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10.02.2023

Two roles for Markus Unterstein

Generation change at Kögel Trailer, a long-established vehicle manufacturer based in Burtenbach in Bavaria, Germany. Markus Unterstein (right) will take over the positions of CFO (chief financial officer) and COO (chief operating...

10.02.2023

Milk run flights from Europe to West Africa

Intradco Global has transported 330 cattle from Europe to West Africa. The company specialises in animal transports and is part of the Chapman Freeborn and Avia Solutions Group. Intradco Global moved the genetic breeding...

10.02.2023

Charging network for heavy e-trucks

Contargo has commissioned SBRS, a provider of technology for e-charging infrastructure for road transport, to set up 33 charging points at 14 locations in Germany over the course of 2023. Each landing point is to be equipped with...

10.02.2023

El Mosca expands fleet

El Mosca, a Logista affiliate based in Southern Europe, has added the duo trailer format to its fleet. The duo trailer will be able to transport 70 t – twice as much as a normal truck- by means of two joined trailers, thus...

10.02.2023

Narrow Aisle picks Mike Hawkins

Narrow Aisle, a manufacturer of the flexi-truck range of very narrow aisle (VNA) intralogistics technology, has announced a restructure of its board as it prepares to drive global development in 2023 and beyond. With effect...

10.02.2023

Cargo-Partner values sustainability

Cargo-Partner is reducing paper consumption in its global network. It has already digitised and by revamped a range of business processes. In air freight, Cargo-Partner began the ongoing transition to e-AWBs in 2015 and increased...

10.02.2023

Everts Air Cargo contracts AEI

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Fairbanks (Alaska)-based Everts Air Cargo with an MD88SF freighter conversion. The aircraft will commence modification in March 2023. Modification touch labour...

10.02.2023

A good start but a long way to go

Swiss transport associations have generally welcomed the plans for the further development of inland freight transport that the Swiss Federal Council has now submitted for consultation. However, they add that the proposal is just...

10.02.2023

Swire launches PWX

A new service has been introduced in the Asia-Pacific trade lanes. Swire Shipping, the former China Navigation Company, has launched the Pacific Weekly Express (PWX) service. It calls ports on a seven-day frequency in Papua New...

10.02.2023

Tianjin maintains speed

The Port of Tianjin has drawn a positive balance for 2022. The Chinese port, which also services Beijing, passed the threshold of 21 million teu last year, an upswing of 6.9% compared to the median of the last five years and 3.9%...

10.02.2023

Another investment for Air Canada Cargo

Last week, Air Canada Cargo unveiled a renewed customer reception area at its London Heathrow facility, marking one of the latest investments in improving its services to customers around the globe. The reception area is the...

10.02.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

The last mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean and became extinct around 1700 BC. In Egypt, the pyramids of Giza were being built at this time.

10.02.2023

Procureship appoints Carsten Schmidt

Procureship, a provider of a global e-procurement platform for marine buyers and suppliers, has appointed Carsten Schmidt as vice-president of sales to lead the company’s ambitious expansion in Northern Europe, the Americas and...

10.02.2023

Spot rates fall first time since Q1/2020

The road freight rates Benchmark index for Europe shows that spot rates fell by 2.4 index points in Q4/2022 vs Q3. This represents the first fall in the spot index since Q1/2020, but spot rates still remain up 18.1 points on...

10.02.2023

More e-vehicles in Swiss transport

E-mobility is the order of the day. In the fleet of DPD Switzerland, headquartered in Buchs near Zurich, 130 of 750 vans are currently fully electric. The courier service recently put ten more Renault Trucks E-Tech Masters into...

10.02.2023

Rockford: a boost for air cargo business

Chicago Rockford airport (RFD), one of the fastest growing cargo airports in USA, has announced that Menzies Aviation will expand its cargo operations to RFD. The company, which provides aviation services at airports in 58...

09.02.2023

Living multimodality

Direction of P&O Ferrymasters under fresh leadership. Timm Niebergall, relatively new in his job as CEO in Rotterdam, considers P&O Ferrymasters’ pan-European approach to be a key promise for the future. He’s convinced that...

09.02.2023

TX Logistik expands intermodal services

As of 22 February 2023, TX Logistik, an affiliate of FS Italiane (Italy’s state railways), will raise the number of weekly round trips on the route between Rostock (Germany) and Verona (Italy) from four to six. TX Logistik had...

09.02.2023

Only two weeks left to express interest

Uzsama, Uzbekistan's State Assets Management Agency, and Uzbekistan Airways have appointed the British aviation services group ACC Aviation on an exclusive basis for the remarketing and disposal of various aircraft. Founded...

09.02.2023

Brussels Airport: cargo team still growing

Geert Aerts (left), director cargo & logistics was promoted to chief cargo & real estate officer, effective 1 October 2022. The company also appointed Dimitri Bettoni (middle) as head of cargo, product & network...