New vessel for Wan Hai Lines 
Japan Marine United has delivered a 3,055 teu container ship to Wan Hai Lines. The line has ordered a total of eight container vessels with a design capacity of 3,055 teu which can carry containers with a maximum of 12 rows x 6 stages in the hold and a maximum of 14 rows x 7... more
Managing director for parcel logistician
Daryl Dylan, who previously held the post of head of ‘carriers and commercials’, has been asked to step up to the role of new managing director of Caribou, a multimodal parcel, haulage and freight logistician. His first tasks are to bring the firm’s network of depots to ten... more
Amazon buys aircraft
Continuing its fleet expansion, the US e-commerce giant Amazon completed its first-ever purchase of eleven B767-300. The four aircraft purchased from WestJet in March are currently undergoing passenger to cargo conversion and will join Amazon Air’s network in 2021, and the seven... more
Takeover in Morocco completed
Ceva Logistics, an affiliate of CMA CGM, has acquired the Asti Group in Morocco as part of its ongoing strategy to expand its portfolio in Northern Africa. The companies have been long-standing partners for more than two decades and have delivered a range of multi-modal services... more
Switzerland to adopt eTIR
The Swiss federal council has given the green light for the inclusion of the electronic TIR procedure (eTIR) in the customs convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets. Subject to approval by the other 75 contracting parties, the... more
Broekman enlarges Benelux footprint
Rotterdam-headquartered Broekman Logistics, with branches in South Asia and Europe, has taken over the Belgian activities of Freight Forwarder Ipsen Logistics, further strengthening its position in the Benelux region. Following the acquisition of chemical warehousing... more
Yang Ming banks on France
In a joint operation, Yang Ming has set up a new subsidiary with the Naxco Group in France. Yang Ming (France) officially became operative on 1 January 2021. The subsidiary aims at assisting Yang Ming to develop local market and integrate regional resource. With the... more
Aersale begins first of 24 P2F conversions
Aersale, a major US provider of aviation products and services, has inducted the first of its 24-owned B757-200 for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion at its heavy-MRO centre in Goodyear, AZ, which has been performing such services since 2013. The first aircraft was... more
Transitions and performance at Daseke
At the end of last year Christopher Easter, the CEO of Daseke, a transport and logistics company based in Addison TX (USA), retired as CEO and as a board member, on account of family-related obligations. Jonathan Shepko, one of Daseke’s directors and a co-founder and... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In his youth, 16th US president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was a prize-winning wrestler, suffering only one defeat, and has a place of honour in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. more