Galoni becomes Thordon Bearings' CEO 
Anna Galoni has been named as the new CEO of bearing and seal specialist Thordon Bearings, a Canadian Thomson-Gordon Group company. She succeeds Terry McGowan, who has retired after almost 14 years in the CEO role. Galoni joined the Burlington, Ontario-headquartered company... mehr
Port of Douala gearing up for growth
Cameroon’s Régie du Terminal à Conteneurs (RTC) has ordered two Konecranes Gottwald harbour cranes. RTC expects the volume of cargo passing through the port of Douala to continue to rise, which is why it needs extra capacity in the terminal that handles most of Cameroon’s... mehr
Eight pallets of relief supplies to Aral Sea
Uzbekistan Airways and Boeing recently delivered eight pallets of humanitarian relief supplies donated by Project CURE to the Aral Sea region of the Central Asian country on board the airline’s newest B787-8 Dreamliner. The third humanitarian delivery flight partnership... mehr
Optimierung à la française 
Neu ist der Markt Frankreich für das internationale Beratungs- und Softwareunternehmen 4flow, das auch 4PL-Dienstleistungen anbietet, nicht. Über Strategie und Taktik des Unternehmens sprachen Julian Schulcz und Antoine Clogne mit Christian Doepgen virtuell. mehr
Barking to receive new customs facility
DB Cargo UK has successfully bid for funding to create a new ‘customs approval area’ at its intermodal terminal at Barking in London. Work will begin shortly to build a new inland border control facility at the site to speed up the seamless movement of goods into and out of the... mehr
Less cargo theft in Mexico
Intelligence company Sensitech recently published its annual cargo theft report for Mexico in 2020. In total, cargo theft in 2020 decreased by 9% in comparison to 2019, but its risk level remains severe. On a regional basis, the state of Mexico accounted for 34% of cargo theft... mehr
Air cargo demand: all time high in March
Yesterday, 4 May 2021, on the first day of this year's (virtual) Air Cargo Europe conference, Iata released March 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-Covid levels (March 2019) with an increase of 4.4%. In March,... mehr
Gefco 's air & sea wins in 2020
It is the pandemic paradox again. In 2020, Gefco experienced a 19.7% fall in revenues due to disruptions in customers’ businesses around the world, but maintained a 3.7% ebit margin, (4.3% in 2019). In total, Gefco's revenues in 2020 amounted to EUR 3.8 billion, a 19.7% decrease... mehr
One-stop-shop directly on site
VTG is restructuring its position in the Turkish market and bringing all business activities of VTG Rail Europe, VTG Rail Logistics and VTG Tanktainer under one roof at the group's subsidiary VTG Nakliyat. Sinemis Özden, managing director VTG Nakliyat, und Zoltán Potvorszki,... mehr
Thurner joins board
Tegernsee (Germany)-headquartered Loxxess , a specialist for industrial and trade logistics, has appointed Christina Thurner as equal member of the board, joining her brother Claus-Peter Amberger. Thurner will retain her mandates as member of the advisory boards of Loxxess... mehr