Hämmerle promoted to CFO at Kapsch 
Andreas Hämmerle has been promoted to chief financial officer of Kapsch TrafficCom (KTC), with effect from 1 July. He’s currently executive vice-president for finance at the logistics solutions provider for sustainable mobility, and will also become a board member.Before joining... plus
New hub for La Poste
The French post office La Poste has opened a new location in the heart of France. The parcel-sorting hub in Seine-et-Marne, in the Île-de-France, is the fifth and largest of the company’s new facilities. It follows hubs in Isère, Pas-de-Calais, Var and Val-d’Oise.The gateway,... plus
Sunny side up for Hamburg
The port of Hamburg witnessed an upswing in seaborne cargo throughput in Q1/2021, above its forecast. A steep increase in March, especially, led to higher volumes in total (+0.4% to 32,1 million t) compared to the same period last year. Container handling performed even... plus
A woman to head HR at Hellmanns
Christa Stienen has been appointed chief human resource officer at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics with effect from 1 August. She will succeed Claudio Gerring, who died in December 2020 after nineteen years in the HR unit. Stienen brings 30 years’ experience in various senior roles... plus
Further Bremen location for B+S
The German logistics services provider B+S GmbH Logistik und Dienstleistungen has moved into a 20,500 sqm logistics facility in greater Bremen. The logistician already took over a centre in the Bremen freight village developed by Goodman in 2019. B+S makes use of a total of... plus
Space for 45,000 vehicles in Koper
The Slovenian Port of Koper has opened a petrol station for the supply of working machines and vehicles in the port, a new gate for trucks, and a new multi-storey garage for cars. The new gate for trucks is already the third entrance to the port. It will be intended mainly... plus
On the box ships' renaissance
The shipyards are busy again. According to Clarksons, the order book for container ships is also on the rise. Since 2010, when 30% of the global order book were container vessels, their share of the operating fleet worldwide saw a constant downward trend to the low of 8.8% in... plus
A new giant in Southampton
The first unit in a new generation of HMM ships has docked at DP World’s container terminal at Southampton. The HMM “Nuri” is the first of eight 16,000 teu class mega-ships to sail the Asia and North Europe trade lanes. This vessel’s port rotation includes Busan, Shanghai,... plus
Saudia Cargo's first commercial service to Denmark
Utilising Saudia Airlines B777-300 passenger planes with 140 t payload capacity per flight, Saudia Cargo kicked off its "preighter" flights to Copenhagen. Chief cargo officer Teddy Zebitz, who is from Denmark: "We believe that Copenhagen, as a central location... plus
Geodis: support for automation
Antoine Pretin joins global supply chain operator Geodis as its new vice president engineering group, where one of this responsibilities will be to accelerate the automation of Geodis’ services. Pretin started his career in 2007 as a project manager at Sidel Cermex, first in... plus