New CFO at Loadsmart 
Mark Hoyt will shortly join digital freight technology company Loadsmart as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Based at the company’s headquarters in Chicago (USA), he will lead financial strategy and oversee the accounting, finance, treasury and tax departments, using his... more
170 times around the world, now regularly to Wuhan
Aeromexico Cargo has inaugurated a route between Wuhan, one of China’s fastest growing cities which has become a hub for air transport, and Mexico City for exclusive cargo transportation. This was celebrated at an event held in the presence of the Mexican Ambassador to the PRC,... more
Digital counterpart to analogue offer
With traigo, Germany-based freight wagon hire company VTG brought digital fleet management to the rail tracks last year. After providing various types of information about the hire business, the company has now moved to the next level. With the "wagon hire" tool,... more
Port of Lübeck grows in first quarter
Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), which operates the German Baltic Sea port of Lübeck, has reported an 8% increase in its overall volumes in Q1/2021. Lockdowns in 2020 and this year did not affect cargo throughput, by and large. Growth was mainly driven by ro-ro and vehicles... more
CBRE for ZAL in Huelva
The Huelva Port Authority has entrusted CBRE with the design and management of investment operations and financing of projects on its behalf by potential investors in assets to be developed in the ZAL logistics park, both on a self-promotion and on a rental basis. ZAL offers... more
Software to hardware 
The Austrian rail logistics enterprise Innofreight, headquartered in Bruck / Mur, is using the options presented by digitalisation to take its logistics processes to a higher level. ITJ correspondent Josef Müller found out more. more
100 brand new wagons for steel transports
Polo Mercitalia, a subsidiary of Italian state-owned railways FS Italiana, has ordered 100 Shimmns freight wagons for the carriage of steel coils from Ermewa. The first 25 brand new wagons will arrive at Mercitalia Rail already this week, while the last of the batch are due... more
Hutchison wraps up acquisition
APM Terminals (APMT) and Hutchison Ports have agreed that Hutchison Ports Netherlands, a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports, is to acquire Rotterdam’s container terminal APM Terminals Rotterdam (APMTR) from APMT. Financial details were not disclosed. This is the beginning of a... more
Suez impact digested
The Port of Rotterdam is just one of the European ports that could call the whole thing off. The backlog caused by the grounding of the "Ever Given" is as good as processed. With this notification, the Suez consultative panel involving various sector organisations... more