Containers in Cork unaffected 
The southern Irish Port of Cork has reported its results for 2020. Total traffic passing through the port was down by 2% to 9.2 million t, due to "the challenges posed by Covid-19 and the cancellation of cruise calls to Cork in particular", as the port said in a media... more
More than 1,700 new jobs
BNSF Railway’s customers invested USD 1.1 billion in 2020. BNSF expects these investments to create more than 1,700 new jobs in local communities. This marks the 10th consecutive year that BNSF customers have invested more than USD 1 billion in a calendar year for new or... more
Uneasy times for XPO Logistics
Greenwich (USA)-headquartered XPO Logistics has reported for the full year 2020. The company generated revenues of USD 16.25 billion, a slight loss compared to the USD 16.65 billion in 2019 (-2,5%). Operating income went down significantly to USD 391 million from USD 821 in... more
Vaccines from Belgium
Since the end of November, flights to more than 40 destinations have been carried out to distribute Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine from Belgium. This includes shipments via DHL Express and on commercial flights from partners such as Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways,... more
Loxxess Pharma expands management team
Loxxess Pharma’s managing director Helmut Müller-Neumayr (right) has been joined by three new managing directors: Dr. Beate Grudzus-Zager (2nd from left), Dr. Tilman Spaethe (2nd from right) and Johann Strobl (left), who have all worked for the company for many years.... more
Jaxport bounces back too
The global recovery of the automobile manufacturing industry is also driving growth in the Jacksonville Port in Florida (Jaxport). In the first quarter of its fiscal year, which started in October 2020, the port’s vehicle volumes grew 7% year-over-year compared to the first... more
Masks to Graz
The demand for high-quality medical products - currently mainly FFP2 masks and rapid antigen tests - continues to grow significantly throughout Europe due to the new regulations. To meet this demand, the Diwa Medical Group, in cooperation with Belenos and Quehenberger... more
Michelin banks on wind transport
Michelin recently signed a transport commitment with Neoline as a test initiative to help decarbonise the group's logistics operations. The commitment concerns the trans-Atlantic trade on cargo ships with tyres loaded in containers from Halifax (Canada) to Saint-Nazaire -... more
Scallog goes Brazil
Scallog, a supplier of logistics robots based in France, has formed a commercial partnership with the Brazilian company Cubicc, an integrator in picking and packing solutions. Cubicc will market Scallog’s goods-to-person robotic solutions in Brazil and more widely in South... more
Obligatory registration in Hungary
Since 8 February, all goods transport operators carrying out services to, from, through and in Hungary must register the company and its operations in the Bireg system. However, companies operating exclusively under EU community licence will not have to register, except... more