Fedex returns films competing in South Korea 
Fedex Express (Fedex) provided logistical support to the 24th Busan international film festival (BIFF) which concluded this week-end. As the official carrier, Fedex was responsible for inbound and outbound shipments and customs clearance of more than 300 films from 85 countries.... more
Edoardo Podestá to head Dachser air & sea logistics
Dachser has appointed Edoardo Podestá as the COO of the air & sea logistics business unit. Podestá replaces Jochen Müller in this position. Dachser and Müller have mutually agreed not to extend his contract when it expires in 2020. Müller will stop working for Dachser with... more
Cuba upgrades 1,000 km of its rail line
RZD International and the Union of Railways of Cuba have signed a contract for the reconstruction and modernisation of railway infrastructure in Cuba. The contract stipulates the upgrade of more than 1,000 km of railway lines, the installation of new signalling systems at... more
Broekman opens new facility for BASF
Broekman Logistics held an official ceremony to open the modern bagging line for BASF. In the presence of invited guests, the bagging line was put into operation. This is a milestone for Broekman Logistics in Antwerp (Belgium), since it is the first big investment... more
New service to Africa and its islands
Hapag-Lloyd has started a new MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service, including connections to the Middle East and South Asia. The carrier from Hamburg entered the African market about twelve years ago and speaks of a "steady and significant growth in transported... more
Automated guided ULD vehicle ready to go
Lödige Industries, a global provider of air cargo terminals, has unveiled its latest innovation for intelligent automated ULD transportation. The computer-controlled wheel-based carrier features a five-foot and ten-foot model for different container sizes, with the larger... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
If a dead body stays in the water long enough, the feet separate from the legs, so that sometimes severed feet are washed ashore. more
Speedy removal of toll terminals in Germany
By March 2020 Toll Collect will reduce the number of toll terminals from 1,000 to roughly 500. The removal process has already begun. The reason for this reduction is the significant decrease in the use of the terminals in recent months. $Meanwhile, many customers prefer to... more
DHL Supply Chain renews contract with Jaguar Land Rover
Following a ten-year partnership between DHL Supply Chain and Jaguar Land Rover, the contract has been renewed with new ambitions and an extended brief to manage the in-bound supply chain for the company’s new manufacturing site in Slovakia. In the next phase of the... more
Now open: Virgin and Delta's LHR export facility
As part of the first phase of Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo’s expansion programme to double cargo handling capacity at London Heathrow, both carriers have opened a state-of-the-art export facility to future-proof the joint venture’s growth plans in the UK market. This is... more