DHL Express expands capacity to Asia 
International express service provider DHL Express has expanded its airfreight capacity to cater to rising demand within Asia and between Asia Pacific and USA. An A B737-400SF operated by K-Mile Asia now offers six weekly flights between Hong Kong and Bangkok. Air Hong Kong... plus
Second Euro Dual increases flexibility
Raildox is expanding is fleet with a second Euro Dual locomotive supplied by European Lok Pool (ELP). The new traction unit increases the German rail company's service flexibility. Amongst others, Raildox transports timber, fertiliser, grain, sand/gravel, steel and hazardous... plus
Air BP: aviation fuel venture in Iraq
International aviation fuel products and service supplier Air BP has begun an aircraft-fuelling joint venture at Baghdad international airport (BGW). The undertaking, the United Iraqi Company for Airports and Ground Handling Services (to operate under the name Masil), has... plus
Promotion for Tom Drury
Transport and logistics provider Geodis has promoted Tom Drury to executive vice president of strategic development of the Americas region. He will succeed Fred Loeffel, who is retiring after nearly 36 years in the company. Since 2015, Drury has been executive vice president of... plus
130 e-trucks keep e-scooters moving
Sustainable micro-mobility provider Tier Mobility has signed a framework agreement with Man for the delivery of up to 130 electric vans to various European countries. The first Man eTGE to replace the e-transporters' batteries without local emissions. For Tier Mobility, the... plus
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