Pics for risks 
TT Club, the UK-based insurance provider, has found a new way to heighten awareness of the security risks in the supply chain. The corporation has launched a series of brief informative and instructive animations to highlight specific vulnerabilities. A total of seven... more
WFS provides cargo handling staff at CDG
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has contracted Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide cargo handling staff for one of the palletisation lanes at its freight terminal G1XL at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for the next two years. Laurent Bernard, vice... more
H2 fuel-cell truck to be tested on public roads
Daimler Truck has received the approval from German authorities to use its hydrogen-based fuel-cell Mercedes-Benz GenH2 truck on public roads. The truck manufacturer began to conduct tests with the truck on the company’s test tracks back in April 2021. Now, the trials are... more
SR Technics chooses Anisa Diwakar
Anisa Diwakar has joined SR Technics’ business development team as head of parts repair customer services. Diwakar started with SR Technics, a global MRO service provider, as account manager engines in 2014. She successfully managed several key accounts and customer services... more
New site in Coventry
Real estate developer Bericote Properties has contracted Glencar to construct a 72,465 sqm logistics and industrial scheme in Coventry. The project will be known as Coventry Logistics Park. Works for the speculative industrial space across three new units will start in... more
First French LNG bunker vessel named
The ‘Gas Vitality’, the first LNG bunker vessel to operate from France, was named at a ceremony in China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding yard. The 18,600 sqm newbuild bunker vessel is the second collaboration effort of Total Energies Marine Fuels with shipowner Mitsui O.S.K.... more
Strasbourg expands its position as hub in Alsace
Multi Modal Rail (MMR) is adding a third shuttle to its offer of connections between the inland port in Strasbourg (France) and the sea port in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). As from 12 November 2021, the container terminal Nord will be served on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.... more
Huge investments in Gioia Tauro
After taking over 100% the shares of Medcenter Container Terminal in Gioia Tauro in April 2019, the new owner Terminal Investment Limited, the terminal branch of the Swiss carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has decided to upgrade the facility. The Italian maritime... more
Aramex welcomes European stakeholder 
It is a connection linking Franc with the Middle East. Geo Post, which is owned by Le Groupe La Poste, has invested in a 20.15% stake in CEP and logistics services provider Aramex. The shares of the Dubai-headquartered company were sold for AED 1.4 billion (USD 380 million).... more
Gebrüder Weiss wins this year's Hermes prize
International transport and logistics services provider Gebrüder Weiss has been awarded this year’s Hermes transport logistics prize. Conferring the distinction in the category "supply chain" in Vienna on 21 October 2021, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber singled... more