Diversifying in rail infrastructure market 
Sinara Transport Machines Holding (STM) has established a new railway infrastructure division, which will focus on the development and provision of various services for the infrastructure of Russian Railways (RZD) and other customers. Vitaly Votolevsky, STM deputy general... more
Growth in seafreight to last until 2027
In a recent study, Dublin-based analyst Research and Markets reported that the global market for seafreight forwarding, estimated at 64 million teu in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of 72 million teu by 2027. Packaging, one of the segments analysed in the... more
JAS Italy welcomes Daniele Massa
Daniele Massa has been named regional account manager at JAS Italy. He grew up in the Genoa area and graduated from Bocconi University with a degree in business administration and management and a master of science in management. Massa's first job in the industry was with a... more
700 new "green" heavy duty vehicles
Stef has contracted Saipol from the Avril group to increase its fleet of HGVs in France. The vehicle in question is the Oleo 100, a “B100” type renewable energy that is powered by diesel and cuts greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 60% and particulate emissions by up to... more
British electric cargo drones for South Africa
British technology start-up Samad Aerospace has signed an MoU agreement with Pretoria-based aviation services provider Aerosud Aviation for the development and manufacturing of its "starling cargo" aircraft. The fully electric VTOL with a payload of up to 60 kg... more
Serv: new members for board of directors
Urs Ziswiler, Caroline Gueissaz and Anne-Sophie Spérisen have announced their regular resignations as members of the board of directors of Swiss Export Risk Insurance (Serv) as of the end of 2021. To replace them, Swiss federal council has elected two new members to the board of... more
Sneltransport to run test hydrogen truck for DHL
DHL Express has become the first entity in the Deutsche Post DHL Group to test hydrogen-fueled trucks for long-haul runs. Together with its customer Apple, DHL is running a pilot project for the vehicle, as part of the Interreg NW Europe programme called H2-Share. The truck,... more
Petrov follows in Pietersen’s footsteps at Fiata
The general meeting of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (Fiata), held virtually last week, was attended by 184 delegates from 76 economies. It which would normally take place during the Fiata World Congress. In the Presidency leadership... more
Kuehne + Nagel picks Stefan Paul
The board of directors at Kuehne + Nagel International has announced forthcoming changes in its top management: effective 1 August 2022, Stefan Paul (right) will assume the position of CEO of Kuehne + Nagel International. At the same time, the incumbent CEO Detlef Trefzger... more
Wiremind enhances capacity-steering platform
Wiremind’s air cargo software and data-science team has spent the past months enhancing the company’s capacity-steering platform ‘Skypallet’. It already has more than 1,200 users in 100 countries – including Atlas Air, Chapman Freeborn, the ECS Group, Emirates, Qantas and United... more