Container index takes a fall in April 
The downturn had been expected. The container throughput of the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics (ISL) fell from 110.4 (corrected) to 108.9 in April, down 6.5% from the value of the same period last year. In the Chinese... more
Towards an Easa approved P2F solution
Brussels-headquartered Akka Technologies and Avianor from Montréal, the majority-owned affiliates of Drakkar's aerospace & ground transportation division, have signed a collaboration agreement for Avianor's passenger-to-freighter conversion solution, certified by the... more
Logistics for healthcare
Companies that produce masks and protective equipment in Turkey and export them to several locations worldwide, organise a great part of their operations from the warehouse of Fevzi Gandur Logistics at Istanbul Airport. Hasan Şafak, general manager of air and sea... more
Estonian carrier strives for ambitious goal
With the help of 75 new bulk containers, Operail plans to more than double its multimodal freight volumes and to transport more than 200,000 t of goods by the end of 2020. Compared to the previous year, Operail’s multimodal freight throughput increased by more than 50% in... more
MOL and Wilhelmshaven go for LNG
The Japanese shipping company MOL and the LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven (LTW) have a common goal: they plan to introduce a floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Wilhelmshaven. The two parties just inked a contract to build and charter an LNG terminal ship that... more
Ghislain Fernandez joins Heppner
Heppner has appointed Ghislain Fernandez as its managing director for international affiliates. Fernandez takes over the management of the French Heppner group's subsidiaries in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Besides his experience in management, Fernandez also draws... more
Fedex expands in Paris, UPS in Greater Chicago
Fedex Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. which currently represents more than a third of the cargo capacity at Paris CDG, processes thousands of medical shipments through its European hub every day. This includes PPE, clinical trials, medical supplies and equipment, which are... more
Rotor sails save fuel
A new rotor sail operation has been introduced in the Baltic Sea. The ferry operator Scandlines joined forces with Norsepower to install Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on the hybrid ferry M/V Copenhagen. The vessel operates between Rostock, Germany and Gedser, Denmark. The... more
Klaus-Michael Kuehne expects contraction for KN
In an interview with the German daily newspaper "Die Welt" Klaus-Michael Kuehne, majority shareholder at Kuehne + Nagel, discussed the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kuehne + Nagel may have 20-25% fewer employees after the crisis, he said. Currently, the global... more
VCS: more eco-friendly vehicles needed
In its new list of eco-friendly delivery vehicles, the Swiss transport interest group VCS (Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz) has pinpointed vehicles that transport goods and passengers while simultaneously reducing their negative impact on the climate and the environment. However,... more