Geodis and Bolloré bring masks to France and Spain 
In order to respond to requests from the French Government, Geodis is planning 16 flights over the coming weeks, representing in volume terms approximately 2,400 cbm of capacity weekly. This schedule could be extended into May with up to 1 billion masks being shipped. For... more
Cosco Shipping: 2019 results meet expectations
Cosco Shipping looks back on a satisfactory performance in 2019. During the reporting year, the group handled 25.74 million teu in container shipping, +18.1% compared to 2018. Of these volumes, Cosco Shipping Lines carried 18.78 million teu, while Orient Overseas Container Line... more
Sirka Hintze new CFO in the Leschaco Group
Sirka Hintze has been appointed new CFO of the Leschaco Group. She joined the group as incoming CFO on 1 September 2019. Since October 2014, Rainer Barthel has held the position of CFO. He will retire at the end of this year and until then will work on projects and support... more
More space at Budapest airport
The Austrian logistics services provider cargo-partner has moved into its new offices and warehouse at Budapest airport. With this relocation, the company, one of the first lessees of the recently completed BUD Cargo City, expands the service portfolio and storage capacities of... more
IFL helps supply NHS during Covid-19 crisis
International Forwarding (IFL) in UK is classified by the government as an ‘essential’ supply chain business and is now using its resources of trucks, trailers, warehouses and highly trained staff to support the NHS across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic. Last Friday... more
Kyrgyz cargo carrier to take to the skies this month?
Kyrgyz business people have commenced with the process of breathing life into the airfreight segment in their Central Asian home market, by deploying an Airbus A300F that was previously operated by the Georgian enterprise Global Charter Services. The freighter, which was built... more
Csafe: Jeannette Wong for life science sales in Singapore
Csafe Global, a provider in active temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, has announced that Jeannette Wong has officially joined the company as director of life science sales – Singapore. Csafe has been building its... more
Amazon moves into Jade-Weser-Park
Panattoni is taking on another project for Amazon Logistics. The new distribution centre will be built in the Jade-Weser-Park, the inter-municipal industrial estate in Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony, Germany), situated in close proximity to the Jade Weser Port. On a 63,786 sqm... more
Indian Register convoys vessel conversion
International ship classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has classed its first vessel under the Lebanese flag. The vessel - which is named "Jouri" - was converted from a vehicle carrier to a livestock carrier under the survey of IRClass which... more