Two rating agencies on Jaxport's side 

One of the Big Three rating agencies, Moody’s, has confirmed the Florida Port in Jacksonville's (Jaxport) rating. The mark remains at ‘A2 Stable’ credit rating. In its report, Moody's investor service put emphasis on the port’s diversity of business, stable revenue, favourable... mehr
New container trains to run between Siberia and China 

KTZ Express, Russian Railways, Transcontainer and Allians Trans Torg launched the first container train from Kemerovo-Sortirovochnoe station in western Siberia to China. The new service allows customers to send cargo from the railway terminal in the close proximity to the... mehr
Batliwala becomes chairman, Erbacher returns 

Russi Batliwala (left), one of the best known faces in the aircraft charter industry, has been appointed Chapman Freeborn group chairman after 33 years in the business. He had begun his journey with the company as a trainee aviation broker and has overseen a period of expansion... mehr
Digital US contract platform goes Europe 

The New York Shipping Exchange (Nyshex), a digital freight contracting platform for container shipping, has raised USD 13.5 million from investors to support further expansion of the business. The company reported that these means will be used to attract new shipper segments and... mehr
Laurels for Priority Freight 

Priority Freight, a British logistics specialist, has been awarded the ‘we invest in people’ standard accreditation. Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve... mehr
Five more weekly flights between BRU and MIA 

As preparations for distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine continue, Miami airport (MIA) welcomed on 1 October 2020 the launch of more all-cargo flights from Brussels (BRU), Belgium, one of Europe’s leading hubs for handling temperature-sensitive pharma products. European Air... mehr
Generation change at TST 

The logistics company TST, based in Worms (Germany), is extending its executive board, with retroactive effect from 1 September. Marcel Thomas Bicking (centre), previously general manager of TST, will join the management as new co-managing director. The executive board will... mehr
No more locomotive change at the border 

Slovenian company Primol-Rail, which belongs to the Polish PKP Cargo International Group, has completed the journey of the first container trains through the modernised crossing in Hodos between Slovenia and Hungary using its own multisystem Vectron locomotives. The... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
A loaded iPhone weighs one billionth of a gram more than one with an empty battery. mehr
Wie aus Not digitale Tugend entsteht 

Nicht nur Supply Chains, auch Schulungen sind durch die Pandemie-Bestimmungen in eine neue Ära eingetreten. Im März traf es die Brabender Solutions aus Unterägeri – eine Schulung mit Mitarbeitern der Neska aus ganz Deutschland fiel Corona zum Opfer. Zur Jahresmitte aber stand... mehr