Brogli follows Monte 
Christoph Brogli will take over from Leonardo Monte as Scania sales advisor of Scania Schweiz in Pratteln on 1 October 2021. Brogli has been working as a service consultant on site for more than two years. As a trained car mechanic, he has been workshop manager, held various... more
More money for Nyshex
Nyshex witnessed another funding round with an additional USD 15 million. The money came from existing investors. The investment was led by New Road Capital Partners, along with Collate Capital, Blumberg Capital and the New York Angels. The platform's technology is used by... more
Making it big in Kentucky
It is indeed a big addition to the network. Amazon's new hub in Northern Kentucky features a 244,000 sqm-sortation facility built on a campus that includes seven additional buildings, a new ramp for aircraft parking and a multi-storey vehicle parking structure. The company... more
New truck model for crane haulage
Leicester-based Aylestone Transport from the UK has taken delivery of a Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter tractor unit – its first of the new model range. The truck will be used for crane haulage five days a week, delivering concrete slabs and kerbs from Aggregate Industries’ base in... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The painter Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853, exactly one year after his parents' first son was stillborn. The van Goghs named both sons Vincent. more
ETCS refit for Thailand’s railways
SRT, Thailand's state-owned railways, is investing in ETCS' level 1 onboard automatic train protections (ATP) system. Progress Rail's subsidiary ETM will design, supply and install its system on 70 SRT locomotives. The ATP system increases efficiency, safety and reliability, ETM... more
Big purchase for Pilot Freight Services
Pilot Freight Services, a global logistics services provider which was founded in Philadelphia in 1971 and bought by Phillips in 1993, has acquired the American Linehaul Corporation (ALC), a non-asset based provider of expedited LTL (less than truckload) services in the United... more
GDP certification for Thai Cargo
Varangkana Luerojvong, head of the aviation business unit at Thai Airways International, the airline's warehouse at Bangkok airport has been assessed and awarded Good Distribution Practices (GDP) certification in accordance with WHO standards. She added that the assessment was... more
Mixed picture for global container throughput
The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by 1.6 points (seasonally adjusted) to 125.1 in May, according to the current flash estimate. The value of the Chinese ports'... more
Passing on the baton at Envirotainer
After five years at the head of the company, Michael Berg will step down as CEO of Envirotainer as of 1 September 2021. Envirotainer develops air freight solutions for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals. During Berg's time of office, the company witnessed an upswing, as a... more