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26.03.2020

Further growth of Eurasian traffic forecast

In 2016-2018 the market along the Eurasian corridor grew vigorously, but in 2018 and especially in 2019 the dynamic changed from fast to moderate growth and volumes were estimated at 345,000 teu, according to the latest study by...

25.03.2020

Unfinished business

The reactions to the outbreak Covid-19 have pushed Europe’s other big issues on to the back burner. To avoid disruption in the aviation sector, concrete Brexit details are needed. There would appear to be a lack of clarity in...

25.03.2020

EU action needed on road frontiers

Bottlenecks at EU borders have been causing unnecessary delays and interruptions of supply chains. The European Commission’s green lane guidelines just announced set a 15-minute maximum border crossing time for vehicles carrying...

25.03.2020

AEI to convert for Pacific carrier

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) from Miami (FL, USA) has entered an agreement to provide Nauru Airlines with a 10-pallet position B737-300SF freighter conversion. The flag carrier airline of the Republic of Nauru which has its...

25.03.2020

Mountpark develops new facilities in North England

Mountpark Logistics it is funding a speculative development of 68,300 sqm at Omega South in Warrington between Liverpool and Manchester (UK). The facilities will be built by Omega Warrington Limited. Located at the gateway...

25.03.2020

Covid-19 threatens freight forwarders' future

The European full and part load network of international freight forwarders (Elvis) has called upon the German federal government to suspend road tolls for trucks during the corona crisis, with retroactive effect from 1 March....

25.03.2020

Menzies Aviation appoints new CFO Americas

The aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has announced that Jennifer Gourley will join its Americas Leadership team as CFO. Gourley will be based in Dallas-Fort Worth (TX, USA) and report to John Redmond, executive vice...

25.03.2020

Volume backlash already in February

Seasonally adjusted, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to the lowest value in its history in February, dropping...

25.03.2020

Saudia Cargo still shipping through three gates

Saudi Airlines Cargo says is has taken proactive steps to ensure the continuity of all cargo and supply operations and the arrival of necessary goods and products including medical equipment, medicine and foodstuffs. The...

25.03.2020

ESR grows in its core markets

ESR, an APAC focused logistics real estate platform, has announced its results for the financial year 2019. The group recorded revenue of USD 357.4 million in FY 2019, up 40.6% from USD 254.1 million in FY 2018. Net profit was...

25.03.2020

New network manager for Astre

Bettina Wietzel-Skakowski has assumed the newly created position of international network manager for the logistics network Astre. At the same time, she has joined the team of the country branch Astre Dach in Germany. In her...

25.03.2020

LDZ revises its investment projects

As the drop in railfreight volumes, which started already in the first half of 2019, continues, and taking into account the inability of Latvian Railways (LDZ) to balance its finances in 2020 without additional funding from the...

25.03.2020

Liner shipping consortia BER to prevail until 2024

The European Commission has decided to prolong the current liner consortia block exemption regulation (BER) until 2024. It was originally adopted in 2009, prolonged in 2014 for five years, and was due to expire on 25 April 2020....

25.03.2020

No-deal Brexit prepared for virus pandemic

Restrictions imposed across the globe to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic are inevitably impacting on the Scottish salmon farming sector. Flight restrictions and the cancellation of routes mean that the ability to supply Scottish...

25.03.2020

Pandemic hits Austrian logistics companies hard

The Austrian Zentralverband Spedition & Logistik (central association for forwarding & logistics) calls on the Austrian government to take measures to maintain European supply chains. One of the main demands is the...

25.03.2020

50% price cut in port fees

To keep the flow of shipped goods between Sweden and its neighbouring countries running, Ports of Stockholm has halved port fees for ferries at all three of the company’s ports. In this very serious situation, where countries...

25.03.2020

Lean and green award for B+S Logistik

For its action plan to reduce CO2 emissions the logistics services provider B+S has received the lean and green award, which aims at reducing CO2 by 20% in five years. B+S joined this programme two years ago, launching...

25.03.2020

New truck for Swiss metal and glass supplier

A new truck built by Renault Trucks was recently added to the vehicle fleet of UBM Bischofberger in Waldkirch, Switzerland. The entrepreneur's decision was prompted not only by the vehicle's good price-performance ratio and its...

25.03.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Russians showed up 12 days late at the 1908 Olympics in London because they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.

24.03.2020

Kale taps into African market

Mumbai (India)-based IT logistics provider Kale Logistics Solutions has collaborated with Siginon Aviation, an Isago-certified and award winning GHA in Kenya, to provide a comprehensive air cargo management system for their...