Instafreight picks logtech guru 
Adam Chassin, who previously held executive positions as head of Uber in Europe and as head of strategic business development at Amazon, joins InstaFreight as CCO. He will bring his expertise in rapidly scaling digital businesses, deal making to drive growth, and disrupting... more
More than a million Covid-19 vaccines
Over a million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been transported through IAG Cargo's dedicated facilities at London Heathrow, Madrid and Dublin (photo) to North America and Europe. Amongst these shipments are 80,000 doses from Madrid to the Canary Islands and the first batch of... more
Contract renewal for Unipart
Oxford-based Unipart Logistics has won a five-year contract extension with Pro Direct Sport in the USA, a major online specialist sports store. The British company Unipart Logistics, active in the United States since 1998, has been a provider of warehouse and distribution... more
Hellmann and Rhenus split up
Rhenus Freight Logistics and Hellmann Worldwide have ended their cooperation in the eastern part of Germany. After having acquired 50% of Rhenus' joint venture shares with retroactive effect from 1 January 2021, Hellmann has become the sole shareholder of the road and contract... more
Swiss back to Seoul, Asia and the Americas
Swiss Worldcargo continues to expand its global network. Beginning today, 15 January 2021, the carrier adds Seoul Incheon as a new destination to its network and resumes flights to its newly added destination Osaka. Weekly frequencies to Peking and Hong Kong will also be... more
Temporary suspension of UK services
DB Schenker has identified significant problems relating to the new customs formalities that now apply to shipments between the European Union and the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit. Only around 10% of the customs documents submitted for consignments that DB Schenker... more
Schöninger promoted to managing director
GLS Austria, a subsidiary of the worldwide GLS Group, has appointed a new managing director. Christian Schöninger has over 25 years of experience in the logistics industry. Born in the southern part of the federal state of Styria, he began his professional career at... more
Turkish fruit to Moscow by train
Russian Railways (RZD) and Maersk have organised a shipment of refrigerated containers loaded with imported fruit and vegetables as part of a container train moving from Novorossiysk to Moscow in Russia. Twelve forty-foot containers carrying fresh fruit from Turkey arrived... more
Dunkirk poised for comeback
The new DFDS service which started between Irish Rosslare and Dunkirk (see ITJ Daily from 30 November 2020) is a partial answer for the French port Dunkerque's future. In its traditional press conference on the past year in early January, Emmanuelle Vergier, president of the... more
More Montreal, most A350
From tomorrow, 16 January 2021, Qatar Airways is incrementally increasing its flight frequency to Montréal and will operate daily frequencies by 25 February, up from the previously scheduled four weekly flights. The service is operated by the carrier's A350-900. Taking over... more