Greek shipping company inks charter contract 
Greece-based Diana Shipping, a shipping company specialising in dry bulk vessels, has entered into a time charter contract with Pacbulk Shipping, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the MV "Seattle". The gross charter rate is USD 12,300 per day, minus... plus
"Curiosity of the Day" 
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Unitax expands executive team
Unitax, a pharma logistics provider based in Germany, has expanded its management team: Steven Reinhold (CFO) and Grit Jedamzik (COO) joined managing director and CEO André Reich at the helm in March 2020. In his new position as CFO, Steven Reinhold, son of André Reich, the... plus
Cargo flights soldier on
Under voluntary administration for three weeks now, Air Mauritius has resumed commercial cargo operations to and from some designated destinations. After two first flights to Paris last week, Mauritius' national carrier is considering twice-weekly commercial cargo flights on... plus
US class I railway transports for Vulcan Materials
Union Pacific (UP) has delivered 95 gondola railcars loaded with aggregate limestone rock from Medina County, Texas, to the US port Freeport. It is the first rail shipment from Vulcan Materials Company to arrive at the port’s new rail-served Parcel 14 multi-modal industrial... plus
Agility launches Global Response Aid
Agility has launched Global Response Aid (GRA), a Dubai (UAE)-based company established to procure certified diagnostic, testing and protective products and offer services such as a contact-tracing app and mobile testing used in the detection, treatment and prevention of... plus
Changements de mains aux Pays-Bas
Les biens immobiliers logistiques se trouvant dans le périmètre du port de Rotterdam sont encore très demandés. En avril, il y a eu trois transactions concernant de telles installations. Deux sociétés d’investissement ont accru leur portefeuille et Lidl a loué des aires pour la... plus
TRT service keeps cargo moving across Asia
Ceva Logistics has designed an innovative truck-rail-truck (TRT) service to keep freight moving across Asia during the Covid-19 crisis. The China-Vietnam road border crossing point between Pingxiang and Lang Son currently causes backlogs of two to four days. To avoid this,... plus
Connecting East and Southern Africa with global markets
Network Airline Management not only carried flowers from Kenya into Europe and the UK for Mother's Day back in March and yesterday, 10 May 2020, but also made additional capacity available to help those who have lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The British... plus
New truck service between Turkey and Croatia
Austrian forwarder Cargo Partner has introduced a new direct road groupage service between Istanbul in Turkey and Zagreb in Croatia with five weekly truck departures in both directions. In Turkey, the company’s offices in Istanbul, Mersin, Bursa, Izmir and Gaziantep in... plus