Azul - strong enough to go it alone 
The Brazilian carrier, Azul Linhas Aéreas, has decided not to pursue a commercial agreement with Correios, Brazil’s postal service, to create an integrated logistics solutions company. The move had been approved by the country's competition authority a few months ago. In... mehr
UK haulier boosts bulk commodity chemical business
Suttons Tankers in UK has agreed a deal to acquire DHL Supply Chain’s domestic bulk commodity chemical business. The acquisition covers mainly chemical transports from sites in Billingham, County Durham and Runcorn, Merseyside. DHL’s dedicated services in packed chemicals,... mehr
RMI: 15 years of qualship 21 certification
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has been recognised on the US coast guard's qualship 21 roster for 2019-2020. The USCG programme rewards vessels for commitment to safety and quality when calling at ports in the United States. Only flag states which maintain a port... mehr
Sass takes on MD role at KDS
Stefan Sass has been recruited as the new managing director of the Committee of German Seaport Freight Forwarders (KDS) within the Federal Association of German Freight Forwarders and Logistics Operators. He replaces Kurt-Jürgen Schimmelpfeng, who held the post for 17 years.... mehr
Prologis enlarges portfolio in Sweden
Prologis, a logistics real estate provider, has bought 295,000 sqm of prime properties in four of Sweden’s strongest logistics markets. The acquisition substantially strengthens the company's presence in Sweden. The properties are near the company's existing portfolio ‒ and... mehr
Svitzer for Suez
The towage operator Svitzer recently inked a ten-year agreement with the Egyptian port of Suez. The company will provide two newly built 70T ASD tugs for supporting the operations in Port Said and the Suez Canal. Svitzer has been operating in Egypt since 2005 for Egyptian... mehr
Blocktrain carries storm-damaged timber over Brenner
The Austrian Rail Cargo group (RCG) is operating a new timber train for the Pfeifer group between Trento (Italy) and Wörgl (Austria). To begin with, the blocktrain will run once a week, but the company plans to extend this service to two weekly round trips before the end of... mehr
ABC adds second weekly service to Ohio
Launched exactly one year ago, Airbridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its scheduled freighter operations at Rickenbacker airport (LCK) to a twice-weekly frequency. This doubles its airfreight solutions for customers within a one-day drive to nearly half of the US population... mehr
Jonas S. Fredriksen moves to Greensteam
Jonas S. Fredriksen has been appointed as the new head of performance management at Greensteam. Fredriksen stems from the ship design consultancy sector where he worked in product innovation and business development as head of future products at Odense Maritime Technology.... mehr
Spot unveils new tracking service
The cloud-based supply chain management platform Spot now offers a tracking service that consolidates different data sources in order to provide clients with more accurate, carrier-independent status information. Spotworx is based on consolidated status information. Data... mehr