GW closes another gap on the map 
At the beginning of February this year, Gebrüder Weiss added Albania’s capital Tirana as the latest new link to its network in South East Europe. The Austria-based forwarder spoke of "closing the geographical gap between Montenegro and North Macedonia." Current... more
Transmec UK promotes Imran Mohammed
Transport and logistics group Transmec has promoted its experienced London branch manager to general manager to lead its UK operations. Imran Mohammed will take over from John Simkins, who has stepped aside after nine years in the role. Previously serving as UK finance... more
Taranto's Yilport terminal now multimodal
Now that the Port of Taranto has restarted the railway line connection between the port’s multi-purpose pier and the national network, the San Cataldo Container Terminal operated by Yilport has launched its multimodal business. The first intermodal freight train travelled... more
Mullen, Menzies, and Loop: pilot at LAX underway
Mullen Automotive, an emerging electric vehicle manufacturer, is launching a 60-day pilot programme for Class 1 EV cargo vans with Menzies Aviation and Loop Global at Los Angeles International Airport. Menzies Aviation is piloting Mullen Automotive electric vans and Loop... more
Cool investments in Georgia Ports
Amongst others, Georgia Ports on the US East Coast is to spend around USD 6 million to expand refrigerated container capacity. Private chilled and frozen warehouse space in Savannah is set to grow by 11% in 2023 to more than 204,000 sqm. The GPA board recently approved the... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
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Rieck picks Sascha Lassau
Sascha Lassau has been appointed to the management team of Rieck Systemspedition, the forwarding arm of Ulrich Rieck & Söhne Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft. Detlef Helsing, Michael Gruner and Christian Stuhr have been at the helm the group since 2015. As of Q2/2023,... more
XPO's spin-off takes its toll
XPO Logistics generated revenues of USD 1.83 billion in Q4/2022, surpassing the USD 1.77 billion achieved in Q3/2021. Yet, the company witnessed a net loss due to three impacts primarily related to the RXO spin-off completed in November: a USD 64 million non-cash goodwill... more
In Europe for the first time
The second of four Chipolbrok sisterships on course. A new generation of Chipolbrok multipurpose freighters is on its way. The second of four sister ships called at European ports for the first time recently. The vessels can load project cargo, as well as bulk and general cargo... more
Rural areas hold most dangers for truckers
Snap, a provider of smart payment systems for the road haulage industry, reports that Bulgaria, Poland, and Czechia have Europe’s most hazardous roads for truck drivers and that Bulgaria has more fatal HGV collisions per year than Poland and Czechia combined. The countries with... more