08.12.2021

Chinese logistics giant on the horizon

News agency Reuters reports that China has created a new logistics giant through a merger of China Railway Materials, China National Materials Storage and Transportation Group, Huamao International Freight (Shenzhen Branch),...
08.12.2021

Strengthening European network

The 24plus network – a general cargo cooperation for short and long-distance transports in Germany and the rest of Europe - continues to expand its Europe-wide network. It has welcomed internationally active forwarder Huckschlag...
08.12.2021

French Guiana adopts new port technology

After the Indian Ocean (Mayotte), the Caribbean (Martinique) and the Pacific (Papeete and Nouméa), French Guiana is now also taking the port system Ci5 and Smart Ports on board. For France’s overseas departments and territories...
08.12.2021

Oldendorff Carriers outsources ship management

Synergy Marine Group has signed an agreement to manage part of Oldendorff Carriers' bulk carrier fleet. The contract begins with the technical management of 17 Oldendorff bulk carriers comprising nine post-panamax vessels and...
08.12.2021

Kearney swallows Prokura

Switzerland-based management consultancy Kearney is acquiring the Nordic procurement and supply chain company Prokura. Prokura, founded in 2008, will remain as an independent brand. In addition to offices in Oslo and Copenhagen,...
08.12.2021

Gaby Bornheim to lead VDR

The administrative board of the German Shipowners' Association (VDR) elected Gaby Bornheim as president of the association at its meeting last week. The term of office of former president Captain Alfred Hartmann thus comes to an...
08.12.2021

Converting Beechcrafts into freighters

Yingling Aviation, a Cessna, Beechcraft, and McCauley authorised affiliate founded 75 years ago, has announced an agreement with Alpine Air Express, an FAR Part 135 on-demand air cargo operator, to reconfigure and upgrade...
08.12.2021

More rail transports via Urumqi

Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) wants to route more rail transports for Europe through the Chinese logistics platform in Urumqi in future. Only recently, the company handled two door-to-door transports to Hamburg and...
08.12.2021

New warehouse in Manchester

Triton Construction is currently building a new speculative manufacturing and distribution facility in Middleton, Manchester, for Patrick Properties. Stakehill 185 is to offer 17,000 sqm of warehouse space, over three floors. The...
08.12.2021

18 giraffes from South Africa to Brazil

Intradco Global and its parent company Chapman Freeborn have worked together on a charter flight to transport 18 giraffes from O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to Río de Janeiro Galeão Airport (GIG). Averaging 4.3-5.7 m...
08.12.2021

Acciaierie d'Italia opts for huge portal cranes

Taranto-headquartered steel manufacturer Acciaierie d'Italia requires the strongest possible equipment to handle its bulky and heavy materials. The group recently inked a contract with Liebherr about four new LPS 800 portal...
08.12.2021

Changes in Unilever leadership executive

Chief legal officer & group secretary Ritva Sotamaa will retire from the company at the end of March 2022. She will be succeeded by Maria Varsellona, general counsel & company secretary for global technology company ABB....
08.12.2021

Branded loco for Klade Group

Austrian railfreight company Frachtbahn has leased a new locomotive from ELL Austria. It will handle timber transports for the Klade Group, primarily between Germany and Romania. The family-owned company moves about 1.5...
08.12.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

In the prison on the island of Alcatraz, the inmates were allowed hot showers so that they would not get accustomed to cold water. It was feared that they might try to escape by swimming to the mainland. 

07.12.2021

Investing in overland transport in Spain

DB Schenker is taking over the entire share capital of Grupo Loserco, as well as of Transportes Santos Campos, two transport companies based in Andalusia and Valencia (Spain). The acquisitions include seven centres with more than...
07.12.2021

Win-win for German carrier and Swiss start-up

DB Cargo and Swiss start-up MFD Rail have formed a strategic partnership, signing a long-term lease agreement under which DB Cargo can lease up to 2,400 freight wagons of various types for intermodal railcars from the...
07.12.2021

North American purchase of rolling reefers

TFI International, which operates in the USA, Canada and Mexico, has acquired the trucking company D&D Sexton, based in Carthage MO (USA). D&D’s fleet of more than 120 tractors and 150 drivers specialising in refrigerated...
07.12.2021

Second Nature Brands names Mack Phillips

Second Nature Brands, a leading snacks company, has appointed Mack Phillips as its chief supply chain officer. In this role he’ll be in charge of all supply chain activities, including oversight of plant-level procurement,...
07.12.2021

Spanish ports on their way back

Spanish ports grouped in the ‘Puertos del Estado’ entity handled 442.2 million t of goods between January and October this year, 5.4% more than in the same period of 2020. The pre-pandemic level hasn’t yet been reached, however...
07.12.2021

Following the stars

Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA) organised delivery of what the oversized and superheavy project transport specialist called “the world's largest and most sophisticated commercial communications satellite.” It hauled the Inmarsat-6 F1...
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