Batliwala becomes chairman, Erbacher returns 
Russi Batliwala (left), one of the best known faces in the aircraft charter industry, has been appointed Chapman Freeborn group chairman after 33 years in the business. He had begun his journey with the company as a trainee aviation broker and has overseen a period of expansion... more
Digital US contract platform goes Europe
The New York Shipping Exchange (Nyshex), a digital freight contracting platform for container shipping, has raised USD 13.5 million from investors to support further expansion of the business. The company reported that these means will be used to attract new shipper segments and... more
Laurels for Priority Freight
Priority Freight, a British logistics specialist, has been awarded the ‘we invest in people’ standard accreditation. Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve... more
Five more weekly flights between BRU and MIA
As preparations for distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine continue, Miami airport (MIA) welcomed on 1 October 2020 the launch of more all-cargo flights from Brussels (BRU), Belgium, one of Europe’s leading hubs for handling temperature-sensitive pharma products. European Air... more
Generation change at TST
The logistics company TST, based in Worms (Germany), is extending its executive board, with retroactive effect from 1 September. Marcel Thomas Bicking (centre), previously general manager of TST, will join the management as new co-managing director. The executive board will... more
No more locomotive change at the border
Slovenian company Primol-Rail, which belongs to the Polish PKP Cargo International Group, has completed the journey of the first container trains through the modernised crossing in Hodos between Slovenia and Hungary using its own multisystem Vectron locomotives. The... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
A loaded iPhone weighs one billionth of a gram more than one with an empty battery. more
Digital virtue emerges from necessity
Supply chains have entered a new era, as we know, due to new government regulations related to Covid-19. Training measures have also been affected. Switzerland’s Brabender Solutions was also hard-hit – a training course with Neska employees from all over Germany fell victim to... more
Rail speeds up seafood transport
Freight operator Cargonet in Norway will open a weekly connection directly from Narvik (Norway) to Malmö (Sweden) on 23 October. With this first direct route the seafood can arrive up to one day earlier at customers across Europe, compared with the existing route through Oslo... more
SAL's step over the Atlantic
This may be the beginning of a wonderful marriage. SAL Heavy Lift and Intermarine, two well-known brands in the heavy lift shipping arena, join forces within the Americas and for cross-Atlantic trade. SAL Heavy Lift, a member of the Harren & Partner Group, acquire a major... more