Michael Perschke elected CEO 
Quantron has appointed automotive manager and EV pioneer Michael Perschke as CEO and board member. In his professional career, Perschke was founder-CEO of Automobili Pininfarina and held senior executive positions at Audi, Audi India and the Volkswagen Group. Andreas Haller,... more
Preparing for peak season in Southeast Asia
DHL Express has expanded its airfreight capacity within Asia with a newly converted B737-800 freighter in anticipation of the upcoming e-commerce peak season. Operated by DHL partner K-Mile Asia, the aircraft offers a total gross payload of nearly 140 t weekly as it travels... more
Romania's E-P Rail banks on transformation
Nexxiot is digitalising E-P Rail's entire fleet. In the coming months, the Swiss IoT company will install IoT sensors in all the Romanian rail company's freight wagons. Nexxiot will supply around 1,100 gateway devices for the project. These Globehoppers collect data to be... more
Highest accolade for DHL Group
The market capitalisation of EUR 24 billion in 2021 clinched the deal. Deutsche Post DHL Group will be the first logistics company to join STOXX Europe. Qontigo, the financial market services provider and subsidiary of Deutsche Börse, informed that the shares of Deutsche... more
Connecting two networks
Airlink Cargo South Africa and Astral Aviation from Kenya have signed an interline agreement connecting their networks. The aim of this commercial partnership is to boost airfreight logistics in Africa, providing more options and access to the Sub-Saharan market through the two... more
Not only California
The Port of New York and New Jersey moved almost 759,000 teu in July 2021. Cargo volumes went up by 14.5% from pre-pandemic July 2019, which set a new monthly record mark in the East Coast port. Compared to the previous month, cargo volumes increased by 1.3% from June 2021.... more
Transit time cut by up to 76%
A successful premiere: a load of fresh fruit safely arrived in Moscow as the first export from Pakistan to Russia under TIR regulations. The truck, carrying fresh mangos, travelled from Pakistan to Russia via Iran and Azerbaijan, delivering the goods to Moscow in seven days.... more
Yesim Çetinkaya now COO at Çelebi Cargo
Previously project coordinator at Çelebi Aviation Holding, Yesim Çetinkaya will now assume her new role as chief operating officer at Çelebi Cargo. She will be based in Frankfurt. Çetinkaya began her professional career at Çelebi Ground Handling Turkey as a load control... more
First CRJ-200 SF and second B737-700FC
Air Wisconsin is about to enter the air cargo market. A regional airline in the USA since 1965 and operating CRJ-200 regional jets for United Airlines as United Express in the Midwest and East Coast, posted a photo showing a CRJ-200 SF "Large Cargo Door" freighter,... more
Will carrier profitability last?
Patrik Berglund, CEO of freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta, expects the big carriers to further seek higher contract rates to extend profitability The surge in carrier profitability has been based on the high spot freight rates boom this year. A key test will be whether... more