Shocking beyond Marseilles 
Dominique Lebreton, member of the executive board and audits, projects and marketing director of port community systems provider MGI from Marseilles, as well as a French foreign trade advisor (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur – CCE) was killed in a road accident on Saturday 12... plus
Digital platform for Teesport
In UK, PD Ports, statutory harbour authority for the River Tees and owner and operator of Teesport, has launched a new digital platform aimed at promoting the strengths of the river and the ‘levelling up’ agenda for the north. The new platform, which is designed as a tool... plus
Universal Wolf and Ferguson collaborate
Fergusons Transport, a major haulier in the northeast of England, has expanded its partnership with design and manufacturing specialist Universal Wolf. This moves follows the companies’ joint effort to build and deliver 750 hospital beds to support the NHS during the... plus
Taylor-made finances
Becky Taylor has been appointed CFO DHL supply chain, UK&I, focussing on building DHL’s data-driven insight capabilities to support growth, while continuing to manage risk, controls and compliance. Moving from her current position as VP commercial DSC UK&I and... plus
Finnair Cargo chooses CargoAi platform
The worldwide offering of Finnair Cargo is now live on CargoAi. Digital booking services - e-quotes and e-booking - of the Nordic and Baltic region’s largest air cargo carrier are available to forwarders directly via the SaaS platform. CargoAi CEO Matthieu Petot: "We’re... plus
35 new wood chip wagons
VR Group’s Russian subsidiary Finnlog is expanding its rapidly growing operations. The company’s 35 new wagons will be deployed to import wood chips from Russia to the Metsä Group pulp mill in Joutseno, Finland. Finnlog specialises in wagon operating services in eastern... plus
Driving change in maritime markets
e1 Marine, a global renewable energy company which aims to develop and implement innovative technology supporting the use of hydrogen as a fuel for sea going vessels, has appointed Stuart Crawford as its managing director. Crawford will execute the Vancouver-based company's... plus
K Line joins ammonia research
Japan-based carrier K LINE and 22 companies from the energy, mining, power utility, chemical, terminal, shipping, shipbuilding, manufacture and bunkering industries as well as classification agencies have established a “joint study” framework for studying common issues on... plus
DPD France contracts Axians
Parcel service provider DPD France will continue to use Cargonet, a logistics system developed by Axians ICT Austria, for another ten years. DPD has been working with the software platform for 25 years. "We have been working with DPD on a pay-per-use model from the very... plus
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The first picture ever uploaded on Instagram shows a golden retriever and a foot. plus