Stef Group appoints two directors 
Stef Group, a European provider of temperature-controlled transport and logistics services for food products, has appointed two new directors for its seafood and packaging business units in France. Laurent Martin (photo) will lead the seafood business unit. He has worked for... more
Panattoni builds for Amazon
Project developer Panattoni is developing a logistics real estate for Amazon in Salzgitter, Germany. At the distribution centre, incoming parcels from the retailer’s European logistics network will be sorted and picked up by local independent carriers to be delivered to... more
UK network expands fleet
Pall-Ex in UK is adding more urban delivery vehicles to its fleet to increase its share in the market. In total, the company has taken delivery of eight new vehicles in the last months as part of the first wave of a new investment, with more than ten similar vehicles due to... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
There are still 13 almost complete skeletons left of the dodo bird, which became extinct at the end of the 17th century. Twelve of them are in museums. more
Cologne logistics group stable
The logistics group Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) reports that its annual results for 2020 remained on the same level as in 2019 (EUR 10.3 million). Sales amounted to EUR 71.2 million, compared to EUR 75.4 million in the previous year. The impact of the Covid-19... more
Making an old line new
More than ten years ago Turkey, Iran and Pakistan initiated a joint project for a seamless container train linking the three countries. The undertaking was shelved in the interim. Now there’s life in the old lines yet, as the Iranian Railways’ Ali Abdollahi told the ITJ. more
20 candles for rolling highway
Rolling highway (rola) trains set off on the Freiburg (Germany) – Novara (Italy) route for the first time on 11 July 2001. As a pioneering user of the 4-m Simplon intermodal corridor, Swiss Rola operator RAlpin has since then shifted over 1.7 million heavy goods vehicles from... more
Qatar Airways Cargo: more Webcargo options
Starting today, 30 June 2021, Qatar Airways Cargo is introducing Webcargo by Freightos in Europe (excluding Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia). Forwarders will be able to conduct eBookings with access to live rates and available capacity on Webcargo.... more
SAL changes CEO
Air cargo handler Saudi Logistics Services (SAL), which operates at all of Saudi Arabia’s airports, has appointed Eng. Hesham bin Abdulla Alhussayen as CEO, replacing Omar Hariri, who will move to Saudi Ports Authority as CEO, effective 1 July 2021. The new CEO brings over... more
Carbon neutral air cargo
It is an encounter of the third kind: IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group, and freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel have completed a chain of 16 charter flights from Stuttgart to Atlanta - the first ones to be carbon neutral. The key was to secure 1.2... more