Weekly barge service on the Rhine 
From rail to the river: From January 2021, the Switzerland-based logistics provider and terminal operator Swissterminal, a partner of the DP World network, will launch a regular barge service with two roundtrips each week from Basel to various deep sea terminals at the ports of... more
Bosch adds parking facility near Paris
Bosch Secure Truck Parking, the digital booking platform for truck parking spaces, is expanding its footprint in Europe. After opening its first French site in Calais, it has now added another facility in Tournan en Brie near Paris, where freight forwarders can digitally reserve... more
Davies Turner picks head of ocean services
150 years old freight forwarding services company Davies Turner has chosen a new head of ocean freight services. Tony Cole (photo) follows Kieron Larkin, who is to lead a strategic review of the company’s computer systems and software that support all freight forwarding... more
Melnik re-joins Koper’s intermodal network
In cooperation with PKP Cargo International, Maersk has started a new rail connection between Port of Koper in Slovenia and the terminal in Melnik, about 40 km north of Prague in Czechia. The service re-opens opportunities, especially for the Bohemian part of Czechia, to... more
AIT takes panther jump
The booming e-commerce trade continues to take its toll in the world of logistics. The American logistics company AIT Worldwide Logistics has acquired Panther Logistics, a British firm with experience in e-commerce residential transportation logistics. This takeover adds... more
New liner service from Singapore
Australia's major privately owned shipping company, Sea Swift, has launched its new Dampier-Singapore liner shipping service, due to start in December 2020. The shipping company appointed the Gulf Agency Company (GAC) as carrier agent. A dedicated 99 m vessel – the “Karratha... more
Imbleau to take the helm from Vachon
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA), the commercial gateway to Eastern Canada, has appointed Martin Imbleau to the position of president and CEO. A lawyer by training, he brings hands-on experience in the utilities sector serving communities. Imbleau has held management and... more
RTB Cargo adds four more locomotives
RTB Cargo is leasing four Euro 9000 locomotives from European Loc Pool. The multi-system locomotives with a diesel power unit of 1.9 MW and an electric power unit of 9 MW under the overhead line are ideal for traffic on the European corridors that are used by RTB Cargo. They... more
ECS and Qatar Airways Cargo extend partnership
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Wexco, which joined ECS Group a year ago, as its general sales agent (GSA) in Australia, where the Middle Eastern airline is operating 30 weekly passenger and freighters flights to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Through the... more