"Curiosity of the Day" 
In the episode ‘Elementary School Musical,’ which first aired in 2010, Bart Simpson’s friend Milhouse correctly predicted that Bengt Holmström would win the 2016 Nobel Prize for economics. more
Jürgen Erdt joins ITG Group 
The ITG Group recently opened a new air & sea office in Atlanta (USA), which will be headed by Bryant Goss as regional manager southeast. Guido Voss, who helped establish ITG's US branch in 1994, will continue to serve as president of ITG International Transports. ITG... more
Boluda in action for Canary islands
The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma keeps taking its toll. Now, Boluda Shipping, the international transport and logistics division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, supported a plan organised by the government of the Canary Islands, the ministry for... more
Trial started at service station in Austria
LTE (Logistics & Transport Europe) has just celebrated its 20th anniversary. The company started with cement transports from Marchegg to Waldmühle in Austria - at that time still under the license of its mother company GKB, the Graz-Köflacher Bahn and Busbetrieb. Today,... more
Technology is trumps
The outbreak of Covid-19 has increased demand for vaccines. Thus airports in India, one of the leading pharmaceuticals producers in the world, are modernising their corresponding infrastructure. ITJ correspondent Manik Mehta spoke to the cargo manager of one ambitious player.The... more
New terminal for trans-Eurasian railfreight
The “East-West” centre in Chernyakhovsk in the Russian Kaliningrad region is now open. The new rail terminal can manage 450,000 standard containers (teu) a year and will transfer the containers from wide-gauge (1,520 mm) tracks onto narrower European gauge (1,435 mm) tracks.... more
Partners charter AN-124 for Dubai Expo 2020
Russian Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Albion Aviation Group, based in Sharjah and London, found an effective solution for the transport of dedicated equipment for the Dubai Expo 2020 which opened a week ago. The cargo, weighing over 20 t and measuring 418 cbm in total consisted of... more
When the chemistry in Chennai is right
Rhenus' Indian affiliate has opened a new chemical multi-user warehouse in Chennai, close to the Bay of Bengal. The facility will serve as the company's central distribution hub for chemical customers in southern India. The PCB (pollution control board)-approved warehouse... more
Tachofresh welcomes Klaus Burgstaller
Klaus Burgstaller has assumed the role of business development director at Tachofresh in Wildau (Germany). His previous executive positions were sales vice-president at Lostnfound Switzerland, director of sales and purchasing for Datamobile Liechtenstein and channel manager at... more
Delays eating up capacity
On the basis of its global liner performance (GLP) and trade capacity outlook (TCO) databases, the Copenhagen-headquartered maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence has measured the impact that congestion and vessel delays have had on the global deployed liner capacity. At the... more