Brittany Ferries want to cut newbuild 
The Flensburg district court recently ordered provisional self-administration in response to an application submitted by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH (FSG). The new managing director, alongside Jaap Klein, is Martin Hammer, founder of the consulting company enomyc,... more
Europa opens warehouse in Corby
Europa Warehouse has moved into its new GBP 60 million 3pl facility in Corby on schedule. The team has already won a substantial new client contract, which means that the facility is reaching capacity. Located on a 101,172 sqm site at Midlands Logistics Park, the ground... more
Kale Logistics expands its presence in USA
Kale Logistics Solutions has appointed Donna Mullins as vice president of its subsidiary Kale Info Solutions (USA). She will play an important role in developing the company's North American market. Mullins comes with over 38 years of experience in import/export and freight... more
Digital Seaport Solutions for maritime trade
Fundación Valenciaport, Infoport Valencia and Híades Consulting have jointly launched Seaport (Ship Efficient Approach at Port) Solutions. Its aim is to improve the efficiency of ship calls in ports through shared digital information. Seaport Solutions' offers the solution... more
ASG member adds charter and OBC capabilities
Chapman Freeborn, a global aircraft charter specialist and company of the Cyprus-headquartered Avia Solutions Group (ASG), has signed an agreement to acquire Arcus Air Logistics and Arcus Air OBC from the Arcus Air Group. Offering ad-hoc air cargo charter and on board... more
UWC completes delivery of box cars to Kuchukterminal
United Wagon Company (UWC) has shipped 100 box cars manufactured in Tikhvin, Russia, to the fleet of Kuchukterminal, which is part of the network run by logistic group LTB. Taking the latest delivery into account, Kuchukterminal now operates a total 220 box cars mounted on 25-t... more
ESR develops last-mile facility in Incheon
ESR has signed the agreement on a development joint venture named ESR-KS II with APG and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. ESR-KS II will be seeded initially with a prime land site situated in Incheon City, on which a large-scale, multi-tenant facility with a gross floor... more
Matteo Gentili named chairman designate of Ucima
Following consultations with member companies, the designation committee of Ucima (Italian automatic packaging machinery manufacturers’ union) has opted for an arrangement in which two business leaders will take turns as chairman during the four-year period of 2020-2024.... more
UECC's next hybrid newbuild on the horizon
The building of UECC's second LNG Battery Hybrid powered pure car truck carrier (PCTC) is underway. The steel cutting ceremony took place recently at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. Due to the current Covid-19 crisis, the traditional event was less enthusiastic than usually.... more
60 million truck kilometres covered in three months
Russian FTL trucking company Globaltruck operated a total of 1,366 trucks in Q1/2020, 3.2% down from the same period last year. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 1.1% and reached 61.2 million km versus 60.5 million km in Q1/2019. Average monthly distance per... more