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September 2024

Gebrüder Weiss opens second Bucharest site

Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has opened a terminal at Popesti-Leordeni, its second location in greater Bucharest. The new facility in the south-east It complements an existing one west of the Romanian capital in Bolintin-Deal. The new terminal has an area of around 19,000 square meters for warehouse logistics, transshipment, administration, and connections to the Black Sea port of Constanta and neighbouring Bulgaria. [+]

VICT reaches five-million mark

Melbourne’s fully automated Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) has reached the five million TEU mark since commencing operations. A recently completed terminal expansion has increased capacity by 30% to 1.25 million TEU a year and allowed handling of larger vessels. [+]

DHL goes for green growth and a simpler structure

DHL Group unveiled a plan for sustainable growth up to 2030 on 24 September. It said it would strive to increase revenue by 50% by targeting high-growth markets and sectors. But it would also reinforce its commitment to decarbonization and integrate sustainability into its existing strategic framework.‘Strategy 2030 – Accelerate ... [+]

First bio-LNG for Brittany Ferries

Energy company Repsol has started supplying liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled vessels Salamanca and Santoña at the LNG-bunkering terminal in Santander (Spain). The three truck-loads, totalling 60 tons was the first supply of its kind in Spain. BioLNG can reduce the CO2 emissions by up to 100% compared to conventional LNG, depending on ... [+]

Toga achieves gold standard in Deloitte awards

Dublin forwarding and logistics firms Toga Group - which comprises Toga Freight Services and Toga Customs Services - has been named as one the country’s Best Managed Companies in the Deloitte business awards programme. The company, which has demonstrated superior business performance for the fifth year in a row, this year ... [+]

Stena appoints investment chief

Anders Tenfält has been appointed as Stena Line’s new chief investment officer and part of the group management team.He joined Stena in 2015 as investment manager at Stena Adactum and has since 2019 been the chief business controller for the Stena AB Group. He has been involved in initiatives including ... [+]

XPO supports triple-tower climbers

XPO Logistics is supporting a Climb the Capital event on 5 October in which participants will ascend three of London's tallest skyscrapers on foot within three hours. Participants in the event, which is accredited with the Towerrunning World Association, will climb 475 metres up and down the Scalpel, The Leadenhall Building ... [+]

Taylor joins TGP team

Heavylift freight specialist Trans Global Projects (TGP) has appointed Ben Taylor as general manager of its UK business. Joining from another London forwarder, he brings over 20 twenty years of experience the sector and will take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the UK business and its future development, capitalising ... [+]

Two more trains take to Ireland’s rails

Irish rail operator Iarnród Éireann has introduced two new container services from Dublin Port to Ballina operated in partnership with IWT (International Warehousing and Transport), using 12 low-floor pocket wagons. The wagons have been extensively refurbished to create additional capacity on the network while Iarnród Éireann pursues the purchase of a ... [+]

Menzies opens in Maputo

Menzies Aviation has officially opened its new cargo facility at Maputo International Airport in Mozambique. The handler says it is a significant expansion of its footprint across East Africa and its regional customer portfolio is set to increase. Launch customers include Airlink and Qatar Airways. Senior vice president cargo of Menzies ... [+]

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