Hupac invests in Viennese terminal 
WienCont and the Swiss intermodal operator Hupac have been cooperating for years. Now Hupac has acquired a 4.16% stake in the WienCont container terminal to expand its transport services and strengthen the land bridge from southeast Europe as far as Turkey. By the end of... more
Italian network grows
Kombiverkehr is extending its intermodal offering on the European transport corridor through Switzerland. Train services between Mortara (Italy) and Krefeld (Germany) and Mortara and Rotterdam CTT (the Netherlands) will be expanded to a total of five round trips per week from 6... more
La Compagnie to carry transatlantic cargo
La Compagnie has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to support its first-ever venture into the air cargo market. The French 100% business class airline has awarded WFS a three-year contract to handle cargo on board its A321LR between Paris Orly and New York EWR which will... more
JAS Worldwide targets Nordic countries
Freight forwarding services provider JAS Worldwide, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), is acquiring Greencarrier Freight Services International, the freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain management division of Greencarrier Group. The company is headquartered... more
Heppell to become CFO
Richard Heppell has been appointed as chief financial officer designate for Tindall Riley & Co and Britannia P&I. Heppell joins in exactly two weeks from today, on 6 September, having recently served as CFO for Neon, the specialist insurer and Lloyd’s managing agent.... more
Second PCTC runs on LNG and battery
UECC's second LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) has hit the water. It is also the second out of three LNG battery hybrid sistership newbuilds at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China. Hull number H2664 was launched at the Shanghai yard on 16 August. Time is up:... more
Campbell replaces Labonne at Hermes
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT), which develops and provides cargo management systems, has appointed Marcus Campbell as its new chief technology officer (CTO), during a roll out of its new Hermes 5 system upgrade for a number of customers worldwide. He replaces Alex Labonne,... more
Uniform consistency all over the globe
The cargo and ground handling employees of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) are getting a new outfit. The new uniform applies to all employees in its North America and Europe, the Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA) operations. The roll-out of some 125,000 pieces of... more
Hella Polska deepens contract with Hellmann
Hella Polska, a specialist for lighting systems and vehicle electronics, is extending its contract with Hellmann for another four years. From now on, the cooperation will also include cross-border logistics services. Hellmann has been Hella Polska’s logistics partner since... more
Qingdao train to reach Milan in 23 days
In cooperation with Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), the Russian transport company Trans Container, has arranged its first dispatch of a transit train from China to Austria and Italy. The train consisting of 50 containers loaded with consumer goods recently departed from Qingdao,... more