Noerpel to acquire Erka 
The Noerpel Group, headquartered in Ulm, Germany, is taking over Erka Internationale Spedition in Stuttgart, Germany, with retroactive effect from 1 January 2023. With the acquisition, Noerpel Group is significantly expanding its market position in Germany and strengthening its... more
Milestone in Basra
After nine years of operation, Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (Ictsi) at the Port of Umm Qasr in Iraq, has achieved a "significant milestone". With the recent unloading operation on the Yang Ming vessel "YM... more
Flydubai Cargo adopts DG Autocheck
Dubai-based carrier Flydubai has become the first airline in the Mena region to adopt Iata’s Dangerous Goods Autocheck (DG Autocheck) digital solution. DG Autocheck is a digital tool for the acceptance of dangerous goods shipments. The automated compliance solution will... more
Geodis expanding drayage services in USA
In USA, Geodis has acquired the operator Southern Companies to enhance its end-to-end supply chain capabilities in the country. Southern Companies is a family-owned business founded in Miami (Florida) in 1965 and has moved more than 1 million containers. Southern Companies... more
First e-reachstacker for Venlo intermodal terminal
Rail transport specialist Cabooter Group has received its first fully electric reachstacker from Kalmar following a a six-month testing period. The reachstacker will continue operations at Cabooter’s Greenport Venlo intermodal terminal in the Southeast of the Netherlands.... more
Burkhard Fischer assumes chairmanship of AAA
Burkhard Fischer (right) has been elected chair of the Association of Average Adjusters for the term 2023-2024 and has pledged to help strengthen support for the international members in the body which has served the marine claims sector for more than a century and a half.... more
Hanzevast renews communications infrastructure
Dutch Bulk carrier operator and investor Hanzevast Shipping reports that its four handysize bulk carriers “Hanze Gdansk", "Hanze Gendt", "Hanze Genua" and "Hanze Göteborg", each double-hulled, 35.000 DWT vessels with four 30 t cranes, have... more
Ukrainian air cargo carrier launches first service
Founded in July 1939, the ITJ knows that wartime is not necessarily unfavourable for starting a new business in the logistics sector. Supernova Airlines, which is part of the Nova Group, was founded in 2021, and in January 2023 was the first among Ukrainian companies to... more
New shipment planning system now available
Australian technology specialist Fluent Cargo has launched its multi-modal routing engine and platform. The solution helps to find the best ways to get any shipment to and from any location in the world using available modes of transport. Users simply input an origin and... more
Venipak acquires Dutch e-commerce wholesaler
Lithuanian-owned international parcel delivery company Venipak has acquired Strengholt Entertainment, an e-commerce wholesaler based in the Netherlands. Venipak expects to use this transaction as a basis to expand its e-fulfilment, or full e-commerce order fulfilment... more