Kuehne + Nagel picks Stefan Paul 
The board of directors at Kuehne + Nagel International has announced forthcoming changes in its top management: effective 1 August 2022, Stefan Paul (right) will assume the position of CEO of Kuehne + Nagel International. At the same time, the incumbent CEO Detlef Trefzger... more
DCSA setting new standards
The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) recently published its communication systems and application programming (API) standards for the 50 event records in ports defined in its data list. These refer to the six main aspects of a call, namely planning arrival at a... more
Green hydrogen supplier settles in Duisport
Plug Power, a provider of green hydrogen for the global market, is locating its future European headquarters in the port of Duisburg. The listed company has been active in Europe for more than ten years and is looking to further expand its business activities on the continent.... more
Construction giant investing in autonomous vehicles
Volvo and Holcim Switzerland have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly test and further develop autonomous electric haulers for limestone quarries. The battery-electric units now being tested mark a groundbreaking step in the industry. Not only are they quieter... more
The bid in the port of Montréal is open
The Canadian port of Montréal has launched a request for qualifications (RFQ) for its Contrecœur container terminal expansion project, thus opening the way for parties to now submit bids. The RFQ will remain open to national and international industry players for the next three... more
Energy Globe award for sun-to-liquid project
A European research project on solar power production, called ‘sun-to-liquid’, has been given the 22nd Energy Globe World Award in the category ‘fire’ by Austria’s Energy Globe Foundation, which is dedicated to projects on sustainable energy technologies. The sun-to-liquid... more
ACS can’t get enough
Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) will provide Austin-based Aero Capital Solutions Inc (ACS) with 13 additional Boeing B737-800SF freighter conversions. Upon completion of this new order, ACS will have a fleet of 34 AEI B737-800SF freighter conversions, making the company AEI’s... more
The Mongolian project
12,600 LED street lights and lamp posts were transported to Ulaanbaatar by rail recently. The logistician Gebrüder Weiss (GW) was contracted by the Zumtobel lighting group for the undertaking. More than 80 containers in twelve months were delivered on schedule from Austria to... more
Canadian rail corridor reopens after storm damage
The railway operator Canadian Pacific (CP) has reopened a railway line running between Kamloops and Vancouver in the province of British Columbia. Crews worked around the clock after a storm on 14 November in which almost 200 mm of rain fell in just two days in some... more
