Nana Lin as Geodis' managing director 
Lin Shih Ying (Nana Lin) has been appointed new managing director in the Geodis' Asian Pacific (APAC) region, more specifically in Taiwan. She joins the company with over ten years of experience in international supply chain management, having worked for major logistics... mehr
Freja partners with SDK
It is one of the major conglomerates since Queen Margret founded the Kalmar union. Pending approval by the relevant competition authorities, the Danish group SDK will become a 75% shareholder in a newly merged company with Danish Freja. The remaining 25% ownership will be held... mehr
To Russia with love
Austrian logistics group Gebrüder Weiss (GW) launches a new weekly scheduled service between Vienna and Moscow, effective immediately. It is the company's second regular direct connection to the Russian capital in order to expand its groupage freight services to Russia. The... mehr
VTG places green bonds
VTG in Germany has placed corporate bonds totalling EUR 746 million on the American and European equity markets. For the first time in the company’s history, these bonds are “green private placements.” In accordance with the criteria of the “climate bond initiative”, the... mehr
Pilot project in Algeciras
The Spanish Port of Algeciras has been running a pilot project in cooperation with Maersk Line, APMT, Marmedsa, and the digital platform portxchange to optimise port calls and thereby reduce emissions. The aim of the pilot is to improve the end-to-end port call process,... mehr
A pallet scanner for Southern England airport
British security company Westminster recently supplied a pallet scanner to help an international airport "based in the South of England" to diversify its aviation offering. The airport is setting up a new freight screening facility as part of its plans to enhance... mehr
Europa Showfreight's new contract
The event logistics division "Europa Showfreight" of British freight forwarder Europa Worldwide has contracted a substantial piece of new business, despite the ongoing challenges the exhibition industry is facing. Europa Showfreight has been appointed by Prysm Group, a... mehr
Russian Railways to launch CRM system
Russian Railways (RZD) is completing work on creating a customer relationship management (CRM) system. The company has already begun trial operations and will launch the system by the end of 2020. According to deputy managing director Alexey Shilo, the key element of this... mehr
20 candles for European railway network
The Netzwerk Europäischer Eisenbahnen (network of European railways, NEE) celebrated its 20th birthday yesterday, 2 November 2020. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the originally planned jubilee event with a political debate was postponed to summer 2021. Headquartered in... mehr
New RTG for Manila
Eight new hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTG) were recently delivered to the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the flagship of the Filipino terminal and port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI). Manufactured in Japan by Mitsui... mehr