Gustavo Santi joins Bolloré Logistics Brazil 
Bolloré Logistics has hired Gustavo Santi as managing director for Brazil. He brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, primarily in logistics operations, air and sea freight services, customer service and branch management. “It is a great honour for me to lead... more
E-commerce player big in Italy
A major e-commerce player has chosen a central distribution centre for the Italian market in Landriano, near Milan: Web-based portal Yoox Net-a-Porter has opened a new single hub that doubles the store’s existing inventory capacity. The EUR 47 million project is the company's... more
Trucks ordered for green zones
In France, Urby, a subsidiary of the La Poste group and the Banque des Territoires, has ordered 20 electric trucks from Renault. The 16 t vehicles designed for urban transport will be put into service in around fifteen French towns as from 2022. With the expansion of its... more
Another MRO hub for Mammoth's B777 freighters
Signing a strategic investment in a world class widebody maintenance and modification facility to support its Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion programmes, Mammoth Freighters is embarking on a long-term partnership with GDC Technics. Located in... more
Gareth Prowse to head decarbonisation
Svitzer, a major global towage operator and part of the Maersk group, welcomes Gareth Prowse as its new global head of decarbonisation. Kasper Nilaus, CEO: “I am very pleased that Prowse has joined us to lead our ambitions and our initiatives for decarbonisation.” Prowse... more
ONE's call to action
Singapore-based Japanese container shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) is joining the “getting to zero coalition”, an alliance of more than 150 companies within the maritime, energy, infrastructure and finance sectors that aims to decarbonise shipping. “ONE is... more
Train carrying 700 t of hazardous goods to Tajikistan
Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) is handling a heavy rail transport of hazardous goods from Kryolith in Russia to Tajikistan for an aluminium company based in Tajikistan. The goods will travel more than 2,800 km in covered wagons from Orlovka in Russia's Volgograd region,... more
New technology in cold storage
Kühlhaus Neuhof from Gossau, Switzerland, has introduced the Prolag World fit warehouse management system (WMS) two years after completing the upgrade and expansion of its warehouse. The company specialises in the storage of frozen meat, processed potatoes, vegetable-based... more
Positive trend in international traffic
Swiss railfreight operator SBB Cargo posted a loss of CHF 8 million in H1/2021,with the result being supported by CHF 15 million in state subsidies. The loss is smaller than in H1/2020 (-CHF 27.7 million), but larger than in 2019 (+0.3 million). SBB Cargo International, a... more