Spanish ports are back with containers 
The Spanish public ports handled 351.8 million t of merchandise between January and August this year. This is 6% above the level of the same period in 2020. However, this volume is still 5.7% below the pre-pandemic levels of January - August 2019. Compared to this period,... mehr
Regional sales expertise for Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Budapest-based R-Bag Group as its new GSA in central eastern Europe (CEE). Since 1 October 2021, the company founded 20 years ago now represents the Doha-based carrier in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and... mehr
Seven trucks for special assignments
Friderici Spécial, an expert for special and heavy transport services in Switzerland, is renewing its fleet. The company is currently phasing in seven Renault T520 and C520 trucks. Of the tractor units intended for heavy and special transports, two are in the 6x2 axle... mehr
MGI chooses Béatrice Brun
MGI has appointed Béatrice Brun to the executive board. She joined MGI in 2001 as a general accountant and then became head of accounting. In 2018, she gained her master’s degree in business management, strategy and finance from KEDGE Business School. Brun is currently... mehr
Greece attracts a new player
Cargo-Partner has opened a branch office in Thessaloniki as another step in the strategic expansion of its network in Southeast Europe. The new branch is the result of an acquisition of Arrow Freight Services, which has now been renamed Cargo-Partner Hellas. Arrow Freight... mehr
1,000th Atran flight at RIX
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, marked the end of last month with the arrival of its 1,000th flight to Riga airport (RIX), Latvia. The milestone flight after two years of service brought over 20 t of e-commerce shipments from China... mehr
Unipart contracted by healthcare specialist
In UK, healthcare company Prenetics Share has contracted Unipart Logistics to deliver Covid-19 test kit fulfilment services. The forwarder will assemble and pick the test kits including PCR, lateral flow and LAMP tests from its new operation at its Oxford distribution centre.... mehr
WienCont welcomes Monika Gindl-Muzik
Logistics expert Monika Gindl-Muzik has been appointed managing director responsible for operations and sales at Port of Vienna's subsidiary WienCont, effective 1 October 2021. Gindl-Muzik has decades of sales experience with a focus on key account management in the intermodal... mehr
Coca Cola's new shipping business
How do shippers avoid congestion today? Messages on LinkedIn by Coca-Cola procurement director Alan Smith made this brand's new policy crystal clear: ""When you can't get containers or space due to the current ocean freight crisis, then we had to think outside the box... mehr
Rail industry remains resilient
The German Railway Industry Association (VDB) generated record sales of EUR 7.3 billion in H1/2021, up 14% on the previous year. Export trade increased by almost 30%. In Germany, the rail industry generated EUR 4.1 billion in H1, around 56% of total sales. The rolling stock... mehr