Two air cargo partners in Paris 
By creating "Cargotech", Cargo Digital Factory, the inhouse solution developer of the global GSSA ECS Group, and the French software and data-science company Wiremind Cargo will focus their efforts on intelligently digitalising the air cargo industry. Based in Paris,... more
Antwerp back on track
The Port of Antwerp reported a total cargo throughput of 240 million t in 2021, a 3.8% increase compared to the previous year, even above the pre-pandemic figures of 2019. Container traffic moved sidewards, sticking to the level of last year's record of 12.02 million teu... more
Strengthening general cargo network
As many as eight carriers have now joined Online Systemlogistik (OSL) in Germany. Werner Transport & Logistik and 17111 Logistik strengthen the general cargo network in Schleswig-Holstein, followed by Spedition Vögele, Grieshaber Logistik and Allgäu Frachtlogistik in the... more
WFS and Polar Air Cargo extend partnership
Polar Air Cargo, a global provider of time-definite, airport-to-airport scheduled air cargo services, has expanded its cargo handling partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in North America through a new long-term contract at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).... more
Shipping election materials for the Philippines
U-Freight’s Phils and U-Ocean brands in the Philippines have won a competitive government tender held by the country’s commission on elections (Comelc) to deliver the material and equipment from the Philippines to various foreign service posts, and return them subsequently, so... more
Changes in Finnlines’ management
Merja Kallio-Mannila joined the Finnlines group’s board of management on 1 January 2022. She continues in her present roles as deputy head of group sales, marketing & customer service, and as head of sales & customer service Finland. Torkel Saarnio has been appointed... more
SSY takes over Anchor Shipping
The 1880-founded Simpson Spence Young (SSY), a major British shipbroker, has acquired Anchor Shipbroking, based in Piraeus. Anchor Shipbroking specialises in sale & purchase. Expanding this division has long been a key focus of the SSY organisation, which elected Toby... more
Optimising wagonload traffic in Scandinavia
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is now routing its freight traffic from Linz (Austria) via the RCG hub in Rheinkamp near Duisburg (Germany) to Malmö in Sweden, from where the cargo is distributed within Scandinavia. In Rheinkamp, freight volumes can also be channelled onto trains... more
Empire Holdings buys West Air
Empire Holdings, parent company of Empire Airlines, has purchased West Air, a Fedex feeder airline headquartered in Fresno, California. Founded in 1978, West Air operates Cessna Caravans for Fedex, serving parts of California, Nevada and Utah. The company has feeder... more
Kabir Ahmed re-elected Baffa president
Chairman of Conveyor Logistics Kabir Ahmed has been re-elected president of Baffa (Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association) for a further two years. The election for the association’s directors was held simultaneously in both Dhaka and Chattogram on 30 December. A meeting... more