"Curiosity of the Day" 
Disneyland in Orlando is its own city. It was built between two counties. Disney petitioned the Florida State legislature to let the company govern its own land, essentially making Disney World a separate city. more
Panattoni building for Dachser 
Panattoni is to build the sixth facility for Dachser. The new logistics centre will be located in Magdeburg (Germany). The new project comes hot on the heels of the logistics centre in Alsdorf near Aachen that Panattoni built for Dachser in summer 2019. The property... more
Csafe Global expanding life science sales team in Asia
Csafe Global has been expanding its life science sales team throughout the Asia Pacific region to support a growing customer base. The newest additions to the team include Ram Nair and Kuwahara Fuminari. In his new role as director of life science sales – SW Asia, Nair will... more
Naming ceremony for "HMM Algeciras"
The world's largest containership to date was constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) at its Okpo shipyard in Geoje (South Korea). The South Korean shipping company HMM, which recently changed its brand from Hyundai Merchant Marine to the acronym, held... more
Stepping up truck production in France
The company Perren rent has taken over Renault Trucks’ workshop brand representation for the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. In France, truck production at the Renault plants is slowly restarting under strict safety precautions after grinding sown to a standstill on 18 March... more
Railways come up trumps
There have been some remarkable projects completed in the railfreight transport segment in recent weeks – rather countercyclically. Our tour d’horizon here takes us from Germany to China and back again via Russia to Latvia and Finland. more
EGIM introduces new hinterland rail service
Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) is extending its service network in Germany by introducing a direct connection between the Bremerhaven-Nordhafen container terminals and the Duss inland terminal in Frankfurt/Main. The Hamburg-based provider of intermodal rail/road transport will... more
Belavia and Minsk maintain their course
Belavia – Belarusian Airlines is maintaining the planned service resumption for its Minsk – Vienna route, previously served until March 2002. Initially scheduled to restart on 29 March 2020, the service should begin tomorrow, 25 April. Planned to operate with E195 equipment,... more
GM picks Ceva to manage ventilator supply chain
Ceva Logistics has been appointed by General Motors as its 4PL to manage its entire ventilator production supply chain. Under GM’s contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services, the logistics company is responsible for delivering hundreds of parts which will be... more
Daseke recruits EVP and CFO
Daseke, a large flatbed and specialized transportation and logistics solutions company in North America, has hired Jason Bates as its executive vice-president and CFO. Bates will be fully transitioned into his new role by 27 April, and will be responsible for managing all... more