Swiss back in Santiago picking cherries from Chile 
On 20 November 2020, a Swiss B777-300ER flight took off from Santiago de Chile. The last time Swiss flew to the Chilean capital was in 2008. In addition, the new flight was also special because of the cargo onboard: cherries. The cherry season in South America lasts from... more
Garden City Terminal on the rise
The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal has marked year-over-year increases for five consecutive months, and 34 out of the past 36 months. Recently, the port moved 363,000 teu in November, a 5.4% increase over the same month last year, or an additional 18,460 teu. For... more
Siberian pellets now to be carried by rail
Russian intermodal operator Trans Container and Global Ports Group have launched a joint project to expedite the delivery of fuel pellets regularly every two weeks from Siberia to Europe via St Petersburg, Russia. The combination of seamless rail transportation and fast bulk... more
Rolls-Royce moves in
In UK, the GMI Construction Group has completed its new national headquarters for RM Resources at Harrier Park in Hucknall, Nottingham. The contract to build the new 60,000 sqm building was awarded to GMI by urban regeneration specialists Muse Developments. The object in... more
Delta reshuffles sales and cargo leadership
Rob Walpole has been appointed new vice president of Delta Cargo and Shawn Cole joins the global sales team as vice president global sales, a newly created position. Effective 1 December 2020, Cole succeeds Bob Somers, senior vice president global sales. Most recently, Cole... more
Good connections 
MVG Dinh Vu, a joint venture between MOL (67.5%) and Vietnamese partners, has started operations in a new warehouse in Haiphong for chemical and other hazardous goods. The Japanese enterprise is banking on the site’s proximity to large manufacturers and markets. more
Asia-Pacific regional manager for Geodis
Eric Herman has joined supply chain operator Geodis, to strengthen its contract logistics activities in the Asia-Pacific region. He has 25 years of logistics experience in network and facility design, strategy and operations.Herman joined Geodis from the CBRE Group's supply... more
Medway starts LNG transport
Lisbon-based freight operator Medway invested in 14 specific tank containers for the transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the Portuguese energy provider GALP. The purchase follows an agreement between the two companies which was signed earlier in November. The... more
All the best, Mr Hoyer!
The entrepreneur Thomas R.J. Hoyer is celebrating his 70th birthday today, 1 December. The current chairman of the advisory board of the Hamburg-based Hoyer Group, established by his father, Walter Hoyer, in 1946, has worked in the logistics industry for more than 40... more