Pharmaceutical concentration alla italiana 
It is a new marriage in the healthcare logistics sector. In Italy, the Bomi Group is acquiring the Vercesi Group, a long-standing Italian company specialising in the international temperature-controlled transportation and storage of pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biomedical... more
Boxes on 800,000 seats
Emirates Skycargo is marking the first anniversary of loading urgently required PPE, related supplies and other vital cargo on the seats and inside the overhead bins of its B777-300ER passenger aircraft. Over the past year, over 3,100 flights with cargo on seats and in the... more
Pilots wanted
French NGO Aviation Sans Frontières (Aviation without Borders), which employs its expertise, planes and air network to send emergency aid from France to its overseas bases all over the world, is seeking voluntary pilots for its missions in Africa. Its two Cessna Grand... more
New helmsman and steady Q1 for Finnlines
Musical chairs at Finnlines, the Grimaldi Group subsidiary that operates ro-ro and passenger services in the Baltic and North Seas and in the Bay of Biscay. On 6 May, its board of directors appointed CFO Tom Pippingsköld as vice-president and deputy CEO of Finnlines. Thus... more
Italian haulier expands vehicle fleet
The expansion continues: Following the opening of new offices in Genoa, Venice and Naples, Carbox, which is part of Tarros Group and is headquartered in La Spezia (Italy), has added 25 new vehicles to its fleet. The vehicles will continue the company's path towards innovation.... more
Bock joins Hanse Bereederung
Hamburg-based shipbroker Hanse Bereederung, a member of the Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings group of companies, has hired Alexander Bock as director of its sale & purchase department. His remit is to widen the company's S&P service in a competitive sector and to... more
Express service from Asia to Persian Gulf
On 16 May, the NVOCC Cargogulf is launching a container service linking North Asia to the Persian Gulf with fixed weekly sailings. The North Asia Gulf Express (Nage) will connect the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen and Da Chan Bay (Pearl River Delta) with markets in the... more
Acting for passive cold chain solutions
Envirotainer, a provider of cold chain solutions for air transportation of pharmaceuticals, has launched "Releye® RLP", a temperature-controlled air freight container which is said to "fill a substantial gap in the cold-chain pharma air freight market". ... more
100 trucks as part of the deal
In Australia, Toll is partnering with Woolworths Group’s supply chain and logistics arm - Primary Connect - over the next five years to deliver goods to more than 380 supermarkets in New South Wales. As part of the agreement, Toll will invest more than AUD 24 million (EUR... more
ESR's new approach in Hong Kong
It is its first strategic asset in Hong Kong: ESR, an APAC focused logistics real estate platform, has taken another step towards developing its data centre ecosystem. The newly acquired asset is located in Kwai Chung, one of the major data centre clusters in Hong Kong. The... more