"Curiosity of the Day" 
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) wrote his book ‘Fahrenheit 451’, published 69 years ago, on 19 October 1953, in just nine days. It took him 45 years to write a collection of short stories. more
Bettina Brennenstuhl now in charge 
Bettina Brennenstuhl has officially taken office as the new sole director of Dortmunder Hafen. She succeeds Uwe Büscher, who retired at the end of August. Before joining Dortmunder Hafen, Brennenstuhl, who holds a degree in business administration, was deputy mayor and... more
Second airport for Lagos
The state of Lagos recently celebrated the official presentation of the approval granted by the government of Nigeria to embark on the development of a passenger and cargo airport on the state’s Lekki-Epe axis. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the federal government’s... more
Nippon unveils new reefers
The Nippon Express Group in Shanghai has introduced six new temperature-controlled containers suitable for transporting precision tools such as semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Semiconductors are built into all kinds of electronic devices such as smartphones, PCs, and... more
1,000 French e-trucks on Europe’s roads
Renault Trucks' French plant in Blainville-sur-Orne (Normandy) has been producing 100% electric medium-duty trucks in series since 2020. 1,000 electric trucks with 16, 19 and 26 t have already rolled off the plant’s production line. The vehicles are in use all over Europe.... more
Higher volumes, fewer boxes
The Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges has released its results on the period from January to September 2022. Overall throughput amounted to 217.4 million t, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to the same period last year. All cargo segments are up, with the exception of container... more
‘Hotbirds’ fly clean with Beluga
A special aircraft landed at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida last weekend, when the Airbus BelugaST (A300-600ST) delivered the Airbus-built Hotbird 13G satellite for Eutelsat. This happened a few hours after the successful launch of its twin, Hotbird 13F.... more
Italy stays on the move
Sustainable newbuildings for the future. Emanuele Grimaldi looked to the future and confirmed that his company is committed to ‘green’ ships, and to sustainable business in general. more
More capacity between Germany, Sweden and Finland
Samskip has added over 10% more capacity to its multimodal connections between Germany and Scandinavia with the launch of three-times weekly block train services in cooperation with Hector Rail. The all-electric train links the Duisburg Hohenbudberg terminal and the Rostock... more
Jacobs to manage new Bolloré vertical
Bolloré Logistics has acquired solid expertise in designing adaptive supply chains for the high-tech and telecommunications sector over the years. Its portfolio includes the biggest players in the business. The company has now appointed Kris Jacobs as global VP high-tech... more