ACS expands humanitarian and government services 
Air Charter Services (ACS) has named Ben Dinsdale as its director for humanitarian and government services, a newly created role designed to further develop ACS’s activities in this field. ACS has played a part in many humanitarian aid effort requiring airlift since 1990,... more
50 million vaccines to 50 countries
Right before tomorrow's World Health Day (7 April), Emirates Skycargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported over 50 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines (more than 220 t) on its flights. The carrier has also transported over 100 t of syringes... more
Logistics for Argentina's Yerba Mate exports
Argentine exporter of yerba mate beverages CBSé has contracted Dachser Argentina to manage export logistics for its yerba mate shipments to the Mexican market. Considered to be recession proof because of the beverage's loyal and growing fan-base around the globe, the global... more
Hong Kong focuses on e-commerce
Hong Kong Air Cargo (2020: 238,000 t of cargo, +8.1%) has begun its partnership with Alibaba's logistics platform Cainiao Smart Logistics Network. Jeffrey Zhang, director, commercial: "It has always been our goal to establish Hong Kong as an express e-commerce hub and... more
Another North-South service available
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has introduced a new Transfer offer on the Brenner axis. The intermodal provides non-stop links between Northern Germany and Northern Italy. The shuttle runs four times a week between the railfreight transport centre Interporto Quadrante Europa in... more
European shippers push EU to action
At the EU’s Maritime Forum at the end of March 2021, the European Shippers’ Council again put forward the shippers’ position on unreliability and peaking prices in the maritime container transport. It is their conviction that, in reality, shippers, ports authorities,... more
All change at BVL
From 1 April 2021, a three-person team with Christian Grotemeier (right), Mike J. Holtkamp (left) and Christoph Meyer (middle) will lead the non-profit Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL), BVL Campus and BVL Service. Thomas Wimmer retired in March 2020, after being elected... more
Nestle and XPO
As announced in June last year, Nestlé and XPO Logistics have inaugurated their “digital distribution warehouse of the future.” The companies started to work on the project in 2018, in cooperation with technology partner Swisslog Logistics Automation. According to XPO, the... more
Retrofit for Latin American river boats
Atria Logistics UABL, a major South American push boat operator, is on its way to completing a fleet-wide retrofit to its tailshaft and rudder bearings. In 2014, the Argentinian owner, which operates a fleet of workboats on the Paraná River, installed Thordon’s River Tough... more
Thirteen replacements and two newcomers
UK haulier Majors Service has put its first new trucks into operation, taking delivery of 15 Volvo FH with I-Save Unlimited Edition 6x2 tractor units. The Wolverhampton-based business has always used second-hand vehicles since it was established 24 years ago. However, the... more