LIS employee wins university award 
The university of applied sciences in Münster (Germany) has honoured Yannick Wölker with the university award 2019. Graduating from a dual studies programme, Wölker, who completed an internship at LIS Logistische Informationssysteme, had written a bachelor thesis focusing on... more
From Istanbul to London, and between IST and ISL
Turkish Cargo achieved a milestone in its dual hub operation in Istanbul last week. Together with its RFS-Partner Ortadoğu Lojisitk it celebrated the 30,000th road transfer between the cargo terminals of the new Istanbul airport (IST) and the old (ISL) Atatürk airport. All... more
Ten more years for Cargologic and Champ
Swiss ground handling provider Cargologic has extended its partnership with Champ Cargosystems through a new ten-year agreement. Cargologic has been operating Champ's "Cargospot Handling" solution on an in-house licenced basis for over 13 years. Through the new... more
Arkadiy Korosteljov elected president of Fesco
Fesco Transportation Group has elected Arkadiy Korosteljov as president of the group. He replaces Maxim Sakharov, who now holds the position of Fresco's first deputy president. Korosteljov has extensive experience from holding executive positions in Lukoil and Sibur, and was... more
Another service to connect China and France
On Saturday, 5 September 2020, a freight train left Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, for Dourges in France, marking the launch of a new railfreight service between Hefei and Europe. The train, carrying refrigerators and freezers worth USD 630,000, is expected... more
Maersk digests KHG
Maersk has finalised the acquisition of KGH Customs Services, a customs services provider based in Gothenburg, Sweden and serving a range of European customers (See ITJ Daily of 8 July 2020). Karsten Kildahl, regional managing director of Maersk in Europe, said: “The integration... more
HB Commercial sets up remanufacturing facility
HB Commercial, the vehicle service, parts, rentals and sales group, has opened a new remanufactured caliper and brake-shoe profiling facility at its parts supply centre in Bury St Edmunds. With its head office based in Ipswich, plus fully equipped workshops and support hubs... more
First fully digital transit between Asia and Europe
A pilot intermodal consignment of containers was recently dispatched from the Chinese port of Ningbo to Kolyadichi in Belarus via the Russian port of Vladivostok and transitting across the Russian Federation. The shipment was organised by Russian Railways in cooperation with... more
Southwest British airport is "cargo ready"
Responding to the demand for an alternative airport for automotive and "just in time" logistics, Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) welcomed its first cargo operator recently. Global Airlift Solutions operated its PC12NG cargo aircraft into GLO at the launch of the new... more
Remote maritime surveys extended
The classification society DNV GL has finished the world's first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The in-water bottom surveys using ROVs were carried out on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels, the first having been completed on the... more