New rail solution from Asia to Europe 
Gefco has introduced another Transrussian door-to-door intermodal service. The new train runs weekly from Vadivostok to Europe either via the port of St Petersburg or via the Ukrainian/Polish border point Malazewice/Brest with a transit time of maximum 30 days. From St... more
ZIM also going strong
The Haifa (Israel)-headquartered shipping group ZIM has published its consolidated results for Q3/2020. From January till September 2020, volumes carried by ZIM went down by 3.9% to 2.04 million teu compared to 2.12 million teu in the same period in 2019. The average freight... more
Von Boxberg becomes Lufthansa Cargo CEO
Peter Gerber (left), chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo since May 2014, will succeed Dieter Vranckx, the next CEO of Swiss, as CEO of Brussels Airlines. Gerber will take up his position in Belgium on 1 March 2021. Together with Nina Öwerdieck, CFO of Brussels... more
ASL Group welcomes its first Saab 340
The Belgian ASL Group, which also specialises in low-volume cargo flights, until now based on a fleet of Beechcraft B200, has welcomed the latest aircraft to be added to its growing fleet, a Saab 340. It will be used to support the development of ASL Group charter flights... more
Several changes at Contino
Bruno Poulsen has taken over as the new CEO of the Danish Contino Holding. Poulsen entered the logistics business in 1985, was almost ten years with Itella Logistics, from 2015 until last July he served as road director at Greencarrier and then for three months as Kolding branch... more
Cherries choose MSC
The Switzerland-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started its new express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo from Chile to Asia. The so-called "Cherry Express service" will run as a joint carrier agreement, connecting Asia and the west coast... more
FTSE4 Good and Agility
The FTSE4 Good Index Series, a resource used by investors to identify companies around the world with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, has recognised Agility’s commitment in environmental, social and governance matters. FTSE4 Good was developed by... more
Trieste augments intermodal connections
Nuremberg in Germany is the new hub in the extended intermodal network of the port Trieste in Italy. The intermodal service will be operated by the Mercitalia Rail-TX joint venture in collaboration with Alpe Adria, the company responsible for the development of intermodal... more
Another quarterly dividend and B767 freighter
The board of directors of Cargojet, a Canadian provider of time sensitive premium overnight air cargo services, has declared a cash dividend of CAD 0.2340 (USD 0.17976) per common voting share and variable voting share for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2020.... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Swiss penknife with the highest number of functions has 87 tools, 141 functions and weighs 1.3 kg. more