"Curiosity of the Day" 
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Pipistrel and Lobo Leasing sign partnership 
Pipistrel, which specialises in electric aviation and unmanned flight systems, and Lobo Leasing, a global vertical lift leasing platform, have signed a letter of intent with deposits for the acquisition of 15 Nuuva V300 autonomous cargo HVTOL aircraft. As part of the agreement,... more
For spare parts to China and Mexico
Imperial, a provider based in South Africa offering automotive and other logistics services, has been awarded a contract by BMW to manage the foreign supply centre (AVZ) at the Leipzig location in Germany. The project started on 1 April this year. From this location, the BMW... more
Trucks older than five years to be banned
Saudi Arabia's public transport authority is introducing a ban on importing trucks that are more than five years old. The regulation will take effect on 5 May 2022. It will apply to all heavy transport vehicles whose total weight exceeds 3.5 t. The ban includes locomotives,... more
Port survey on customer satisfaction
The Customer Satisfaction Index is a survey which has been conducted at regular intervals at the Port of Gothenburg since 2003. A total of 285 customers were included in the latest survey, 170 of whom completed the questionnaire (response rate 59.6%). From their point of view,... more
JLL hires Erik van der Vliet
Erik van der Vliet is joining JLL as senior director business development industrial leasing, where he will focus primarily on urban city logistics. The supply chain expert comes from JDE - Jacobs Douwe Egberts, where he worked as supply chain director for the German,... more
Growing demand for services to Scandinavia
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is further expanding its Transfer network northwards: from now on, the company will operate three weekly roundtrips for wagonload traffic between Linz (Austria), Scandinavia and Wels (Austria). Since the beginning of the year, RCG has been shipping... more
Fiege working on its Asian footprint
Fiege Group has acquired 100 % of the shares of World Fashion Logistics (WFL) and incorporated it into the group’s contract logistics business in Asia. WFL provides logistics services for e-commerce, retail, fashion and luxury brands in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia... more
New healthcare facilities in Central Europe
UPS Healthcare has inaugurated a new 13,000 sqm warehouse for its hub near Budapest, Hungary. Offering a variety of cool chain environments to transport temperature-sensitive medicines and biologics, the USA-based CEP player has 37,000 sqm of dedicated healthcare space in the... more
Timocom: 25 years freight exchange
"It all started when I was looking for a pan-European procurement platform for transport orders in order to reduce the empty runs of my freight forwarding company. But I didn't find one that met my requirements," says Jens Thiermann (right). Together with business... more