Kerry and My Jet's new Intra-Asian network
It is a cooperation on the ground and in the air: Kerry Logistics, headquartered in Hong Kong, and the Malaysian cargo airline My Jet Xpress Airlines, formerly known as Neptune Air, have inked an agreement for joint air freight options within Asia. Macau International Airport is... more
Zurich Airport finally above pre-pandemic volumes
39,132 t of freight were transported at Zurich Airport in October 2021, 51.3% above the level in October 2020. Compared to October 2019, freight volumes increased by 1.3%. This means that for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, cargo throughput was above the... more
Expanding into eastern Switzerland
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is augmenting its services between Vorarlberg (Austria) and eastern Switzerland. At the beginning of 2022, the railway is launching a three weekly transfer train linking the Wolfurt terminal in Austria with the two Swiss terminals in Frenkendorf near... more
Sing Post chooses Neo Su Yin and Ryan Tang
Sing Post Group has promoted Ms Neo Su Yin and Mr Ryan Tang to CEOs of the Singapore and International businesses respectively. Prior to her promotion, Su Yin headed the domestic post and parcel business. She now oversees the integration of the postal and e-commerce delivery... more
HHLA rising
Terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) benefited from the extraordinary circumstances in deep sea shipping in the first nine months of 2021. A temporary peak in storage fees as a result of longer container dwell times at HHLA’s terminals in Hamburg also left... more
New CEP warehouse in Bratislava
Courier services provider DPD, which is owned by Geo Post /La Groupe La Poste, has opened a new branch in Slovakia close to Bratislava Airport. Parcels from all over Slovakia will be handled in the new sorting facility. All deliveries are to be carried out by electric vehicles –... more
Three Boeing 757-200F for Astral Airlines
Aquila Air Capital, a specialty finance platform focused on commercial aerospace, has signed a contract operating leases for three Boeing 757-200F freighter aircraft with Astral Airlines. Sky Exec Capital Jets acted as arranger and will service the lease during the term. ... more
Girteka picks Jens Hovgaard Jensen
Girteka, Europe’s largest asset-based transportation company, is strengthening its leadership team. Aušra Bijaminienė, a former CPO at the company, will take on the new position of director leadership inspiration. Danish-born Jens Hovgaard Jensen, who joins from Maersk Group,... more
Fossil-free last mile transport
The Swedish Port of Gothenburg is linking the Swedish freight hubs Eskilstuna, Hallsberg and Jönköping with the continent with 19 departures each week. The freight carried on the shuttles is conveyed by truck between the terminals and local warehouses and logistics centres.... more
The French go Benelux
France-based contract logistics group ID Logistics has taken over 100% of GVT Transport & Logistics, the transport and logistics division of GVT Group of Logistics, which was founded in the Netherlands in 1957. In terms of importance, Benelux is the third logistics... more