Two acquisitions in Finland 
The Finland-based Logistikas Group, established in 1997, is acquiring the Piccolo Packing and Piccolo Solutions companies and thus expanding into the Vaasa region. Piccolo Solutions and Piccolo Packing provide in-house logistics, local storage and packaging services mainly in... plus
Seaspan extends containerships lease for Cosco
The Seaspan Corporation, an independent owner and operator of containerships and a subsidiary of Atlas Corp, recently forward-fixed contracts and extended the lease terms for Cosco Shipping Lines of 17 containerships representing around 117,700 teu. The vessels’ charters were... plus
Fourkites optimises ETA visibility
Chicago-based real-time supply chain visibility platform Fourkites has introduced "dynamic ETA for air". The company’s latest AI-powered innovation enables to track air freight with highly accurate and automated estimated times of arrival (ETAs). This visibility... plus
Electric trucks for food deliveries in Stockholm
Food transports in the Stockholm region are set to become a lot more eco-friendly: Dagab, Axfood’s purchasing and logistics arm, has commissioned Scania’s first serial-produced all-electric heavy truck for its daily food deliveries to stores in the Swedish capital and the... plus
Lesley Simmonds to lead business development
Global provider of solutions Grey Orange as appointed Lesley Simmonds as its new vice president of global business development and alliances. She will lead the company’s global growth strategy and spearhead the expansion of the company’s alliance ecosystem. Joining from... plus
Cold-ironing project in five European ports
Five North Sea ports – Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa (including Le Havre) and Rotterdam– have revealed plans to make the shipping industry cleaner by providing 14,000 teu containerships or larger moored in their hubs with power from the shore (cold ironing) by... plus
Turkish Cargo enters Vaqtec's partner network
Vaqtec has secured air cargo airline Turkish Cargo as another partner for its global network. The German company’s thermal containers will now continue to move within the extensive air freight network of the world's fastest growing air cargo carrier and thus ensure the... plus
Self-driving trucks in port area
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Munich-based truck manufacturer Man have tested a truck prototype equipped with electric automation systems in regular logistics operations in the port area. As part of a two-day practical trial, Spedition Weets brought 40 ft... plus
Container index: the only way is up
The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by 2.3 points (seasonally adjusted) to 128.6 in May, according to the current flash estimate. The value of the Chinese ports'... plus