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
Eurotunnel launches new service for freight 

As part of its ongoing preparations for Brexit, Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight is introducing a new innovative service unique on the market for freight customers. The Eurotunnel Border Pass is a virtual wallet created and secured by Eurotunnel, in which freight customers can... more
EMSA on ship calls during the pandemic 

The ports of Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia and Spain are statistically the ones that have suffered the most from the decrease in the number of ship calls throughout the European Union, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom since the end of July due to the pandemic. According... more