Field post service marks 30th anniversary 
For the past 30 years, Germany’s “Feldpost” or field post service has provided members of the German Armed Forces serving abroad with post from home all year round. Some 270 field post personnel are involved in the service. Around 300,000 shipments with a combined weight of... plus
WCI on a stable high
Drewry's World Container Index moved sidewards (-0.1%) this week, maintaining the level of USD 7,648.18 per feu. A comparison with the same period in 2021 shows the difference. The WCI is 24.7% higher than the same week in 2021. In detail, freight rates on Los Angeles –... plus
Just few clicks – and containers start to move
Eurogate Intermodal (Egim) is launching the cloud-based, all-in-one booking platform railmybox to simplify rail-road combined transport. The end-to-end product digitalises the entire transport process from capacity planning and pricing to booking and billing. The... plus
100 for Fercam
After a difficult year in 2020, the South Tyrolean company Fercam returned to pre-pandemic heights in 2021. Its EUR 943 million turnover was generated in 21 countries with more than 100 company-owned branches. While the full truck-load (FTL) business contributed a 52% share to... plus
K+N elects Hansjörg Rodi to management board
The board of directors of Kuehne + Nagel International has appointed Hansjörg Rodi to its management board, effective 1 August 2022. Rodi will assume responsibility for road logistics and thus succeed Stefan Paul, who will become the new CEO of the Kuehne + Nagel Group on the... plus
First Copper River salmon of the season
Straight from the frigid waters of the Copper River in Alaska, the first delivery of fresh salmon has arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Nearly 7,802 kg of wild Alaska Copper River salmon was flown by Alaska Air Cargo — the first of many shipments expected this... plus
New technology for wine transport
Four musketeers to promote a new technology: Innolux Japan, Enji Corporation, Cold Storage Japan and NGK Insulators have jointly started the development of a temperature and humidity control service using sensor tags to visualise the environment while transporting and storing... plus
13 million boxes too much?
The transport time is the secret. The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the data provided by Hapag-Lloyd, looking at the development in both the size of the equipment fleet as well as the number of transported containers over the past... plus
UAE strengthening ties with Spain and UK
Etihad Rail has signed MoUs with Spain’s national railway operator Renfe, UK’s first high-speed railway High Speed 1 and British rail freight operator GB Railfreight. The aim is to exchange knowledge, expertise, and best practices in freight and passenger rail services and rail... plus
