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25.02.2022

Faster France - China transports

Contargo has now added export transports to China from Northern France to its portfolio. The Escaut Valenciennes Terminal, operated by the trimodal container hinterland transport specialist, is one of the newer players on the...

25.02.2022

Ex-chancellor Kern leaves Russian state railways

After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, former ÖBB manager and Austria’s ex-chancellor Christian Kern sees no other way out: he is withdrawing from the board of directors of the Russian state railways. "This morning I informed...

25.02.2022

The Port of Rotterdam is back

The Dutch port of Rotterdam has also passed the worst of the crisis. Container throughput rose to 15.3 million teu, while total throughput was 7.3% higher than in 2020, amounting to 468.7 million t. This corresponds to the...

25.02.2022

UPS and ASL did not succeed

The CEP giant UPS has failed with a billion dollar lawsuit against the EU commission in the European Union General Court in Luxembourg. Two Irish air freight companies had also claimed damages for lost profits in the amount of...

25.02.2022

Logista picks Pedro Losada Hernández

Logista has appointed Pedro Losada Hernandez as new chief financial officer (CFO), reporting to Iñigo Meirás, the company's chief executive officer. The appointment will take effect on 1 March 2022. Losada held the same...

25.02.2022

Air Cargo Belgium contracts Paycargo

Air Cargo Belgium (ACB) has implemented Paycargo to collect membership and event delegate fees online from its 155 members. “By supporting ACB with our tailored platform, we are helping them help their members to adopt a...

25.02.2022

East European groupage freight service launched

PKP Cargo Connect has introduced a road general cargo network (groupage freight) linking the Baltic and the Balkans (Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia). General cargo will be handled in...

25.02.2022

Axell Group sells off part of its portfolio

The Dutch Axell Group in Diessen is strengthening its focus on logistics. The Timmermans family has been at the helm of the family business since it was founded in 1933. In 1996, the company opened its first logistics branch in...

25.02.2022

Doubling traffic on a Baltic route

Since the launch of the loop in autumn 2021, Hansa Destinations has seen a steady increase in demand from freight forwarders and logistics companies looking to transport goods by sea between Sweden and Germany. Now another ro-ro...

25.02.2022

Djibouti makes hub policy a priority

On 13 February 2022, Djibouti launched the final implementation of “Djibouti ICI”, the national development plan (NDP) for the period 2020-2024. While the previous first five-year plan (2015-2019) saw the completion of new port...

25.02.2022

For more business in France

The freight forwarder Gustav Mäuler, based in Remscheid, Germany, has doubled the palletised general cargo volumes on its routes to and from France. The owner-managed company, which specialises in transport, warehousing,...

25.02.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Wasps have characteristic facial features just like humans.

25.02.2022

Hippo happily to Honolulu

Pacific Air Cargo has shipped a hippopotamus named Mara from Los Angeles to Honolulu, the main locations of the exclusive B747F operator which has been transporting animals for over 20 years. In Hawaii, she will become a...

25.02.2022

Second office for ACS in Australia

Aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service has pledged to invest further in Australia as it opens a new office in Brisbane. Paul Crook, CEO of ACS Australia: “We have been looking to invest further in the country after...

25.02.2022

Fair play in cross-border road haulage

The Swiss government wants to ensure fair competition between companies in cross-border road haulage and strengthen cooperation with EU states. To this end, the Swiss federal council has submitted the relevant amendments to the...

25.02.2022

Home game for Fritz

Tiaca has announced that Lynn Fritz, former chairman and CEO of Fritz Companies, will be formally inducted into the Tiaca Hall of Fame at the association's executive summit in San Francisco, CA, 23 - 25 March 2022. Born in...

24.02.2022

Azul picks ECS Group member for its US business

Globe Air Cargo, the Miami-based US subsidiary of the ECS Group, is now responsible for all cargo sales and administrative services connected to Azul’s US business and will assist the Brazilian carrier with flight operations....

24.02.2022

Fresh blood for the Danser Group

A private equity investor has chosen its next target in the Netherlands: Blue Ocean Capital (BOC), founded in 2015, based in UK and the Netherlands and specialising in port infrastructure and logistics real estate, is acquiring...

24.02.2022

Medline prefers trains

Medline is now utilising rail transport in its supply chain for products bound for Spain to reduce its CO2 emissions. The provider of medical products is working with Transfesa Logistics, a Spanish specialist for door-to-door...

24.02.2022

Asia-Est Africa: two for the price of one

Singapore-headquartered Japanese container liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) is transforming its Asia – East Africa (EAF) service into two new weekly services EA3 (East Africa 3 - Mombasa) and EA4 (East Africa 4 - Dar Es Salaam)....