One airshow after another 
Bahrain International Airshow (Bias) has set its sights high for industry-wide growth and development ahead of its 2024 edition, following the airshow in Le Bourget, France. Bahrain is quickly establishing itself as a major cargo centre within the region. A new 25,000 sqm... more
Konecranes’ newest acquisition
Konecranes, a specialist provider of material handling solutions, recently acquired the industrial crane service operations of Munck Cranes, after this company entered into bankruptcy proceedings in late May. Tomas Myntti, SVP Emea for industrial service and equipment at... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
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ID Logistics appoints group HRD
Contract logistics company ID Logistics has named Renaud Bouet as group HRD to take over the human resources department at group level. His main task will be to implement the HR policy for the group's 18 countries, with the support of the country HR directors. Bouet will... more
Austria’s Logistics Award 2023 goes to RWA
The awarding ceremony for the 15th Austrian Logistics Prize is another milestone in the history of the Verein Netzwerk Logistik (VNL). This award recognises outstanding achievements in innovative logistics projects. As part of the VNL's 30th anniversary celebrations, this... more
Cargo crimes reduced over the last five years
The amount of freight thefts from trucks left in unclassified parking locations in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (Emea) region has dropped dramatically since the pandemic. Companies take more proactive action to protect the resilience of their supply chains, according... more
Cargo-Partner: a major investment in China
The transport and logistics company headquartered in Austria has opened additional offices and logistics centres in China over the last three months. In Shanghai, for example, Cargo-Partner now operates a competence centre for pharmaceuticals and healthcare. It serves as an... more
Residents vs shoppers
Amsterdam turns off the lights – unpopular dark stores in residential areas. Conflicts of interest aren’t exactly rare where many people congregate on a small area. Not all city inhabitants do their shopping on the internet. Some who don’t, feel pressured or overrun by... more
LTG Cargo extends its intermodal service
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai Group’s freight company LTG Cargo has launched regular intermodal cargo services on the route between Kaunas (Lithuania) and Slawkow (Poland). The first trains are already running in both directions twice a week. Until now, cargo was shipped to the... more
Turgut Erkeskin honoured for life's work - so far
At the 8th Economy and Logistics Summit recently held in Istanbul, Turgut Erkeskin, president and CEO of Genel Transport, was honoured for his long career as an entrepreneur and a pillar of the industry as a whole. He was given the “Lifetime Achievement Award in Logistics” for... more