Shopify Canada in the black with record Q3 
The wave of e-commerce has also advanced the business of Shopify, a proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. In Q3/2020, the Ottawa-based company, which keeps its books in USD currency, posted revenues of USD 767.4 million, a... more
Celebrating anniversaries in Brazil and Belgium
Emirates Skycargo passed key milestones in its global freighter operations recently. The cargo division of Emirates has just completed ten years of operating dedicated cargo flights on its B777F to São Paulo Viracopos (VCP) and five years to Brussels. The Dubai-based carrier... more
Safe transport along Silk Road
Bolloré Logistics Germany recently handled the transport of sensitive goods from Xiamen in China to Bocholt in Germany on behalf of its long-standing customer Gigaset. The highly sensitive IT components were packed in 66 pallets with a total weight of 10,915 kg. Their... more
Cargonaut now 100% with Royal Schiphol Group
Royal Schiphol Group, the operator of Amsterdam airport (AMS), has acquired additional shares in the airport cargo information platform Cargonaut and now has full ownership. Founded in 1986, Cargonaut is responsible for the provision of information across the airport’s cargo... more
Cargo business up in the North
Cargo operations remained strong as Winnipeg airport (Manitoba Province, Canada) and partners helped move vital goods in and out of the community. The number of cargo plane landings increased by 1.85% in Q3/2020 compared to the same period in 2019. The airport also welcomed a... more
Amazon in Switzerland
In the second half of 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, plans to open a new infrastructure region based in Zurich (Switzerland) with three availability zones across the country, in addition to the already existing European regions in France, Germany,... more
Maritime goes smart
The maritime industry in general is changing fundamentally as vessels transform into sophisticated sensor hubs, generating data and connecting through satellites in an expanding interconnected web. To enable the uptake of these systems and unlock the associated efficiencies,... more
Ghirardini returns to law firm HFW
Paolo Ghirardani joined the London office of Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) on 2 November 2020 from Stephenson Harwood, where he had been a partner for almost 30 years, including 15 years as the head of its global marine and international trade practice. He spent the first seven... more
Italian forwarder increases sustainable fleet
20 new Iveco S-Way NP tractors powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) were recently delivered to Arcese’s Basiano headquarters in Italy and have now officially joined the group’s fleet. The vehicles supplied are equipped with a predictive driving system and the latest... more
“Curiosity of the Day”
The Front National mayor of Beaucaire (département Gard) named a street in his southern French town ‘rue de Brexit’, as “an homage to the decision of the sovereign British people to leave the EU.” more