Kuehne + Nagel conveys 600 boats to show 

From a sports boat to luxury yacht: the international logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has transported around 600 boats to the site of Boot 2014, a leading international maritime and water sports show in Dusseldorf (Germany). The event is being staged from 18 - 26 January. In... more
Long Beach increases cargo volumes 

Cargo volumes at the port of Long Beach (USA) rose by 11.3% to 6.73 million teu in 2013, making the year the port’s third-busiest ever, behind only the pre-crisis years 2006 and 2007. Imports were up by 12.8% to 3.46 million teu, exports grew by 10.7% to 1.7... more
Some fined, some forgiven 

Between 2000 and 2005 several airlines agreed on certain elements of prices for airfreight transport services. The Swiss competition commission has now fined some of these airlines CHF 11 million (EUR 8.9 million) in connection with the agreement. more
Pemco partnership in Latin America 

The Tampa FL-based US company Pemco World Air Services is entering into a new Boeing B737 freighter conversion partnership with Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales RL (Coopesa) in San Jose (Costa Rica). Pemco's expansion into Central America provides... more
Railinc extends board and elects new chairperson 

Jo-ann Olsovsky of BNSF has been elected board chair of Railinc Corp. Furthermore, Fred Ehlers of Norfolk Southern and Serge Leduc of Canadian National Railway have joined the board. The announcement was made following a recent Railinc board meeting. Olsovsky has been a member... more
Growth forecast for UK road haulage industry 

A new study from market analysts Plimsoll indicates that confidence is sweeping back into the UK’s road haulage industry. Latest figures show that half of firms are increasing sales and 47% are improving profits. Leading this change are a group of 104 firms which are delivering... more
MOL sells 49% of TraPac to Canadian asset manager 

The Japanese carrier Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has sold 49% of its subsidiary International Transportation Inc (ITI) to the Canadian asset manager Brookfield Asset Management. ITI is a holding company of TraPac, which operates container terminals in the US ports of Los Angeles CA,... more
Geis expands branch office network in Poland 

The global service provider Geis Group acquired all shares in Logwin Solutions Poland on 1 January this year. Logwin’s Polish affiliate is a specialist for domestic and international overland transport, as well as logistics and value-added services. The two companies agreed not... more
New sales manager for Euro-Leasing 

Stefan Helmgens is taking charge of the sales and commercial sectors at the commercial vehicle lessor Euro-Leasing. After training as an industrial administrator at DaimlerChrysler AG in Bremen (Germany), he assumed responsibility for managing the used vehicle business in... more
Grand Port Maritime du Havre: Public notice 

Outsourcing of public service : Operation of the local rail shuttles connecting the multimodal platform with the port sites (In case of doubt, the French version shall prevail) more