Descartes acquires Core transport technologies 
Descartes Systems Group has acquired Core Transport Technologies NZ (Core), an electronic transport network that provides global air carriers and ground handlers with shipment scanning and tracking solutions. Core has been connecting commercial airlines, ground handlers and... more
European airports lose cargo volumes in Q1
During Q1/2019, freight traffic at the airports which shared their data with the European trade body ACI Europe, declined by 1.8% year-on-year. All four leading stations lost volumes and remained at the positions they held one year before: FRA (467,301 t, -1.3%), CDG (462,143... more
Strong April for the port of Long Beach
The US port of Long Beach witnessed a peak in container throughput in April 2019. Dockworkers at the port's marine terminals moved 628,121 teu last month. The previous record was 619,512 teu in April 2006. Imports in April 2019 rose to 317,883 teu, 1.8% more than in April... more
Brockmann moves from Coli to AAL Shipping
Marc-Oliver Brockmann has left Coli Shipping after 27 years and has been appointed as the new commercial manager at AAL Shipping’s European regional hub. Brockmann started working for Coli in 1992 in Hamburg (Germany) as authorised representative in the company’s shipping and... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
A person uses an average of around 20,800 sheets of toilet paper per year. more
LDZ privatisation promoted by false valuation?
Board members of the Latvian railways (LDZ) have sent an application to the law enforcement authorities with the request to evaluate possible activities of the Latvian minister of transport. The management believes that the value of the company is being deliberately reduced... more
Agility achieves targets
Kuwait-based Agility reported Q1/2019 earnings of KWD 20.3 million (EUR 59.4 million), up 7.3% vis-a-vis Q1/2018. It was a 10.2% increase excluding IFRS-16 impact. Q1 revenue was KWD 378.8 million (EUR 1.1 billion), and ebitda was KWD 46.3 million (135.5 million), increases of... more
Additional rail capacity for Western Canada
Canadian National Railways (CN) is increasing its operations in Western Canada with two additional export supply chain projects. The projects are both focused on maximising the use of rail services into the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. The first train shipping... more
New board member for Spedlogswiss Northwest Switzerland
At its annual general meeting in Basel (Switzerland), the Northwest Switzerland chapter of the logistics association Spedlogswiss re-elected Thomas Knopf, CEO of Ultra-Brag president of the board. Vice president Thomas Herzog, owner of Freight-Logistic, was also confirmed in his... more
More equipment for the port of Maputo
Maputo, the capital and major port of Mozambique (East Africa), was the site where Liebherr recently handed over two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 550 to MPDC for bulk handling operations. The port city on the Indian Ocean is an important transhipment point for... more