Yodel appoints CFO 
UK independent parcel carrier Yodel has elected industry expert Ben Mitchell as its new CFO following a period as interim CFO. His most recent role prior to joining Yodel was as corporate finance director at Ellerman Investments Limited. Mitchell then held the role of interim... more
Norway drives digitalisation
Norway has ratified the e-CMR protocol, joining the 25 other countries that have already acceded, and completing coverage across Scandinavia. In place since 2011, e-CMR, the electronic protocol of the standard consignment note under the United Nations Convention for the... more
Barcelona's throughput up to May 2020
The Port of Barcelona has published its figures for the first five months of the current year. Overall, freight traffic fell by 17.2%, totalling 23.75 million t of cargo. Containers recorded a 20% drop with almost 1,158,000 teu moved. With regards to imports, full containers... more
Artifact from Iran intercepted at US airport
Exactly one month ago, on 19 May 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville, KY inspected a shipment from the UK, containing an antique amber glass bottle purporting to be from the 9th-10th century. An expertise revealed that the bottle was actually... more
Agility Spain moves into new warehouse
Agility Spain has moved into an 11,000 sqm warehouse and office facility at ZAL Port (Prat) in the Port of Barcelona. The facility was built by Cilsa, the company that manages the Port of Barcelona’s logistics zone. The warehouse is one of the 270,000 sqm of projects currently... more
Car parts from Wuhan arrive in France
Automotive logistics provider Gefco has transported 500 t of car parts from Wuhan to France. The parts were delivered on one of the first trains that were dispatched from the Chinese city after the lockdown was lifted. The train with the 41 loaded containers travelled... more
RVL picks new head of business development
Specialist aviation services provider RVL Group has chosen seasoned aviation specialist David Lacy as its new head of business development. He joined the East Midlands Airport-based airline in late May. Lacy is tasked with bringing a fresh focus to existing client... more
Global supply chain project on the horizon
The e-PI-centre project to make supply chains more resilient is underway. Under the coordination of Port of Antwerp, a consortium of 36 partners representing ports, forwarders, cargo owners, logistics providers, knowledge institutes and technology firms officially launched the... more
Test train run between Barcelona and Zaragoza
Bunge, which specialises in the transport of agri-food, has started tests to transport soybean flour by rail in Spain. The first train left Bunge's facilities in the Port of Barcelona bound for the dry port of Zuera (Zaragoza) last Monday, 15 June 2020. It is a convoy of 17... more
East Midlands-based airline strengthens fleet
UK specialist aviation services provider RVL Group has increased its capacity with the addition of a further Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft to its East Midlands Airport (EMA)-based fleet. It brings to four the number of King Air aircraft in operation with RVL, and adds... more