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02.03.2022

Generation change at L&S MU

Michael Lott is taking his well-deserved retirement after more than 46 years of service at Lampe & Schwartze Marine Underwriting (L&S MU) on 28 February 2022. Louis Ravens will take over Lott's duties as head of...

02.03.2022

60,000 chassis pooled in SACP 3.0

Next generation chassis pool: Ocean Carrier, the ports authorities in Georgia, Jacksonville and North Carolina and CCM have signed an MoU to establish a new South Atlantic Chassis Pool (SACP 3.0). The new pool will start in...

02.03.2022

Two GDP certificates for Militzer & Münch

Militzer & Münch’s sites in Frankfurt Airport and Hof in Germany were certified in accordance with the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines for the transport of medicinal products in January 2022. The audit was...

02.03.2022

Two directors for Trois-Rivières Port Authority

The Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA) has appointed Félix Hamel and Denys Bernard to its board of directors for three-year terms. Felix Hamel (left) holds a double bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship & innovative...

02.03.2022

Depending on seafarers from Russia and Ukraine

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has drawn attention to the high number of seafarers of Russian and Ukrainian origin currently employed in the shipping industry. Representing 80% of the worlds merchant fleet, the...

02.03.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

A three-minute telephone call from New York to London cost over USD 240 in 1930.

02.03.2022

Air Europa joins Time Matters' express air network

Time Matters, a provider of time-critical express transports, is expanding its "Sameday Air" network in cooperation with Air Europa. Additional cargo capacity is now available via the Spanish airline’s Madrid hub. As a...

02.03.2022

500 wagon owners follow VPI recommendations

The VPI service company Vers welcomes the Voith Group as the 500th subscriber of the VPI European Maintenance Guide (VPI-EMG). Fifteen years after the first edition, the recommendations for the maintenance of freight cars have...

02.03.2022

GMI builds near Birmingham

Logistics and real estate developer St. Modwen Logistics has contracted the GMI Construction Group to build a new 50,000 sqm industrial/logistics unit close to Longbridge, Birmingham (UK). The development, marketed as...

01.03.2022

Director for a new strategy

Régis Serriere, who has been heading the ten-strong international team of the Geneva-based freight forwarder Pelichet since January last year, is taking up the position of "Directeur de la Stratégie" today, 1 March...

01.03.2022

Study on climate-friendly synthetic-fuel launched

Dutch inland haulier Kleijn Transport and UK-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) have started a joint pilot study based on eco-friendly hydro-treated vegetable oil fuel (HVO). HVO is made of 100% renewable raw materials such as...

01.03.2022

Elvis expands senior management

At its shareholders’ meeting, Elvis, a European cargo association of international freight forwarders based in Knüllwald (Germany), appointed Vanessa Klonnek and Steffen Renner as equal managing directors and thus initiated the...

01.03.2022

Finnair to suffer from closure of Russian airspace

More than half of the route from Helsinki to Singapore passes through Russia, and between Helsinki and Tokyo (photo) the Russian share of the route is even around three quarters. Due to significant negative financial impacts...

01.03.2022

Green city logistics in full swing

DB Schenker has become the first customer worldwide to take delivery of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros as a series-production vehicle. The transport company will be using the 19 t truck for general cargo deliveries in...

01.03.2022

Robust start of world trade in 2022

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) continued its growth in January 2022, rising from 120.5 points...

01.03.2022

Shuttle links Gothenburg and Rosersberg

A new freight shuttle has been launched in Sweden between the Port of Gothenburg and Rosersberg, north of Stockholm. Departing six times a week, the shuttle transports paper products and other goods from Rosersberg to the Port of...

01.03.2022

Geodis ambitious also for 2022

France-headquartered Geodis Group saw significant growth in 2021. While revenues surged to EUR 10.9 billion (+28% versus 2020 and +33% versus 2019), ebitda took a similar leap, amounting to EUR 948 million (+33% versus 2020 and...

01.03.2022

Bert Selis joins WFS

Bert Selis has joined Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the new role of VP business development, e-commerce, express & freight forwarders EMEAA, based in Liege, Belgium. He has close to 20 years’ experience in business...

01.03.2022

New partnership in Saudi Arabia

Global aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed Naqel Express as its exclusive partner in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Both partners are well-respected companies in the aviation industry. This...

01.03.2022

Hamburg takes the next step

The big story for the Port of Hamburg at the beginning of 2022 is the fairway adjustment, where the second stage was initiated at the end of January. The widening of the fairway to 385 m will make it easier for mega-ships of over...