The German-Danish shipping company Scandlines has chosen Nowhere Networks as its strategic supplier for fast internet for its Baltic Sea fleet. The green and innovative ferry operator has now connected its entire fleet with Nowhere Network's internet solution.

In the course of modernizing its tank wagons, Tyczka Gase GmbH, a subsidiary of Tyczka GmbH, is equipping its entire fleet with IoT technology from Nexxiot. By the end of 2021, all compressed gas tank cars will be upgraded with a Globehopper module from the Swiss scale-up. Tyczka Gase can thus guarantee its customers full transparency and traceability of the transported goods worldwide. The sustainability of the supply chain is also strengthened due to better planning by customers. Around half of the Tyczka fleet is already equipped with the Nexxiot Globehopper.

The sixth annual edition of BBME promotes women in leadership through an increase in female involvement in the segment

InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third-party ship managers, has appointed Mark O'Neil, CEO of Columbia Shipmanagement, as its new President.

“Shipping bodies call on Jeff Bezos to take a stand for stranded seafarers at industry Round Table”

The Cargo Integrity Group makes its recently published ‘CTU Code – a Quick Guide’ available in the Mandarin language to further its campaign for the adoption and implementation of crucial safety practices throughout the global supply chain.

With EU backing, an ambitious scheme is taking shape for a cross-border metro to link Copenhagen with Malmo. This would almost certainly serve Kastrup airport, between the two.

On 01 November, Qatar Airways Cargo appointed Wexco, part of ECS Group, as its general sales agent (GSA) in Australia. Through that new agreement, Qatar Airways and ECS Group are extending their strategic partnership which today covers 20 countries worldwide. The partnership will leverage Qatar Airways’ strong presence in Australia, promoting destinations to the Middle-East, Europe, the Americas and Africa to the Australian exporters.

The progressive recruitment and human resources policies of Synergy Group have been recognised by Maritime SheEO, the International Maritime Organization-endorsed leadership accelerator organisation for women in the shipping and logistics sectors.

Leading container shipping companies are continuing to weather the pandemic storm, and its economic shockwaves, with success – pushing long-term contracted rates up for the second successive month. In the latest figures from Xeneta’s XSI® Public Indices report, which crowd sources real-time shipping rates from shippers worldwide, rates were seen to climb by 1.9% over November, building on a gain of 1.3% in October. The index is now 1.9% up year-on-year, with a 0.9% rise since the start of 2020.

New Atlantic action plan and impact of COVID-19 on rural areas also discussed.

The European Committee of the Regions has given its preliminary backing to a set of recommendations aimed at ensuring that the European Union embraces agro-ecological principles and techniques in its efforts to reduce agriculture's contribution to climate change, secure the EU's food supplies, and support rural communities.

Cargo volumes in the third quarter:
Container throughput totals 2.3 million TEU (-4.9 percent).
Total throughput amounts to 32 million tons (-8 percent).

AstaZero is now building the world's longest indoor track for testing self-driving vehicles. AstaZero is the leading test bed for the automated transport systems of the future. With the new indoor track, AstaZero consolidates its position as a world-unique test environment.

Lithuanian Airports have officially joined the Charter initiated by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and undertook the commitment to ensure the highest epidemiological safety standards, as well as to exchange information with other members of the Charter in order to manage the challenges faced by the aviation industry due to the pandemic.

Singapore, 20 November 2020 -- Dominating 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has required businesses to find new solutions to continue their services. When Survival Systems International, Inc. (SSI) experts needed to attend site, this was not possible because of the travel restrictions. RINA provided a solution by supplying SSI with a Kiber helmet, a fully integrated, wearable hardware and software solution for remote assistance.