International trio for green energy 
In a declaration of intent released during COP26 in Glasgow, the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge and the Chilean ministry of energy have announced plans to transport green hydrogen between Chile and Western Europe. The package of measures includes the production of green... more
How bottlenecks impact trades
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the impact of bottlenecks in the maritime supply system from the perspective of vessel delays. Thus, vessel delays from 2016-2019 were compared to delays in excess of that baseline for 2020 and 2021.... more
Mikko Juelich takes the helm at Stena Line
Effective 1 November 2021, Mikko Juelich took over as trade director Germany and managing director of Swedish ferry operator Stena Line in Hamburg. "Juelich comes to us with a broad experience from the ro-pax/ro-ro ferry sector, and the container and logistics market.... more
Logista results in financial 2021
Madrid-based Logista, which specialises in proximity distribution services in southern Europe, has presented its results for fiscal 2021. Revenues grew by 5.6%, clocking in at EUR 1.2 billion, due to improvements registered in all geographical areas and activities, except for... more
Vertis Aviation ramps up sales capacity
Vertis Aviation, the Switzerland-headquartered boutique charter specialist has appointed Daniella Dawson (centre) to the newly created position of head of sales. Vertis has also expanding its commercial team by hiring two charter sales executives, Karmen Bukvic (left) and... more
Germany–Denmark in 48 hours
24plus Systemverkehre is expanding its European network. With its new system partner Blue Water Shipping (BWS), the general cargo cooperation is introducing a fixed line to Denmark. As one of Denmark's top five forwarders in terms of turnover and volumes, BWS offers a... more
Guadeloupe Port Caraïbes re-elects president
On Thursday, 4 November 2021, Marie-Luce Penchard was re-elected chair of the supervisory board of the Grand Port Maritime de la Guadeloupe (GPMG). This new election follows the recent renewal of the regional assembly, which modified the composition of the supervisory board.... more
Duisport restructures key divisions
Alexander Garbar (photo), who has been in the Port of Duisburg's corporate development department for five years, most recently as its deputy head, will lead the division as of 1 January 2022. He will report directly to the chairman of the executive board, Markus Bangen.... more
Macau joins Turkish Cargo's scheduled network
After flying in urgently needed health products earlier this year, Turkish Cargo has added Macau airport (MFM) to its expanding cargo flight network. Located in the Guangdong province of China, Macau is an important centre for tourism and finance and hosts market leaders of... more
Umco: Winter is coming
Umco has been providing compliance solutions for the global distribution of chemicals for almost 40 years. The company's safety health environment division, to which the dangerous goods team is also affiliated, has been given a new manager, Lars Winter. Most recently, Winter... more