an enterprise self-service platform for hospitality which was launched in 2015 as an... mehr
Schuon: more responsibility for executive staff
"Our key players have proven themselves in the past and fulfilled all expectations. We are now taking this into account by extending their respective areas of responsibility," says Alexander Schuon, managing director of the Schuon Group. In view of its ongoing growth,... mehr
Port of Savannah's expansion project
The Port of Savannah is expanding its capacities. The Georgia Ports Authority Board (GPA) approved a budget of USD 34 million to build up an additional 1.6 million teu in capacity - in due course. "In three months, this investment will begin to deliver the additional... mehr
Anderer Ort, richtige Zeit 
Im Gespräch mit Atilla Lise, Head of Cargo and Innovative Solutions, HititDass das World Cargo Symposium der Iata im März letzten Jahres kurzfristig verschoben werden musste und nun im Oktober nicht in Istanbul, sondern in Dublin stattfindet, betrübt den türkischen... mehr
Canadian group incorporates twelfth haulier
Kriska Transportation Group (KTG) has acquired Transport N Service, thus adding 90 tractors and 170 trailers to its fleet. Transport N Service was established in 1997 as a full-service transportation company based in Guelph, ON. Its modern fleet provides cross-border LTL and... mehr