Swire Pacific Offshore launches latest D Class vessel 
Shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO) is celebrating the latest addition to its existing D Class fleet with the launch and naming of the "Pacific Duchess". The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in early 2014. This is the fourth of... more
Kögel tipper trailer for the Stuttgart 21 building site
Ecosoil Süd GmbH, one of Germany's full-service remediators of contaminated sites, has extended its fleet by adding 15 Kögel 24 cbm tipper trailers. The new trailers are to be used in a large-scale project connected to the Stuttgart 21 construction site. Ecosoil is particularly... more
Reinforcement for Kopf & Lübben's airfreight department
Tobias Teichmann became a member of Bremen (Germany)-based Kopf & Lübben’s airfreight department on 1 August. He will focus on marketing activities and assume responsibility for operational tasks. Before transferring to Kopf & Lübben, Teichmann was a sales manager at BHS... more
Dachser investing in food logistics sector
The German logistics service provider Dachser has made substantial investments in its food logistics business field. The company began operations at three facilities for cross-docking and storing foodstuffs in Germany this summer. One centre is in Langenau bei Ulm, where a 5,200... more
Indian Railways increases freight transport yet again
Indian Railways (IR) carried 343 million t of revenue earning freight traffic between 1 April and 31 July this year, an increase of 4.89%, or 15.98 million t more than the 327 million t hauled in the same four months in 2012. In July 2013, IR conveyed 86.21 million t of revenue... more
AirAsia Japan rebranded "Vanilla Air"
Budget carrier AirAsia Japan is being rebranded as Vanilla Air, the airline announced this week in Tokyo. Executives chose Vanilla Air from 200 other names. In June the joint venture between Malaysia's AirAsia and Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) broke up just eleven months... more
Skysails appoints head of sales and service
Hamburg (Germany)-based SkySails GmbH has appointed Jürgen Gerdes as its new head of sales and services. Gerdes, who will also serve as commercial officer, is assuming sales and services responsibility for the company’s entire range of marine products, e.g. the towing-kite... more
Damco granted permanent license to operate in Myanmar
Following extensive work with NGOs, local companies and diplomats, the global freight forwarder and logistics services provider Damco is assisting its clients to open their supply chains up to the frontier market of Myanmar this year. Damco has commenced offering its customers... more
Drewry: container ports remain dynamic and profitable
The British analyst Drewry's latest annual report on global and international container terminal operators shows that the sector remains dynamic and profitable, but that numerous changes are also taking place. All terminal operators face the challenge of growth on two fronts –... more
Air Canada opens new global operations centre
Air Canada announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art global operations centre (OC) in Brampton, Ontario (Canada) on 20 August. The facility is expected to significantly improve operational capabilities and efficiencies. The new, 7,500 sqm centre is the result of a... more