Management changes at Delek Logistics 
Delek Logistics Partners, a Tennessee (USA)-based provider of oil products logistics, has announced the following organisational and management changes along with the appointment of a new CFO: Reuven Spiegel will become EVP and assume the role of CFO following the departure of... more
Covid-19 invites new visitors to China
Tunisair has landed in China for the first time since 2001, when a B737-500 prepared a presidential visit. On 10 April, one of the two A330-200 aircraft operated by Tunisia's flag carrier arrived without passengers in Chengdu, where it loaded 27 t of auxiliary equipment that had... more
ICS guidance for Covid-19 compliance at sea
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued further information and advice to ensure that essential goods and commodities such as energy, food and medical supplies can be transported on the seas during the pandemic. The "coronavirus (Covid-19) ship and... more
Rhenus acquires freight forwarding business in Düsseldorf
Effective 1 June 2020, Rhenus Freight will take over the freight forwarding operations of L.W. Cretschmar at this company's headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. The takeover involves customer and business relations for this segment and the staff employed in the freight... more
RCG sets up additional transport services
Austria-based Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been able to significantly ramp up its transport services for salt producer Salinen Austria. Additional rail transport services were arranged in a matter of days and the goods reached their destination in Hungary within a week. RCG... more
Polar Air Cargo chooses GSA in Canada
Network Cargo, the general sales and services branch of the Network Aviation Group in North America, founded 1992 in Toronto, has been appointed by Polar Air Cargo as GSA in Canada. This partnership, with the cargo-exclusive airline, covers all of Canada utilising the GSA's... more
Rental fleet to be expanded
The Austrian Schwarzmueller group intends to expand its rental fleet by 15%. The company thus plans to deploy around 1,600 vehicles in Central and Eastern Europe in 2020. The strategy for the rental fleet will be brought closely into line with the company’s management of... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
An American cow holds the world record for milk production: 33,000 l per year. 200 years ago an average cow produced about 1,000 l per year. more
U-Freight names operations director for UK subsidiary
As part of a strengthening of its team in the UK, the U-Freight Group has promoted Daniel Ludlow to operations director of U-Freight UK, its subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Ludlow started his career in the freight industry as a trainee export clerk with U-Freight UK in... more
Realterm closes EUR 100 million European logistics fund
Realterm has announced the successful closing of Realterm Europe Logistics Fund (Relf) at its hard cap of EUR 100 million to invest in the high flow-through (HFT) logistics real estate sector in Europe. Relf is the ninth fund raised across the Realterm platform and the firm’s... more