Niklas Kirwel returns to Setlog 
Supply chain management software provider Setlog has appointed Niklas Kirwel (photo) as its new CEO. He will replace Ralf Duester, co-founder and current CEO of Setlog, who has been elected as chairman of the company’s board of directors. Duester spent ten years as CEO of the... more
Ryder to operate new US east coast hub
Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) in Georgia, USA, has completed delivery of a new import distribution space to serve the park's second tenant. Operated by Ryder Logistics, the facility joins A&R Logistics' new rail-served export operations in the park's first million... more
Groundbreaking in Louisiana
Stakeholders with golden shovels turned the first ceremonial dirt last week to build an air cargo warehouse at Louisana's Chennault International Airport (CWF). The USD 4 million facility will be the centrepiece of Chennault’s latest effort to provide economic diversity and... more
Cargo on ferry of the third kind
The FRS Iberia shipping company recently acquired a fast ferry which will be renamed “Levante Jet”. The unit is an 85 m length fast catamaran, with an aluminium hull, constructed in 2015 in Australia – more specifically in the Incat shipyard in Tasmania. The catamaran is... more
Aircalin connects New Zealand and New Caledonia
Aircalin, a carrier based in Nouméa, the capital of the oceanic island of New Caledonia, which belongs to France, is flying to New Zealand again. Last week, the airline launched an A330-900 service operating every Thursday to Auckland and back - but exclusively with cargo on... more
Europe's first zero-emission green corridor opened
Thanks to the collaboration of Gruber Logistics, APS Fuel and HAM, Europe's first zero-emission green corridor has now been launched. It is a project that aims to use biomasses for the production of fuel and to fully certify the chain from production to use. The new plant... more
Alsaceterminal now in charge
The time is up. In January, Frenkendorf-based Swissterminal announced that it will take over operations of the three French inland ports Ottmarsheim, Huningue-Village-Neuf and Ile Napoléon in the Alsace region. Effective 1 July 2021, these French ports will now be operated... more
Fiata and ICHCA join forces
Fiata (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) as global representation of freight forwarders and the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) have renewed their memorandum of understanding (MoU) and thus reinforced the ties between the... more
Test train run Taijuan – Paris in 24 days
Together with its Chinese and European partners, Transcontainer of Delo Group has arranged a test block train dispatch from Taiyuan city (Shanxi province, China) to Paris (France) via Mongolia, Russia and Belarus. The freight train carrying 50 containers loaded with consumer... more
CIFFA names new director
The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association has appointed Joel MacKay, president and owner of North American 3PL Mactrans Logistics, as new director. MacKay brings thirty years of experience in the Canadian transportation industry, starting on the loading dock... more