Coalition on West African routes 
Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (Bocs) and Universal Africa Lines (UAL) are to combine their forces on the West African trades. The Bremen entity, a breakbulk MPV shipping line, operates five geared MPV vessels ranging from 12,800 to 28,000 dwt, with a lifting capacity... more
Arpin Group appoints Bridget Ritchie to management committee
Bridget Ritchie, vice president global business development – corporate accounts, has been appointed to the Arpin group management committee, which is responsible for making recommendations and implementing the vision of Arpin’s board of directors. The committee also... more
"Teesport Express" marks extended Scotland service
PD Ports in UK, based in the north east, has celebrated the success of its second daily rail freight connection to Scotland, with an official locomotive naming ceremony at Teesport. Five years after the launch of the company’s intermodal rail terminal at Teesport, the... more
Bolloré Transport & Logistics opens first B.Lab centre
Bolloré Transport & Logistics has officially opened its B.Lab center in Puteaux (France). The new 500 sqm location aims at developing new solutions to accelerate the digitalisation of the supply chain by involving company customers in the process from creation ideation to... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In the Hawaiian language there are 65 words for fishing nets, 108 different words for sweet potatoes, 42 for sugarcane and 47 for bananas. more
Speed queen of the freight gateways
The capital of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna has many nicknames, including ‘professor’, on account of it being home to the oldest university in the world, ‘fatty’, for its rich cuisine, and ‘the red city’, on account of its red brick buildings as well as its leftist... more
Joint efforts on the Eurasian rail route
Russia-based UTLC ERA and Lithuanian Railways have signed an agreement to manage postal container traffic from China to Lithuania. The partners intend to jointly develop the shipment of postal packages (deliveries and e-commerce goods) by cargo trains on China – Europe – China... more
United Cargo names two new European GSA
Effective tomorrow, 1 May 2019, Brainway Airline Services will act as United Cargo’s new sales partner covering Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The US carrier thanks its outgoing sales partners in these locations, Air Logistics... more
Mixed results for Q1/2019 in Antwerp
In the port of Antwerp, total throughput fell by 3% in Q1/2019 compared to Q1/2018. Container traffic, on the other hand, continues to rise, recording the port’s best ever monthly result in March. In 2018, Antwerp’s share in the container market measured in tonnage increased... more
Zeaborn group takes full ownership of Zeamarine
The Zeaborn group has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining ownership interests in Zeamarine held by New Mountain Capital. The Zeamarine JV was formed in August 2018 when New Mountain Capital and Zeaborn agreed to combine the commercial activities of Intermarine, Zeaborn... more