HAV planning to deliver airships by 2026 
South Yorkshire’s mayor Oliver Coppard and the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Symca) have approved a package of investment and support for plans by Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) to produce its pioneering new low carbon aircraft, Airlander 10, in Doncaster. HAV is a... more
Liebherr to assist Gdansk terminal
The Baltic Hub, formerly DCT Gdansk, Poland, has commissioned Liebherr Container Cranes to retrofit a Liduro energy storage system along with a reduced sized generator from their Liebherr rubber tyre gantry cranes (RTGs). This is a hybrid green energy storage solution and a... more
Rhenus: a fresh project in UK
Rhenus has launched a fresh goods division in UK. Rhenus Fresh specialises in perishable cargo handling and has been handling ocean and air freight imports and exports since 1985. The launch of Rhenus Fresh in UK will see customers gain access to time critical,... more
Partnership to bolster Euro pallet brand
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has owned the trademark rights to the original Euro pallet with the EUR symbol since 1961. In order to strengthen this brand and the open exchange pool, the ÖBB freight transport subsidiary and the German logistics company Baumann Paletten are... more
Otto Immobilien hires Alexandra Fischer
Eugen Otto, managing director of Otto Immobilien, recently appointed Alexandra Fischer to head the company’s industry & logistics team. A certified real estate agent and manager, Fischer has more than 20 years of experience in project management and the sale of residential... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Bay of Fundy in Canada has the largest tidal range on earth - 19.6 m. more
Swissport: a cargo handling contract in Nairobi
Lufthansa is extending its long-standing partnership with Swissport at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport. For more than eleven years, Swissport has been providing airlines of the Lufthansa Group at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi (NBO) with ramp handling as well as check-in and... more
Value Maritime's new office in Singapore
Based in the Central Business District (CBD) of Singapore, an important and expanding Asia Pacific shipping market, the new office of Value Maritime (VM) will be led by Milou van der Ven as the area manager for Asia. Headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the... more
Crossing borders in hours instead of days
Huawei has turned to the global transit system TIR to meet growing customer demand, notably for e-commerce, in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf cooperation council (GCC) region. With TIR, the vehicle manufacturer can substantially reduce waiting times at border... more
US railroads pilot emergency dispatching system
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and emergency management agencies in Sumner County, Tennessee have jointly piloted the addition of Askrail data to their emergency management dispatching system. By training and working with dispatch centres, all first responders... more