Mousset picks a fitting fizz 
Another takeover in the food, beverages and living animals segment: The French Mousset group is acquiring transport company Transavoielait. In France, Transavoielait specialises in collecting milk in the Savoie, Haute-Savoie and Ain regions. The company located in à Musièges... mehr
Iata certifies Çelebi's Budapest pharma ops
Çelebi Ground Handling Hungary has completed all the evaluations and audits and received Iata CEIV Pharma certification for cargo/warehouse operations at Budapest airport. Its Turkish parent company Çelebi Aviation said: "From the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic Çelebi... mehr
Just ten days from China to Germany
Cutting the journey from 17 to between 10 and 12 days: DHL and Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group have launched the fastest rail service yet and shortened total transit time by travelling through the Mamonovo-Braniewo railway border between Russia... mehr
AFI KLM E&M: three more ASL freighters
Airline-MRO Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Belgian airline operator ASL Airlines Belgium have signed an agreement to extend their component support contract covering a fleet of five B747-400F and 747-400ERF. AFI KLM E&M will... mehr
Record result in pandemic year
Hamburg’s universal port is a major hub for Austria’s global import and export trade. With an increase of 2% and a tonnage of 4.45 million t, the port of Hamburg posted a record result in goods traffic to and from Austria in 2020. Hence, the year of the pandemic was the most... mehr
Offen to hand over to Hamburg Süd veteran
Arnt Vespermann, who served at Hamburg Süd between 1999 and 2021 and who has been at the helm of the shipping company as chief executive officer since 2017, will succeed Claus-Peter Offen on 1 January 2022. The head of the Hamburg-based Offen Group, which evolved from the... mehr
Wessing co-leads VTG Tanktainer business
Klaus Wessing joined the management team at VTG’s Tanktainer business unit effective 1 April 2021. He reports to Oksana Janssen, COO Eurasia & Far East. Wessing, a forwarding agent by trade, will oversee VTG Tanktainer’s tank container leasing, transport and logistics... mehr
Heavy haul locomotives for industrial sites
Russia-based Sinara produces shunting and clean-up diesel locomotives for raw material producer Cemix. The TEM9 locomotives will be involved all along the production chain, from the extraction of raw materials to the shipment of finished products at two industrial sites of the... mehr
Covid-19 vaccines to Latin America and Caribbean
IAG Cargo, which was created as a single business unit exactly ten years ago, following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has delivered 2.5 million doses to Latin America and the Caribbean since January. The shipments were transported using IAG... mehr
Valencia cuts carbon footprint
From 2008 to 2019, the Spanish port of Valencia saw its carbon footprint reduced by 30%, from 3.19 kg to 2.23 kg of carbon per tonne handled. In the same period, Valenciaport’s activity nevertheless grew by 42%, from 52 million t handled in 2008 to 74 million t at the close of... mehr