Nola swears in HPD chief Melanie Montroll 
The Port of New Orleans (Port Nola) has sworn in Captain Melanie Montroll as the new chief of its harbour police department (HPD). She is the first woman and the first African American woman to be elected chief of the HPD. Montroll succeeds chief Robert Hecker, who retires after... more
World trade starting to feel it
The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) showed a decline in February 2022, decreasing clearly from 120.7 points (seasonally adjusted) to 117.1 points, according to the... more
More French desserts well preserved
The Mademoiselle Desserts Group, a European specialist in the frozen pastry trade, finalised the acquisition of the Stef warehouse in Thenon in March 2022. The additional 40,000 sqm of warehouse capacity helps centralise the storage of finished products from the company's... more
AGI opens building 22 at JFK
AGI has opened its newest location. Building 22 has been in the JFK market for nearly 25 years, first opened by United Cargo in 1997. Working with the port authority of New York and New Jersey, AGI took possession of the building in late autumn 2021 and began preparing it for... more
Brittany now also runs on LNG
Brittany Ferries and Wartsilä Cooperation have inked a long-term agreement to support the new LNG-fuelled ferry. The cooperation concerns in particular the solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ latest ro-pax vessel, the ‘Salamanca’. The ten-year agreement was signed in... more
Investment in modern intermodal equipment
GB Railfreight and rolling stock company Porterbrook are cooperating in the production of 50 new Greenbrier box wagons. The transaction marks a renewed commitment to developing sustainable freight transport to meet the significant expected growth in the sector, the two companies... more
Yusen Logistics picks David Goldsborough
Transport and logistics provider Yusen Logistics (UK), whose UK business is headquartered in Northamptonshire, has appointed David Goldsborough as managing director global. Goldsborough has worked within the Yusen Logistics group since the acquisition of Tibbett Logistics in... more
Auto assigned AWBs now available
Lufthansa Cargo and Cargo One have launched a joint innovation that removes the prerequisite for freight forwarders to hold valid air waybill (AWB) stock before making an air cargo booking. As part of a seamless booking experience, Cargo One users can now book Lufthansa... more
South Carolina Ports going strong
Record volumes keep coming at South Carolina Ports. According to the port authority's statistics, the ports handled 230,000 teu at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal, and Hugh K Leatherman Terminal in February 2022, a rise of 26% compared to February 2021.... more
New warehouse in Bremen operational
In Bremerhaven, the Würfel Group's logistics division has built a new 2,000 sqm warehouse for a long-standing customer - a well-known plastic tank manufacturer. Construction took ten months, and the facility is already fully utilised. At the Bremen site, Würfel is in charge... more