Operail Repairs certified 
The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority has decided to issue an extended ECM (entity in charge of maintenance) certificate to Operail Repairs. The Estonian rail company is now a certified European maintenance and repair company for wagons as well as... more
Daimler Truck parts from Saxony-Anhalt to the world
Mercedes-Benz Trucks officially celebrated the start of the construction of its new logistics hub, the "Daimler Truck Global Parts Centre", with the laying of the foundation stone last week. The company plans to put the building in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt,... more
A tandem for SAF
Swiss WorldCargo has announced an agreement with World Courier, a global specialty logistics provider and a part of Cencora (formerly Amerisource Bergen), which will support the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the Swiss airfreight division. World Courier’s... more
Fraport extends CEO contract
On 15 September 2023, Fraport’s supervisory board extended Stefan Schulte’s mandate as CEO of Fraport for another three years. Schulte’s contract will therefore continue from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2027. Schulte, a banker with a doctorate in business administration,... more
Shipnext receives grant for supply chain AI
Shipnext, an online cargo platform, has secured a substantial, multi-year grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Vlaio) to advance the use of predictive analytics and AI in the supply chain. Shipnext will develop a supply chain volatility forecast to help... more
Movianto: a big investment in anaesthetics
With an investment of several million euros, the pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics service provider Movianto in Neunkirchen, Saarland (Southwest Germany), has tripled its capacity for the storage and handling of narcotics (BTM) and built a solar power production facility.... more
Finnlines promotes Suvi Niemivuo
Suvi Niemivuo has been appointed as head of the company’s legal, insurance and claims department, effective 1 October 2023. She will also join the executive committee and report to Tom Pippingsköld, president and CEO of Finnlines. Niemivuo has been acting head of legal,... more
“5,000 active airfreight containers” 
How a US forwarder came up trumps at Basel’s EuroAirport. AIT Worldwide has now left its pioneering phase behind it. After its launch by a trio at the EuroAirport in Basel in September 2021 the airfreight enterprise has now grown to more than 30 employees in Basel. Christian... more
Trimodal hub for the Seine axis on track
Haropa Port in France is setting up a terminal in Bruyères-sur-Oise, 40 km from Paris to strengthen rail, road and river services on the River Seine axis. Medlog, the logistics arm of MSC, won the call for the project and aims to create a trimodal logistics platform to serve... more
Exploring automated solutions at BCN
The global ground handling agent Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has commenced a proof-of-concept trial using autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) in its cargo terminal at Barcelona airport (BCN), Spain. The tests of the Linde AGV forklift trucks will take place over the next... more