UTC Overseas appoints Jo Ann Zelaya 
UTC Overseas, a global freight forwarder and transportation provider headquartered in Houston, Texas, has elected Jo Ann Zelaya as its new director of the rail, rigging and heavy haul team. Her credentials come from a 21-year career working for private stevedores, steamship... mehr
Strasse bringt Rendite 
Brisa, Konzessionär über 1500 km portugiesischer Strassen, hat neue Besitzer. Investoren aus der Schweiz, Südkorea und den Niederlanden erwarben 81,1% des Infrastrukturunternehmens, das mit 3 Mrd. EUR bewertet ist. mehr
ACS arranges hundreds of flights ex China
In the battle against the coronavirus pandemic Air Charter Service says that its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong have helped to arrange the hundreds of flights the company has booked to carry more than 20,000 t of PPE around the world to over 60 different countries,... mehr
Rail transport order to be executed automatically
Russian Railways (RDZ) is implementing a pilot project at October Railways to introduce smart contracts which will provide contractual support for transport and logistics activities. Such contracts are considered to be automatically executed when all their conditions are... mehr
Carrier reliability better than expected
In its latest global liner performance (GLP) report, the Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence lists the reliability figures of worldwide shipping for the month of April. According to this analysis, global schedule reliability declined marginally... mehr
Ceva and Emmelibri: new book distribution project
Ceva Logistics Italia and Emmelibri have signed a letter of intent to launch a joint project aimed at developing an innovative logistics and book distribution centre in Italy. The project envisages the creation of a joint venture and the signing of a contract for the supply of... mehr
Expeditors appoints new senior vice president
Expeditors International has named Kelly Blacker as senior vice president, global air. Blacker has held several leadership positions over her 25-year career at Expeditors. “Our air product is foundational to the global logistics services we provide,” said Jeffrey Musser,... mehr
Freed dogs look forward to flying to new home
In Wuhan and large parts of China, but also in Indonesia and Vietnam, more and more restaurants are striking dog meat off their menus. More than 70 dogs from a farm in South Korea that was shut down this spring, the sixteenth in a row of farms that have been closed since 2015 as... mehr
Canada: largest ever grain train shipped
Canadian Pacific (CP) has shipped its largest ever grain train. Consisting of 167 new high-capacity hopper cars, the train was loaded at Paterson’s Foothills Terminal in Bowden, Alberta, and then carried 16,313 t of grain to Alliance Grain Terminal (AGT) in Vancouver. The... mehr
Geodis supports rising medical company
The Singapore-based enterprise Labmed has entrusted Geodis to support the company's growing activity in new markets by delivering urgently needed PPEs from Asia to the Covid-19 'hot-spots' of Europe and North America. Geodis provides Labmed with customs brokerage, short-term... mehr