Executive director for carrier management 
Transporeon has appointed Gruziana Hoxha as new executive director of carrier management. She held a similar position at Sennder for the past six months. Effective from 1 July 2021, Hoxha will begin building and leading the company’s new carrier business unit. The global... more
CMA CGM speeds up service
Marseilles-based carrier CMA CGM is restructuring its Bsmar service connecting the Black Sea, Turkey and Morocco, as from June 2021. Transit and lead times will be improved due to the rescheduling of terminal berthing windows and one single call in the Port of Algeciras. The... more
Spare parts for Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has awarded Unipart Logistics a five-year contract to run its new global parts logistics centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, which is set to open in 2022. The logistics provider will handle aftermarket parts logistics for both the Jaguar and Land... more
Customs facility for railfreight terminal
iPort Rail in Doncaster has become the UK's first strategic railfreight interchange (SFRI) to be given government approval for an on-site customs area. As a result, businesses can now clear customs in South Yorkshire and move goods through the Channel Tunnel by rail in both... more
Swedish Orient Line names new CEO
Effective 1 August 2021, privately owned shipping and logistics company Swedish Orient Line (SOL) will welcome Tommy Kalin (photo) as its new CEO. He succeeds SOL’s CEO Ragnar Johannsson, who will remain CEO of shipping company Wallenius SOL, which SOL and Wallenius Lines... more
Trieste Marine Terminal ready for fresh fruit
The Trieste Marine Terminal is prepared for the harvest season. There is now more space for reefer containers, due to the implementation of an additional power unit, and new plugs are now operational to comply with seasonal peaks of temperature-controlled cargo. The total number... more
Ivory Coast government facilitates aviation
Amadou Coulibaly (photo), government spokesman of Côte d'Ivoire, has announced the creation of a cell to fight illicit trafficking, drugs and cross-border crime. The unit, which will be based at Abidjan airport, is part of the multi-agency initiative "Aircop"... more
Transatlantic biking to Europe
While there is a serious shortage of bikes and their spare parts in Europe, Super 73, a designer and manufacturer of electric bikes based in the USA, has awarded Geodis a three-year contract to cover logistics services in Europe and the Middle East. The freight forwarder's... more
Investing in fluidity of rail network
Increasingly optimistic about the economic recovery, Canadian National Railways (CN) is planning to invest CAD 350 million (EUR 236 million) in Ontario in 2021 as part of its CAD capital investment plan in its network. In Ontario, CN’s investment will focus on technology,... more
Operating one more B737-800F for DHL
Iaero Airways, a charter airline based in Greensboro, NC and Miami, FL, has expanded its service to operate a total of six DHL cargo aircraft. The latest aircraft to be added, a B737-800F, will be deployed by Iaero Airways on an ACMI basis, while the other five existing aircraft... more