Tunisair: engineer comes to the rescue 
Olfa Hamdi is the new president and chair of the board at Tunisair. This was announced by Tunisia’s ministry for transport and logistics on 4 January 2021, after the previous candidate to lead the North African country’s national carrier, Wassef Ayadi, who was appointed last... more
Two Japanese partners for "Pupa"
Japan Aerospace Exploratory Agency (Jaxa) and Yamato Holdings are to collaborate on a cargo pod for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aerial systems. The two organisations have worked together in designing and evaluating the aerodynamic shape of the... more
New train with direct link to Scandinavia
Kombiverkehr has added another block train option to its range of intermodal services on the north south corridor between Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic and Italy. Starting on 1 February 2021, a new direct rain will offer three weekly roundtrips between Lübeck-Skandinavienkai... more
Emirates Skycargo uplifts Brazilian satellite
Emirates SkyCargo has executed a cargo charter to transport Amazonia-1, the first satellite to have been developed completely in Brazil by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), from São José dos Campos (SJK) to Chennai. This is the first time that the carrier has... more
MHP Solution Group fills new position
MHP Solution Group, a German provider of end-to-end logistics software and hardware solutions in the DACH region, has appointed Michael Zitzmann to the newly created position of SVP sales. Effective 1 January 2021, Zitzmann, who was born in the German federal state of Saarland,... more
20 year-concession for terminal
The supervisory board of the Port of Le Havre, a part of Haropa, has granted a 20 year-concession for the construction and operation of a dry bulk terminal to the company Lorany Conseils. This project reflects the ambitions concerning this category of traffic, which is... more
Kerry Thailand on stock exchange
Kerry Express Thailand (KETH), established in 2006 as an affiliate of Kerry Logistics Network, has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) since the end of December. KETH remains a subsidiary of Kerry Logistics Network after the spin-off. The price of the initial... more
Flexible-loading trailers expand fleet
The Hertfordshire (UK)-based contract hire and rental specialist TRL has supplied ten Krone Dry Liner box vans to Europa Worldwide Group for its fast-expanding click and collect operation. Built to Europa's specification, the galvanised steel trailers are fitted with Krone's... more
Three projects for Glencar
Glencar, a British construction company specialising in the industrial, logistics, distribution and manufacturing sectors, has secured three new contracts valued at GBP 20 million (EUR 22.1 million). The project sites are in Northampton, Dartford and Witham, Essex. The... more
GAC Germany up and running
The GAC Group has started 2021 by expanding services in its European network. GAC Germany began operations on 4 January, offering ship agency, husbandry, bunker fuel, dry dock and other services, in cooperation with the group’s ship spares logistics specialist, GAC Marine... more