Grocery retailer to go electric 
Volvo Trucks is supplying a fully electric truck to ICA Sweden, as it begins its transition towards electric transport. The truck will deliver refrigerated goods in the Stockholm city area. Apart from being fossil free, the Volvo FL and Volvo FE Electric vehicle... mehr
Laso's transport for Leixoes
Laso Transportes, a Portuguese road haulier specialising in the transport of conventional goods and project cargo, recently took on a challenging assignment for its client Central de Cervejas in Santarém, 70 km from Lisbon. Some of the cargo exceeded 5.50 m in width. The... mehr
Crew crisis on the rise again?
Shipping companies fear that the number of seafarers affected by the crew change crisis is on the rise due to travel restrictions imposed by governments to combat the new variants of the virus. The latest industry analyses show that 200,000 seafarers are currently affected, a... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Biochemical research shows that people can be “hangry”, that is hungry and aggressive, at the same time. mehr
Ghana's FRU and FSU classified
The Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) has been inspected and classified in sheltered waters at Tema port, Ghana, by Bureau Veritas (BV). The unit is combined with a floating storage unit (FSU) for the delivery of gas to onshore consumers. The 95 m long, newly... mehr
Deutlich besser als befürchtet
Die europäischen Häfen haben das «annus horribilis» 2020 recht unterschiedlich erlebt. Zwar konnte einzig Antwerpen zulegen und Algeciras seinen Umschlag behaupten, aber unter dem Strich blieb der Containerumschlag über den meisten Erwartungen. mehr
Overnight network grows
Railfreight company DB Cargo has been operating its door-to-door service EVplus between Hamburg and Cologne (Germany) since summer 2020. Seven new domestic routes will be added this year.The Hamburg–Mannheim, Hamburg–Berlin, Hamburg–Stuttgart and Bremen–Stuttgart connections... mehr
Newbuild for DShip Carriers
Hamburg-based DShip Carriers has added a F-500 vessel to its fleet. The ‘MV Charlie’ was launched at the beginning of March. It is equipped with two Liebherr cranes, featuring a lifting capacity of 250 t each, and has a deadweight of 12,385 t.Utilising energy-saving technology,... mehr
Distributing vaccines in East Malaysia
In an effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic with the vaccines, Utama Multimodal Logistics (UML), a Malaysian cold chain logistics services company focused on transporting pharmaceuticals, has chosen Teleport, the logistics venture of Air Asia Digital, to deliver vaccines... mehr
Efficient tool to administer master data
The KV 4.0 project, which aims to digitalise intermodal supply chains from beginning to end, has been completed. Now, an operating company will be created to market the data hub resulting from the digitalisation project.The industry representatives involved in the project were... mehr