Closer to big cargo charter markets 
Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in the centre of Mexico City, the aircraft charter specialist's 12th operation in the Americas and 30th in total. Richard Thompson (left), president ACS Americas: "This is a very exciting time for ACS, investing and... more
Cambodia orders its first mobile harbour crane
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the operator of Cambodia's sole deep-water port, which is owned and run by the government, has ordered two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour cranes. Cambodia’s first-ever mobile harbour cranes will be delivered in Q4/2023.... more
Drone deliveries for Royal Mail
In Q2/2023, Skyports Drone Services will launch the Orkney I-Port operation, a fully electric drone logistics project created in partnership with Royal Mail, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. The project will deliver two new capabilities: daily... more
RCG: new train to link Budapest with Rijeka
Quick connections to the northern Adriatic: ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its Transnet with a new transport solution between Hungary and the northern Adriatic. The port of Rijeka (Croatia) is an important transhipment hub for Southern, Central and South-Eastern Europe.... more
ID Logistics picks Martin Whitcombe
Contract logistics provider ID Logistics has appointed Martin Whitcombe as global director of e-commerce, FMCG and fashion market development. With over thirty years of professional experience, Whitcombe will bring his extensive knowledge of international supply chains to... more
Swiss hyperloop team wins innovation prize
At the 2023 "Not-A-Boring Competition" in Bastrop, Texas, at the beginning of April, the "Swissloop Tunnelling" team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was awarded the top prize for innovative design. Sponsored by Gebrüder... more
Aercap to lease BCFs to PT Rusky Aero Indonesia
Aercap Holdings has signed lease agreements for two 737-800BCF (Boeing converted freighters) with newly launched cargo airline PT Rusky Aero Indonesia, operating as Raindo United Services. Attending the announcement ceremony were the Indonesian ambassador to Singapore, His... more
EV Cargo hires Jason Lin
Global freight forwarding, supply chain and technology company EV Cargo has appointed Jason Lin as vice president – commercial, Greater China. Lin started his career with Maersk Line in Hong Kong and in Canada, where he worked for 22 years and contributed to a period of... more
Free logistics space near Wilhelmshaven
The Jade Weser Port Freight Village (GVZ) in direct vicinity to the Eurogate Container Terminal in Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, offers 1,500,000 sqm of high-quality business locations for logistics properties. The plots allow companies to realise and operate 24/7... more
Conversion to e-trucks requires rethink
The BLG Group is testing the use of a Volvo e-tractor for inner-city truck deliveries in Falkensee near Berlin (Germany). The deployment of e-trucks would bring the BLG Group a big step closer to its goal of being climate-neutral by 2030. However, there are hurdles to... more