British electric cargo drones for South Africa 
British technology start-up Samad Aerospace has signed an MoU agreement with Pretoria-based aviation services provider Aerosud Aviation for the development and manufacturing of its "starling cargo" aircraft. The fully electric VTOL with a payload of up to 60 kg... plus
Serv: new members for board of directors
Urs Ziswiler, Caroline Gueissaz and Anne-Sophie Spérisen have announced their regular resignations as members of the board of directors of Swiss Export Risk Insurance (Serv) as of the end of 2021. To replace them, Swiss federal council has elected two new members to the board of... plus
Sneltransport to run test hydrogen truck for DHL
DHL Express has become the first entity in the Deutsche Post DHL Group to test hydrogen-fueled trucks for long-haul runs. Together with its customer Apple, DHL is running a pilot project for the vehicle, as part of the Interreg NW Europe programme called H2-Share. The truck,... plus
Petrov follows in Pietersen’s footsteps at Fiata
The general meeting of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (Fiata), held virtually last week, was attended by 184 delegates from 76 economies. It which would normally take place during the Fiata World Congress. In the Presidency leadership... plus
Kuehne + Nagel picks Stefan Paul
The board of directors at Kuehne + Nagel International has announced forthcoming changes in its top management: effective 1 August 2022, Stefan Paul (right) will assume the position of CEO of Kuehne + Nagel International. At the same time, the incumbent CEO Detlef Trefzger... plus
Wiremind enhances capacity-steering platform
Wiremind’s air cargo software and data-science team has spent the past months enhancing the company’s capacity-steering platform ‘Skypallet’. It already has more than 1,200 users in 100 countries – including Atlas Air, Chapman Freeborn, the ECS Group, Emirates, Qantas and United... plus
DCSA setting new standards
The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) recently published its communication systems and application programming (API) standards for the 50 event records in ports defined in its data list. These refer to the six main aspects of a call, namely planning arrival at a... plus
Geodis augments activities in Belgium
Geodis has launched a new sorting centre in Schoten near Antwerp in Belgium and a new office at Liege airport. The first facility is intended to support the expansion of an international e-eommerce customer into the Belgian market, the second for multiple customers in Europe.... plus
Construction giant investing in autonomous vehicles
Volvo and Holcim Switzerland have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly test and further develop autonomous electric haulers for limestone quarries. The battery-electric units now being tested mark a groundbreaking step in the industry. Not only are they quieter... plus
Energy Globe award for sun-to-liquid project
A European research project on solar power production, called ‘sun-to-liquid’, has been given the 22nd Energy Globe World Award in the category ‘fire’ by Austria’s Energy Globe Foundation, which is dedicated to projects on sustainable energy technologies. The sun-to-liquid... plus