LIS picks sales manager 
LIS has appointed Markus Lohmann to head its newly combined sales and marketing team. The company created this new position of sales manager to boost sales activities and further increase the company’s growth. Before joining LIS, Lohmann was managing director at VuP GmbH -... more
Filling the truck with just a few clicks
DB Schenker has relaunched its Tool Drive4Schenker software. The electronic platform simplifies and improves communication between transport services providers and carriers, the company said. After a successful trial in selected locations the tool will now be rolled out in... more
SAL launches Dammam pharma operations
Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL), a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, has launched the operations of its state-of-the-art pharma facilities recently opened at Dammam airport’s Cargo Village. Increased from 118 to 542 sqm (262 sqm each in temperature ranges... more
New times for the Port of Melbourne
The “CMA CGM Ural” is the container ship with the largest capacity to call the Port of Melbourne to date. The 299 m long vessel is one of six currently deployed on the South-East Asia - Australia trade route called the ‘AAX1’. It commenced its 42-day round-trip in Malaysia,... more
Converging in the Midlands
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is now served by new cargo flights from Hong Kong and the USA. DHL Express' service from the East, operated by a B747-8F from Airbridge Cargo Airlines, is currently the UK’s only dedicated cargo flight from China carrying goods exclusively for the UK.... more
DHL launches software platform with Blue Yonder
DHL Supply Chain has just launched a new “plug & play” robotics platform in collaboration with Microsoft and artificial intelligence (AI) driven digital fulfilment provider Blue Yonder. The robotics platform significantly reduces integration time and programming efforts... more
Changes at the helm of GLS
Effective immediately, Martin Seidenberg assumes the position of CEO of the GLS Group. The native German brings more than 20 years of experience in the logistics industry. He replaces James Rietkerk, who has stepped down. Rietkerk led the GLS for two years and made the CEP... more
US forwarder maximises intermodal transport
In the USA, KLLM Transport Services has added 610 domestic intermodal refrigerated containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s thin-profile Vector 1550 refrigeration systems to optimise cargo capacity. The new containers help KLLM transport food and pharmaceuticals... more
Cargo Gulf links Middle East with Asian markets
The Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) Cargo Gulf, established in 1985, now operates a new Arab Gulf-Indian Subcontinent liner service (AGISC), linking Pakistan and India directly to markets in the upper Persian Gulf. It complements the company’s existing services... more
Dachser transports locomotives to Peru
Dachser Peru has successfully delivered two locomotives to a major railroad customer in Peru. Weighing over 180 t each, the units were initially received at the Port of Houston in the USA and then delivered right to the customer facility located in Lima, Peru. Of significant... more