Sébastien Delmotte to head overseas network at Heppner 
Heppner has appointed Sébastien Delmotte director overseas network of the company. Delmotte joined Heppner’s office in Lille (France) as head of the overseas department in 2013. “International business is part of Heppner’s DNA .The group’s aim is to accelerate the development of... plus
Tigers builds new hub in Rotterdam
Tigers is building a new mega hub facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as global customer demand and the e-commerce sector continue to grow. The multi-million-Euro mega hub is currently under construction and is scheduled to be officially opened in April 2020. “Rotterdam... plus
Upgrade of Serbian railways goes ahead
Russian Railways (RZD) and Serbia have signed an agreement on the joint implementation of a project to modernise the Belgrade – Vrbnica (Slovakia) – border railway line with Montenegro (Bar). The contract includes the construction and electrification of a 15-km second track... plus
Liege airport invites bright heads
Powered by the investment fund LeanSquare and Liege Airport (Belgium), the WeCargo event will soon bring together start-ups, air cargo industrialists and investors from 7 to 14 November, 2019. Through the "acceleration programme", set to take place during the whole... plus
Gefco opts for augmented reality
Gefco has joined forces with Artishock to develop the augmented-reality application “Gefco Enterprise AR”. The new programme is deployed by Gefco Freight Forwarding to improve quality checks and increase productivity in packaging procedures within the cold chain. The company... plus
Dutch forwarder invests in digitalisation
A seamless flow of information is the basis for the smooth operation of a logistics company. This aim can hardly be achieved without modern IT systems. Therefore, Raben Group has equipped all drivers in eleven countries with an IT solution provided by Panasonic. The robust... plus
More LCL railfreight options on the new Silk Road
Cargo-Partner currently operates 40 FCL railfreight services und 15 LCL railfreight services from China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin) to Poland (Warsaw) per week. Now, the company has introduced additional direct LCL railfreight options from China to important transshipment... plus
Maersk pleased with 2019's results
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based Based A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (APMM) has upgraded its expectations for the 2019 result. The optimism derives from the financials of Q3 and the updated outlook for freight rates, volumes and bunker fuel prices for the rest of the year. APMM’s... plus
Turkish Cargo now ISO 10002 certified
Turkish Cargo has obtained the "customer satisfaction management certificate" (ISO 10002) and developed the cargo customers feedback management policy accordingly. Under these guidelines, various improvements have been performed on the reporting methods, related... plus
KN is on course - only air freight falls behind
Kuehne + Nagel defied the economic slowdown and improved its results in most of its sectors of activity in the first nine months of 2019. Compared to the same period in 2018, the group’s net sales rose by 3.1% to CHF 15.8 billion, gross profit increased by 4.4% to CHF 6 billion,... plus