More intermodal links between Germany and Italy 

TX Logistik (TXL) will launch a new connection between Duisburg (Germany) and Padua (Italy) on 2 May 2023. Four round trips per week with 32 load units per train will be put on the rails. The connection, which will carry truck trailers with all kinds of goods, will be operated... more
Cool Swissness cube 

Swiss Worldcargo, Swiss Airtainer (see p. 24 of tomorrow's ITJ 17-18/2023) and pharma logistics specialist BPL have launched a cool airfreight container for life-saving medicine that brings a significant weight reduction of 250 kg and thereby less fuel consumption. The first... more
UPS building new sorting facility at TPA 

A new 3,716 sqm cargo building is going up near the Pemco World Air Services hangar on North Westshore Boulevard. It is part of a wide-ranging project that includes taxiway, apron and roadway improvements and a new City of Tampa pump station. The Aviation Authority-owned... more
Odyssey names Hans Stig Moller as CEO 

The board of directors of Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation has named Hans Stig Moller as the company’s new chief executive officer. As CEO, Moller’s task will be to steer Odyssey’s multimodal services and strategic supply-chain solutions into the future. He... more
Veson wants Vessels Value 

Veson Nautical (Veson) has announced its intent to acquire vessel valuation provider Vessels Value. The Boston-based provider of maritime freight management solutions believes that the move will add a strong company and brand with a proprietary data set and unique modelling... more
Handling 1 million coffee orders per year 

DHL Supply Chain is extending its strategic partnership with Nestlé Nespresso to provide logistics and fulfilment services in Australia. Projected to handle over 1 million orders in the first year, the Australian operation will be based in omnichannel facilities in Brisbane and... more
E-trailers also for linehaul traffic 

Deploying e-trailers in land transport may save between 24% and 55% of fuel, as a field test conducted by DB Schenker, Tailer Dynamics and Krone in France showed. For the trial, the diesel consumption of a semi-trailer system was compared with a conventional trailer and an... more
Aeronaves TSM orders six more AEI conversions 

Saltillo (Mexico)-based Aeronaves TSM (TSM) has ordered an additional six AEI CJR200 SF freighter conversions from Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The modifications for all the aircraft are being performed by the authorised AEI Conversion Centre, Commercial Jet, in Dothan,... more
MOL recruits representative for New Zealand 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL; president & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) has appointed Kazuki Kuwahara as chief country representative for New Zealand under the company’s regional organisation of Southeast Asia, Oceania, effective 1 April 2023. Since New Zealand presents great... more