Join the Breakbulk Middle East ‘Business Run’ in Dubai! 
Four weeks from today, on 10 February, the first of two days of the Breakbulk Middle East trade fair is set to take place in Dubai (UAE). To get you up to speed on the morning of the opening and perhaps even help you make your first business contacts the ITJ, the trade fair’s... more
GTS launches two trains in Italy
From 15 January another GTS train will run between southern and northern Italy, connecting Nola in the province of Naples with Parma in Emilia Romagna. The new service was introduced after demand for intermodal transport in Italy grew strongly. The train will initially run... more
Sweden’s heaviest freight train tests DAC
A Green Cargo test train consists of up to 40 freight wagons, of which two pairs of wagons have been equipped with DAC from different manufacturers. It transports steel slabs daily over 1,000 km from an SSAB steel mill in Lulea to a production facility in Domnarvet, Borlänge... more
Geodis promotes Marc Vollet
Geodis, a leader in transport and logistics, has appointed Marc Vollet as executive vice-president of its European road network. Vollet will also join the group’s management board, which is chaired by Geodis chief executive officer Marie-Christine Lombard. Vollet has 30... more
New investors join Hycamite
MOL Plus has announced an investment in Hycamite TCD Technologies, a Finnish company that specialises in low-carbon hydrogen and high-value solid carbon products via methane-splitting technology. This EUR 44 million series A investment round, led by the Sojitz Group and... more
Antonov selects GFS as GSA in the USA
Global Feeder Services (GFS), a US provider of logistics solutions headquartered in Fort Lauderdale FL, has announced a strategic partnership with the Antonov Company. As part of this collaboration GFS started serving as the general sales agent for Antonov in the USA on 1... more
G+D launches smart tracking tool
Any package can be transformed into an internet of things (iot) device, now that Giesecke+Devrient has launched its new ‘G+D Smart’ label, allowing for enhanced tracking and sensor data exchange. The product is for customers in the delivery, shipping, fleet management and... more
Austrian Post welcomes CFO
On 1 January Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner became the Austrian post office’s new CFO. She was previously the CFO of the Heinzel Group, paper and pulp manufacturer, from 2017. She remains the chairwoman of the supervisory board of Euro Telesites. Potisk-Eibensteiner will now... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Professional chess players burn 6,000-7,000 calories a day in competition. more
14 cargo and ground-handling contracts
Air India has awarded cargo and ground-handling contracts to Sats and its wholly-owned subsidiary Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) at several major airports in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The airline renewed eleven contracts and awarded 14 new ones after... more