Heiko Krebs joins Kombiverkehr 
Kombiverkehr’s administrative board has named Heiko Krebs, an authorised officer of the company’s operations department, as a second managing director. He assumed his new role on 13 April 2023. This appointment also entails a reallocation of responsibilities for the various... more
Cambodia orders its first mobile harbour crane
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the operator of Cambodia's sole deep-water port, which is owned and run by the government, has ordered two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour cranes. Cambodia’s first-ever mobile harbour cranes will be delivered in Q4/2023.... more
Drone deliveries for Royal Mail
In Q2/2023, Skyports Drone Services will launch the Orkney I-Port operation, a fully electric drone logistics project created in partnership with Royal Mail, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. The project will deliver two new capabilities: daily... more
RCG: new train to link Budapest with Rijeka
Quick connections to the northern Adriatic: ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its Transnet with a new transport solution between Hungary and the northern Adriatic. The port of Rijeka (Croatia) is an important transhipment hub for Southern, Central and South-Eastern Europe.... more
CBP records 400% increase in marijuana seizures
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Indianapolis seized 525 parcels containing marijuana between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023. This time last year during the same timeframe officers only saw 105 packages containing marijuana. The total amount of marijuana... more
More than 6 million teu in Mumbai
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) registered its highest ever throughput of 6.05 million teu in 2022-23. India’s largest container port located in Mumbai had crossed 6 million teu on 30 March 2023. During the corresponding period last year, JNPA handled 5.68 million teu,... more
ID Logistics picks Martin Whitcombe
Contract logistics provider ID Logistics has appointed Martin Whitcombe as global director of e-commerce, FMCG and fashion market development. With over thirty years of professional experience, Whitcombe will bring his extensive knowledge of international supply chains to... more
Swiss hyperloop team wins innovation prize
At the 2023 "Not-A-Boring Competition" in Bastrop, Texas, at the beginning of April, the "Swissloop Tunnelling" team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was awarded the top prize for innovative design. Sponsored by Gebrüder... more
Enhancing inland coverage of Nigeria
In addition to the current intermodal network serving its locations in Nigeria, CMA CGM is now introducing a new land transport project through the Nigerian port of Lekki. Scheduled to open at Lekki in May 2023, this new corridor will provide the following opportunities:... more
Aercap to lease BCFs to PT Rusky Aero Indonesia
Aercap Holdings has signed lease agreements for two 737-800BCF (Boeing converted freighters) with newly launched cargo airline PT Rusky Aero Indonesia, operating as Raindo United Services. Attending the announcement ceremony were the Indonesian ambassador to Singapore, His... more