Toft takes the reins – finally 
More than one year after announcing his new ventures, Soren Toft has been welcomed as MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s new CEO, effective from 2 December 2020. He reports to Diego Aponte, MSC group president, and Gianluigi Aponte, founder and MSC group chairman. In his... more
ONE investigates container loss
The Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) is currently assisting owners and managers of the container ship "ONE Apus" (IMO: 9806079; Japanese flag) with investigations into the loss of containers overboard during severe inclement weather on 30 November... more
Europeans buy out South African courier
DSV Panalpina is acquiring Globeflight Worldwide Express, a South African based courier company. The takeover includes all Globeflight’s operations in South Africa and Swaziland. The small express parcel courier sector is the core aspect of the transaction. Keith Pienaar,... more
Connecting US drone know-how
VerdeGo Aero, an aerospace electric powertrain technology company based in Daytona Beach, FL, partners with Airflow from San Francisco, CA, an aerial logistics company building next-generation aircraft, to explore using the VerdeGo Aero hybrid-electric powertrain system in the... more
Common goals with BGL-Nord
In northern Germany, the associations representing the transport sector in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Landesverband des Verkehrsgewerbes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LV M-V)) and in Berlin and Brandenburg (Landesverband des Berliner und Brandenburger Verkehrsgewerbes (LBBV)) have... more
Jade Weser Port sticks to price level
The port fees in Germany's deep-sea container port at Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven will remain unchanged at the current for the coming year as well. The supervisory board of the port operator JadeWeserPort Realisierungs recently passed a decision to this effect. "In... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Winds carry 27.7 million t of dust from the Sahara to the Amazon region every year. more
Russian leasing company buys timber flat cars
In Russia, manufacturer UWC and transportation leasing company Dessa have signed a contract for the supply of another batch of 60-foot flat cars for transporting timber. UWC will dispatch the freight cars to Dessa in Q1/2021. The flat car has an increased load capacity of... more
100 candles for Simon Hegele
2020 will certainly be remembered as a special year in the history of the Simon Hegele company, which is headquartered in Karlsruhe in Germany and which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. "After all, we managed to implement our initially planned goals with... more
No piece work for full loads
The Italian logistics software provider Nova Systems has added a new element to its services. It recently launched ‘FTL’, a full truck-load option in its BeOne suite, an integrated solution for forwarders, logisticians and customs operators. ‘FTL’ is modular and scalable,... more