Navia holds the Key(s) 
Melbourne-headquartered Navia Freight and Logistics company has extended its Australian network with the purchase of Perth-based company Keys Freight and Logistics. Combined, the company now has locations in four Australian cities and an expanding global footprint with... more
Silver Airways takes parcels on board
Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the regional airline Silver Airways operates flights between gateways in Florida, the Southeast and the Bahamas. It took delivery of its first five dedicated freighters, all converted ATR72-500F, and began operations on behalf of Amazon last... more
A Fesco dry port in Zabaikalsk?
Russian provider of terminal services Fesco is planning to build a dry port at Zabaikalsk, a crossing checkpoint on the Russian-Chinese border. The project includes building up capacities enabling a throughput of 450,000 teu per annum. Besides the container terminal, the... more
Clecat's first woman secretary general
Antonella Straulino, Fedespedi's head of international relations, has been appointed secretary general of Clecat – the European association for forwarding, transport, logistics and customs services which was founded in Brussels in 1958. Straulino is the first woman to hold... more
First Dutch snaps up all shares of S5
A rapid concentration is taking place in the “Port Services” industry. After taking over the agency activities of the Royal Burger Group and Jardine, First Dutch has now acquired the S5 Agency World (S5)'s shares of Marmedsa Noatum Maritime and Kanoo Shipping, becoming the sole... more
Polish sales doubled during pandemic
With more than 1,100 registered trailers, Austria’s Schwarzmüller Group has already exceeded its ambitious sales target for 2021 in Poland, a key market. The company was able to more than double its sales figures compared with the level before the coronavirus pandemic. This... more
Transport industry calls for action
Thirteen European transport associations are concerned about the current limitations imposed on road freight transport across Tyrol in Austria. In a letter sent to EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, they call to stop Austria’s illegal anti-transit measures.... more
Euro Ops in North Sudan
Euro Ops, Westminster Group's French subsidiary, has strengthened its presence in North Sudan with a new contract award. The company has been active in the region for over sixteen years providing airline logistics and planning, particularly for humanitarian missions in... more
Cool chain concentration in Latin America
A player from Brazil is currently reshuffling Latin America's logistics cool chain scene: cold storage operator Emergent Cold Latin America (Emergent), headquartered in Sao Paulo, has acquired Friopacífico, a major cold storage business in Chile. This takeover marks... more