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25.05.2020

Pall-Ex appoints owned operations director

Pall-Ex has appointed a new owned operations director following its recent acquisition in Cranleigh, Surrey, UK. Colin Hawkins has been promoted to the newly created position and will oversee all Pall-Ex’s owned operation depots...

25.05.2020

A year with focus on consolidation

Freja Transport & Logistics Holding increased its turnover by 7.1% from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, total turnover amounted to DKK 3.34 billion (EUR 447.8 million). The result before tax was DKK 53.7 million (EUR 7.2 million) in...

25.05.2020

Gothenburg resilient against the trend

The Swedish Port of Gothenburg has reported its figures for Q1/2020. Container throughput showed an upswing of 8%, from 188,000 teu to 203,000, while the port authority underlined that "there have been no cancelled calls,...

25.05.2020

Container capacity in Koper to grow

The company Kolektor has won the contract for the extension of the container terminal in Koper. With its partners Grafist and Adriaing, it intends to start construction work in the summer. The extension of the Pier I involves the...

25.05.2020

Tightening intra-African air cargo networks

While there has been a reduction in cargo capacity to, from, and within Africa since March, Astral Aviation continues to operate cargo freighters (Fokker 27, DC-9 and B727-200 + one wet-leased B747-400 freighter on the...

25.05.2020

Kerry Logistics helps charities in Manchester

Kerry Logistics has supported two food charities facing increased demand for help during the Covid-19 pandemic to set up delivery networks across Manchester, home of its UK headquarters. The Kerry Logistics UK team delivered...

25.05.2020

Many challenges well managed

2019 was an iconic year for Operail from several aspects, the Estonian railway operator said. The company entered a new market and established a subsidiary for servicing cargo transport in Finland, expanded the list of services...

25.05.2020

Online pharmacy invests in new logistics hub

Shop Apotheke Europe, an online pharmacy in continental Europe, is responding to the rise in order volume, which has been growing steadily for years, by moving into a new office and logistics centre in Sevenum near Venlo...

25.05.2020

US customs tells hair-raising stories

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Dallas Fort Worth port of entry recently intercepted two separate shipments from Nigeria, containing a combined USD 63,000 in counterfeit currency. In April,...

25.05.2020

Röhlig Logistics: new MD for Germany

Röhlig Logistics has appointed Dirk Schneider as managing director of its German organisation. Schneider succeeds Christian Böttcher, who is leaving the company upon his personal request after nearly five years in this role....

25.05.2020

Three new trucks for Swiss vegetable producer

The family-run company Gebrüder Meier Gemüsekulturen in Dällikon near Zurich (Switzerland) has taken delivery of three new T 460 T4x2 Renault Trucks with cooling trailers. The three new 460 HP semi trailers are licenced for 36 t...

25.05.2020

Gebrüder Weiss introduces ETA

Now that Gebrüder Weiss has introduced ETA (estimated time of delivery), its customers will receive even more precise information concerning delivery times. Depending on the traffic situation, the logistics services provider...

25.05.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”. You can even buy its meat in at least 21 states in the USA.

25.05.2020

Antwerp is on the brink

Throughput in the first quarter of 2020 compensated the decline in April. The Port of Antwerp's total cargo traffic increased by 0.4% in the first four months of this year compared to the same period in 2019. Container flows show...

Trotz Corona in der Gewinnzone

Das Finanzjahr 2019 hat die japanische Containerreederei mit einem Plus abgeschlossen. Das Jahr zuvor beendete sie noch mit einem Verlust.

20.05.2020

Flying vaccines from Brussels to Mumbai

Qatar Airways Cargo transported 56 Skycell containers with vaccines from Global Biopharma on its scheduled maindeck and bellyhold cargo flights for Ceva Logistics. The 54 t shipment consisting of pneumococcal and varicella...

20.05.2020

Calais gains a secure truck parking lot

Forwarders can now reserve secure parking spaces at the C4T Calais service area in Calais, France, over the electronic platform of Bosch Service Solutions using a special app. The parking lot in Calais is enclosed by a fence,...

20.05.2020

Christian Doepgen joins jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame

The Logistics Hall of Fame has elected four new members for its jury. For the first time, these executives will be able to take part in the vote on who will enter the global hall of fame of the logistics industry at the end of...

20.05.2020

Waiting on West Africans, welcoming East Africans

Initially scheduled for launch in less than one month (18 June 2020), Air Senegal's service to Geneva has been postponed to 26 October, one day after the also postponed service launch to London STN, scheduled for 26 June. The...

20.05.2020

Rocktree looks back on 2019 with joy

The Singapore-based waterborne logistics company Rocktree has reported handling 28 million t of cargo during 2019 - a record in volumes. Last year saw its newly established subsidiary company Rocktree Consulting awarded its...