FM Logistic's double strike in Asia 
French logistics player FM Logistic is widening its footprint in Asia. A new multi-customer facility offering 70,000 sqm of warehouse space was recently inaugurated in India. Located in Farrukhnagar, the site is close to the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (Delhi) highway. The... more
Nuvocargo hires Jay Gerard
Nuvocargo, the first all-in-one digital platform to focus on USA-Mexico cross-border trade, has appointed Jay Gerard as head of customs. Gerard has over 20 years of logistics and operational management experience and was most recently global customs director, North America,... more
More ambitious targets for alternative fuels
IRU (The International Road Transport Union), ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association), T&E (Transport & Environment) and Hydrogen Europe are concerned that targets set by the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on alternative fuels... more
Opening new ways to Volga-Dnepr Airlines
Following the recent agreement between the administration of Moscow and the Volga-Dnepr Group, Volga-Dnepr Airlines operated its first Moscow-Delhi-Dhaka flight and return. On the outward leg, the Russian cargo airline's IL-76 brought 18 t of metal components for export to... more
Maersk explains withdrawal from Russia
How does a big logistics player get out of its Russian and Belarussian business? Maersk has now explained its line of action. The carrier's offices in Far East Russia, Novorossiysk and Kaliningrad are expected to close down during the summer of 2022. The Saint Petersburg and... more
Bucharest is Sennder's newest location
Digital forwarder Sennder is entering the Romanian market and opening a new branch in the country’s capital Bucharest. Bogdan-Gabriel Steliean has been appointed to manage the company’s operations in the country. With a total of eleven branches in Europe, the player is planning... more
Stella Wang joins Jettainer's team in Hong Kong
Jettainer, a global provider of unit load device (ULD) management services, has appointed Stella Wang in Hong Kong. Along with serving customers in the East Asia region, Wang will also take on a newly created role overseeing the development of the ULD expert's leasing business... more
AG Handling selects Qstep
After Helsinki, Tallinn and Vilnius, Riga is the fourth airport to have installed the Qstep software-as-a-service platform. AG Handling, which counts Lufthansa and LOT Polish Airlines among its customer base, said that so far feedback on the system has been positive. Gunars... more
Boost for Western Australia’s railfreight network
Western Australia's key agricultural areas will receive an AUD 200 million (EUR 135 million) funding boost for the first four projects of the agricultural supply chain improvement (ASCI) programme. The improvements will help WA grain growers and other primary producers transport... more
Another unit on the Baltic Sea
A new ship is operating on the Baltic Sea route between Rostock and Nynäshamn. The ro-ro unit M/S “Eliana Marino” completed its premiere voyage on 25 April for Hansa Destinations, which is a subsidiary of the Swedish Redder AB Gotland. With twice the cargo capacity, there... more