Region's first shellfish farm contracts Emirates 
The first shellfish farm to be established in the Middle East region (2016), Dibba Bay Oysters in Fujairah, is exporting 50% of its produce - currently around 200,000 oysters every month - with Emirates Skycargo to Russia. Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional SVP, cargo:... more
Contract logistics for wind turbines
Danish Vestas, a provider of sustainable energy that specialises in the manufacture, installation and servicing of wind turbines, has hired Hellmann Worldwide for its contract logistics operations. Under the agreement, the Germany-headquartered company has taken over the... more
CMA CGM: another big investment
CMA CGM has contracted the South Korean Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD to build a series of ten 2,000 teu ice-class vessels. The vessels will run on dual-fuel engines and can therefore rely on liquefied natural gas. The order was said to be worth a specific USD 627 million.... more
Record quarter for Air Charter Service
Air Charter Service has recorded its busiest ever quarter for its cargo division, with 1,445 cargo charters in the period August to October. This, combined with its other divisions, resulted in the highest ever revenue for the company in one quarter – a total of GBP 321.1... more
First hybrid LNG battery PCTC enters service
A dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC, a technological innovation, has entered service for UECC. The maritime car carrier company took delivery of the vessel, to be named “Auto Advance”, being the first in a series of three newbuild pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) and measuring... more
XPO Logistics picks Swati Sharma
XPO Logistics has appointed Swati Sharma as senior vice president and treasurer. She succeeds Ravi Tulsyan, who served as treasurer until his appointment as CFO in September. Prior to joining XPO, Sharma was chief financial officer of Avenues: The World School, where she led... more
GW completes integration in Bulgaria
Austria-headquartered transport and logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss has now completed the integration of Rhenus Bulgaria into its organisation. Four new locations have joined GW’s national network in Bulgaria – in Burgas, Svilengrad, Varna and Plovdiv. Gebrüder Weiss has... more
Ottmarsheim to become rail hub
Swissterminal is launching a new rail link between the port of Antwerp in Belgium and Ottmarsheim in Alsace in the border triangle between France, Switzerland and Germany on 1 January 2022. The new train will run three times a week in both directions. It will depart from... more
Port of Brussels to more than double capacity
The Port of Brussels' board of directors have decided to extend the container terminal in the outer port. The current area of 16,700 sqm will be increased by 42,000 sqm, amounting to a total area of nearly 60,000 sqm. This decision comes as the current terminal has reached... more