Hella Polska deepens contract with Hellmann 
Hella Polska, a specialist for lighting systems and vehicle electronics, is extending its contract with Hellmann for another four years. From now on, the cooperation will also include cross-border logistics services. Hellmann has been Hella Polska’s logistics partner since... mehr
Elbers for Lineas
Belgian railways operator Lineas has appointed Martijn Elbers as head of sales intermodal. Elbers, who was voted Rail Cargo Information Netherlands' railway man of the year in 2019, joins from Shuttlewise, the company he co-founded in 2008. As managing director of... mehr
Qingdao train to reach Milan in 23 days
In cooperation with Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), the Russian transport company Trans Container, has arranged its first dispatch of a transit train from China to Austria and Italy. The train consisting of 50 containers loaded with consumer goods recently departed from Qingdao,... mehr
Manaus wants more
Super Terminais Comercio e Industria (Super Terminais), a private cargo terminal at the Port of Manaus, Brazil, has ordered three Konecranes Gottwald cranes to serve large container vessels. A river port located at the confluence of the Amazon River and the Rio Negro in the... mehr
Haeco Xiamen redelivers first B737-800SF
Haeco Xiamen, a member of the Haeco Group, has redelivered to Aviation Holdings III its first B737-800SF converted freighter with supplemental type certificate (STC) partner Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The Chinese company has been an authorised AEI conversion centre... mehr
Baskakov withdraws from helm
Alexander Baskakov, director of Rail Cargo Logistics-RUS, the Russian representative office of Austrian Railways' subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG), stepped down from his position on 30 July. The current director, Andrey Detinkin, who has been working for Rail Cargo... mehr
Rail Hub in Louisiana to open next January
Logistics company Savage is partnering with rail firm Kansas City Southern (KCS) to construct a multi-commodity rail port with transload and railcar storage capabilities in Mossville (La), USA. Savage will own and operate the rail port, which is being built on property... mehr
Growth at Global Ports
Russian terminal operator Global Ports has reported its results for H1/2021. Consolidated marine container throughput went up by 1.9% year-on-year to more almost 790,000 teu while the consolidated marine bulk container segment generated a throughput of 2.6 million t (+19.4%... mehr
Are you on the list?
Distinction is necessary in the market. Four Kites, a Chicago-headquartered logistics software provider that runs a real-time supply chain visibility platform, has just published its global premier carrier list for Q2/2021. The company’s tenth consecutive quarterly list... mehr
Swiss Post CIO joins executive management
Swiss Post is making an important contribution to digital development in Switzerland and thus showing that the informatics/technology unit will play an increasingly important role in the company in the future. Wolfgang Egel, head of the informatics/technology unit, will join... mehr