Hegele Healthcare in Singapore 
Simon Hegele Healthcare Solutions is establishing a presence in Singapore to offer on-the-spot maintenance services for OEMS of large medical devices for customers in the Asean region. In order to further expand its business in the Asia Pacific market, Simon Hegele will base... plus
High rates well into 2024?
Starting out from the China Containerized Freight Index, the Copenhagen-based shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has defined five periods each of sustained rate decreases and of sustained rate increases, specially the average percentage point drop per week over the full... plus
Hapag-Lloyd chooses Donya-Florence Amer
Hapag-Lloyd's supervisory board has appointed Donya-Florence Amer to the executive board. She will join the company as chief information officer (CIO) on 1 February 2022. Amer began her professional career at IBM in 1999, holding various management positions. She has served... plus
Transporting 50 t of whey to China
RZD Logistics (RZDL) operates multimodal transports with its Agroexpress service. Now the subsidiary of the Russian railways has expanded its network and carried 50 t of dried milk products for Kosmos, a major producer of agricultural products, from the Russian republic of... plus
Banking on UK business
With an additional 110,000 sqm of warehousing space that came on stream across two new UK sites in October, Geodis aims to enlarge its contract logistics activities in "Europe’s third biggest retail market", as the company said in a press release. Geodis opened a... plus
Home match for Turkish Cargo
Last week, Turkish Cargo took part in Logitrans, Turkey's most extensive international transportation and logistics fair, for the 12th time. On 10-12 November, Turkish Cargo opened its 154 sqm wide stand area in the CNR EXPO Istanbul Fair Centre to business partners, including... plus
Hamburg's way out of the blues
It has not returned to pre-pandemic levels yet, but the Port of Hamburg is on the move. In the first nine months of 2021, the port's total throughput amounted to 95.8 million t, a 2.9% gain compared to the period of January to September 2020. Bulk cargo grew strongly,... plus
Broekman Logistics picks Nicolas Parey
Nicolas Parey has taken over as permanent CFO at Broekman Logistics. He replaces Ulrich Steenken, whose interim assignment ended as planned. Parey, a German national who recently relocated to the Netherlands, has a background in both financial and industrial environments and... plus
Paris-Vatry airport selects handling solution
Aéroport Paris-Vatry (XCR), which is located 140 km east of the French capital, has signed for Champ’s "Cargospot Handling" solution. The software will support the airport’s ground handling service operations to boost efficiency and speed of its cargo operations.... plus
Two for cyber security at sea
Bureau Veritas (BV) and insurance consultancy Bessé are teaming up to improve protection against cyber-attacks in the maritime sector. This partnership will be key to help shipowners comply with IMO and IACS requirements. BV has developed a set of rules (NR 659) which make... plus