The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2017 World Financial Symposium (WFS) will focus on sustaining airline financial health and speeding delivery of industry initiatives to support this goal.

CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s largest supply chain management companies has enhanced its capabilities in Dublin with the introduction of a 15,000 square foot temperature-controlled facility at its Dublin warehouse. The new building has been constructed as an insulated building-within-a-building on the city's airport industrial park and will allow it to better serve customers with medical products requiring to be kept within a constant temperature range of 15-25 degrees.

Improved local presence will support regional growth

New Managing Director Strategy & Sales effective 15 November 2017

They are tough, sleek and perfectly designed for the most demanding tasks. On 4 September, Scania unveils a completely new range of construction trucks. Follow the live webcasted launch on nextgenscania.com starting 18:30 (CET).

On 21 August, the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Mauritius will launch the new international body during a high-level event in Geneva.

Concluding the interview series leading up to the upcoming Baltic Ports Conference 2017, we have a real treat for all of you. This year we would like to approach the development of the maritime transport industry from a slightly different angle and talk about the single, most important force behind every successful business – creativity.

1GSA – the new network for independent cargo GSSAs – has appointed Moscow-based TEK Poseidon as its member for Russia. 1GSA now has members in 12 countries, and pending applications for several more.

Kuehne + Nagel announced a new multi-year contract with Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC, part of the Daimler AG Group, to implement a production logistics solution for its new assembly line and production facility in Charleston, South Carolina. 

At 70 million tons, first-half seaborne cargo throughput in Hamburg in 2017, including the general and bulk cargo segments, all but matched the previous year’s, being only one-fifth of one percent (0.2%) lower. In the first six months of 2017 containerized general cargo throughput at 4.45 million TEU (20-ft standard containers) was at the previous year’s level. Up by one percent at 23.5 million tons, bulk cargo throughput in Germany’s largest universal port continued to grow.

London International Shipping Week takes place between 11th and 15th September, during which an event at the IMO will focus on the correct packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs) and the safety issues that result from poor packing and securing practices.

Commenting on the first of what is likely to be a number of papers issued by the UK Government over the next few days outlining its ambitions for Brexit, the UK trade association that represents freight forwarding and logistics companies says that it is no surprise that the paper is all about possible trade and customs arrangements post-Brexit.

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – has introduced a revolutionary Virtual Reality (VR) training environment that will enable new staff to gain valuable experience before working in the challenging ramp environment.

Digital Ship returns to Korea with a one day conference taking place on 25 October, during Kormarine 2017 at BEXCO in Busan, the biggest International Marine, Shipbuilding, and Offshore show in Korea.

Strong growth in ferry traffic