Port of Kribi welcomes eco hoppers 
The new built deep-water Port of Kribi (Cameroon), Kribi Multipurpose Terminal (KMT), part of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Ictsi), recently introduced new eco hoppers to handle materials like clinker, gypsum, limestone and petcoke. With this addition,... more
Emirates expands network into Canada
Emirates Skycargo customers can now find and book interline cargo shipments tp Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary on Air Canada flights, via key Emirates European gateways. With the enhanced online booking capabilities now live, Emirates Skycargo customers can book... more
Thornton Tomasetti chooses Lisa Mackay
Thornton Tomasetti has appointed Lisa Mackay as vice president of its New York transportation team. Mackay has more than 30 years of experience in the design, inspection, rehabilitation and management of high-profile transportation and infrastructure projects for the New York... more
Klog joins SAE network
System Alliance Europe (SAE) is continuing to expand its general cargo cooperation. With the Portuguese provider Klog Logistics, the number of network partners has risen to 49. In recent years, the Porto-based company has focused primarily on developing its intermodal... more
Supermarket chain to convert fleet to low CO2
Truck manufacturer Iveco will supply 700 LNG trucks to the German supermarket chain Edeka in Minden-Hannover. The company aims to convert its entire fleet from diesel to LNG propulsion by 2025. Edeka placed orders for the first 275 Iveco LNG trucks already in 2022 and 2023.... more
MSC starts intra-Asian "Shikra" service
MSC is introducing "Shikra”, a new, independently managed service to enhance connections between China and India. The shipping company comments that it wants to meet growing global demand and strengthen the connectivity and availability of the Asian ports. “MSC Mara”,... more
Clearing foreign cargo at Chennault Intl Airport
A long-standing major player in commercial and military MRO services, Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is seeking to add air cargo to its portfolio. The airport has established procedures with US Customs and Border Protection enabling 24/7/365... more
US class I railway awarded
Florida-based US class I railway CSX has been recognised by intermodal providers as the top-performing railroad in North America. The “Intermodal Service Scorecard” ranking assessed the company’s performance in Q1/2023. To create the Scorecard, more than 100 shippers and... more
Takeover and investment in automation
Germany-based parcel service provider GLS is expanding its service portfolio and purchasing the fulfilment service specialist Versandmanufaktur. With the acquisition, customers can now carry out all their logistics processes with GLS as an integrated service... more
Conquering new frontiers in logistics software
Nico K. Perreira da Silva joined Riege’s team in Switzerland as senior sales manager at the beginning of May 2023. Before moving to Riege Software, the IT specialist for system integration worked as chief operating officer for the Swiss company K&S Informatik and, among... more