Caribbean Airlines: Cargo service to Curaçao 
Through a partnership with Maduro Air Freight Services, a GSSA anchored in the region since 1837 with stations in Willemstad, Kralendijk (Bonaire) and Oranjestad (Aruba), Trinidad-and-Tobago-based Caribbean Airlines has launched twice weekly cargo operations between Trinidad and... more
Alternatively fuelled trucks for sensitive areas
A Scania gas refuse truck is now operating in the narrow streets of Vilnius, Lithuania. Ekonovus, the waste management company entrusted with operating in Vilnius, has invested in a compressed gas Scania L 340 refuse truck. With its low-entry cab and outstanding driver... more
Automotive managers for Street Scooter
Street Scooter continues to focus its management on growth and internationalisation. Two internationally experienced managers from the automotive industry will be joining the Aachen-based e-commercial vehicle manufacturer’s management team. As the new chief growth officer,... more
Warehouse designed for e-commerce
A new warehouse and distribution complex under construction in Suffolk (UK) has been designed specifically to meet the needs of e-commerce, or online shopping. The Port One Logistics Park is situated immediately next to the A14, the major road which links the port of Felixstowe... more
Hupac expands its intermodal network in Europe
This week, Swiss intermodal operator Hupac is introducing a new connection between Geleen in the Netherlands and Dresden in Germany. The service is suitable for P400 semitrailers. In a first phase, the shuttle will make four roundtrips a week and expand this service to five... more
Portugal accedes to e-CMR
As a sign of the country’s intentions to move towards a fully paperless transport operation, Portugal’s government has acceded to e-CMR. The e-CMR protocol enables transport operators, drivers and shipment companies to use an electronic format of the traditionally paper-based... more
Bansard founds B.Aero
Bansard International Group has founded B.Aero, a new entity dedicated to the aeronautical and aerospace sectors. B.Aero will be headed by Nassim Aouana, who will be based in Bansard’s office at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris (France). Aouana is a former professional... more
Mistral Air becomes Poste Air Cargo
One year after transiting into a dedicated mail and freight haulier, the Italian carrier Mistral Air has been rebranded as Poste Air Cargo. The airline is a division of Poste Italiane and operates a fleet of five ATR72-500, two ATR72-200F and one B737F aircraft on scheduled... more
HL opting out of the Arctic route too
After the French shipping company CMA CGM’s recent announcement that it would not sail the Northwest Passage for environmental reasons, the issue is once again being hotly debated in the container shipping industry. Jörg Erdmann, senior director sustainability at... more
China - Slovakia - China pilot train on track
A test train, operated by Russia-based Trans Container, is already on its way back from Slovakia to China. On 15 September 2019 the train was dispatched from Xian (Xinzhu station) and passed through Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine until it arrived 14 days later in Slovakia.... more