• Road to rail shifts cut carbon footprint by 70% Jul 06,2021

  As cargo owners and their customers continue to push for improvements in their environmental profiles and cuts in carbon emissions, two major global logistics groups have highlighted recent gains from projects to switch the freight movements of customers from road to rail.Kuehne + Nagel announced that a road-... [learn more]

• Hellmann acquires express parcel provider Innight Express Jul 06,2021

  European freight and third-party logistics provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is acquiring the overnight express provider Innight Express, which is based in Hungary and Romania.Hellmann said that “with this acquisition, Hellmann is completing an important milestone in its expansion strategy in th... [learn more]

• 'Shippers paying thousands in ocean premiums even before peak season' Jul 05,2021

  The Port of Yantian is now back operating at full capacity, but it will take weeks to clear the containers already at the southern China gateway as well as the backlog of exports waiting to ship from manufacturers in the region, according to the latest international freight update published earlier this w... [learn more]

• DB Schenker and Volocopter integrate cargo drone air and ground operations Jul 05,2021

  International logistics giant DB Schenker and urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer Volocopter have successfully created and tested a system to integrate Volocopter’s air cargo drones into an automated warehouse and ground logistics process – which will serve as a basis for integrating VoloDr... [learn more]

• 'Lorry driver shortage threatens Haribo sweets' Jul 05,2021

  German confectionery giant Haribo is struggling to deliver its sweets to shops in the UK because of a shortage of lorry drivers, according to BBC News.Haribo told BBC News that like many other producers and retailers, it was "experiencing challenges" that were hitting supplies.The problems aff... [learn more]

• FIATA and PayCargo launch Freight-Pay Jul 05,2021

  FIATA, in collaboration with financial technology company, PayCargo, has launched Freight-Pay - a custom platform developed for the freight forwarding federation's members to facilitate online transactions between themselves, while benefitting from reduced transaction costs and heightened security feature... [learn more]