Results from the East and West Coast 
As the shopping season enters in full motion, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the international mail facility (IMF) of Los Angeles airport have intensified "Operation Mega Flex", a CBP-led ongoing nationwide aggressive crackdown in seizing illicit... more
Digitisation by Samskip Logistics
Rotterdam (the Netherlands)-based Samskip Logistics, which was founded in Iceland in 1990, has introduced its global forwarding customer portal that will have special significance for reefer and other specialised cargo shippers contributing around three quarters of its volumes,... more
Sussex-based haulier appoints BDM
Lancing-based logistics firm South Link has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM), who will be responsible for the growth of the business by bringing on new, quality customers as well as building strong relationships with existing... more
Bargelink and Timcocom team up
Bargelink, the marketplace for European inland shipping and the Freighttech company Timocom have formed a strategic partnership to combine their assets. Every month, around 700 barges and up to 200,000 t of freight are offered over Bargelink. In total, there are over 1,500... more
Netherlands weather things well 
Even though goods transport has only been affected indirectly by the pandemic, it nevertheless had to battle many demand problems and correspondingly lower volumes. The sector’s situation in the Netherlands, a classic transport and logistics country, was a bit different,... more
Switzerland issues safety certificate
The Swiss federal office of transport has renewed the safety certification for TX Logistik (TXL) in Switzerland. Before that, TXL had seen its certifications extended for Austria and Italy as well. All certifications are valid for the next five years until 2025. They confirm... more
Double-stitched is better?
Early 2020, Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) Pharma Centre at Paris CDG already achieved Iata CEIV Pharma certification. Now, the centre, which is part of the company's multi-million EUR investment in global pharma handling facilities, has also been awarded the good distribution... more
ONE improves results significantly
The wave of good news from carriers continues. Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) reported a profit leap of 326% for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2020, which runs from April 1 to March 31. The Singapore-based container carrier said its Q2 profit came to USD 515... more
Freja partners with SDK
It is one of the major conglomerates since Queen Margret founded the Kalmar union. Pending approval by the relevant competition authorities, the Danish group SDK will become a 75% shareholder in a newly merged company with Danish Freja. The remaining 25% ownership will be held... more