"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Amazon is not the longest river in the world but it carries four times as much water into the Atlantic as any other river. mehr
Is reefer cargo going to take the lead? 
The London-based maritime consultancy considers that seaborne perishable cargo will weather the Covid-19 induced economic storm better than the dry cargo trade. Worldwide seaborne reefer trade recorded growth of just 1.7% in 2019 to 130.5 million t, its weakest rate of growth... mehr
Tosca has acquires Contraload
Tosca, a provider of reusable packaging and supply chain solutions, has finalised the acquisition of Contraload NV, a company that specialises in plastic pallet pooling services in the United Kingdom and European Union. The takeover enables Tosca to service supply chains end... mehr
Unschlagbar im Export
Vier Monate später als ursprünglich geplant feiert die IG Air Cargo Switzerland am 26. August im Verkehrshaus Luzern ihr zehnjähriges Bestehen – und stellt ebenfalls nach zehn Jahren die zweite Luftfracht-Logistikstudie der Universität St. Gallen vor. mehr
Enhancing hinterland links in Germany
From 1 September 2020, Metrans will launch a joint intermodal product in cooperation with Gut Gernsheim to strengthen hinterland transport services between the northern German ports of Hamburg & Bremerhaven and Gernsheim, which is situated right on the Rhine in Hessen.... mehr
The dirty dozen and the Port of Hamburg
Like other ports of the Northern Europe range, the Port of Hamburg's first six months of the year were hit by the impact of the corona crisis. Total seaborne cargoes were at 61.2 million t, down by 12%. In the container handling segment, the throughput of 4.1 million teu... mehr
Global Ports' uneasy H1/2020
The Russian container terminal operator Global Ports has reported its figures for the first six months of 2020. Its total consolidated marine container throughput went up 8.4% year-on-year to 774,000 teu, whereas there was a 2.4% year-on-year decline in the Russian container... mehr
New train links Southampton and Derby
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has started a new intermodal service in UK from the rail terminal operated by Solent Stevedores at the port of Southampton to East Midlands Gateway, Derby. This will be its fourth daily service from one of the UK’s leading deep-sea container ports and will... mehr
Pigs can fly after all
The Chinese pig and pork production industry had been slowly recovering from the 2019 African swine fever, but then outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic caused another blow to the industry. As life is slowly returning to a "new normal" in China, the requirement and... mehr
Promotion for Uday Sharma
Spoton Logistics has elected Uday Sharma to the position of COO. In his earlier role as director of sales at Spoton, Sharma is credited with driving the company's above industry average growth and profitability and successful foray into high-value market segments including... mehr