EU action needed on road frontiers 
Bottlenecks at EU borders have been causing unnecessary delays and interruptions of supply chains. The European Commission’s green lane guidelines just announced set a 15-minute maximum border crossing time for vehicles carrying any type of goods. The International Road... more
AEI to convert for Pacific carrier
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) from Miami (FL, USA) has entered an agreement to provide Nauru Airlines with a 10-pallet position B737-300SF freighter conversion. The flag carrier airline of the Republic of Nauru which has its operational basis in Brisbane, Australia, will use... more
Mountpark develops new facilities in North England
Mountpark Logistics it is funding a speculative development of 68,300 sqm at Omega South in Warrington between Liverpool and Manchester (UK). The facilities will be built by Omega Warrington Limited. Located at the gateway site to Omega South, the new development represents... more
Covid-19 threatens freight forwarders' future
The European full and part load network of international freight forwarders (Elvis) has called upon the German federal government to suspend road tolls for trucks during the corona crisis, with retroactive effect from 1 March. In an open letter, Elvis warns of the risk that... more
Menzies Aviation appoints new CFO Americas
The aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has announced that Jennifer Gourley will join its Americas Leadership team as CFO. Gourley will be based in Dallas-Fort Worth (TX, USA) and report to John Redmond, executive vice president, Americas. She will oversee the... more
Volume backlash already in February
Seasonally adjusted, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to the lowest value in its history in February, dropping 10.9 points to 102.5. In contrast, the... more
Saudia Cargo still shipping through three gates
Saudi Airlines Cargo says is has taken proactive steps to ensure the continuity of all cargo and supply operations and the arrival of necessary goods and products including medical equipment, medicine and foodstuffs. The steps come in line with the official decisions, which... more
ESR grows in its core markets
ESR, an APAC focused logistics real estate platform, has announced its results for the financial year 2019. The group recorded revenue of USD 357.4 million in FY 2019, up 40.6% from USD 254.1 million in FY 2018. Net profit was USD 245.2 million, representing 20.8% growth from... more
New network manager for Astre
Bettina Wietzel-Skakowski has assumed the newly created position of international network manager for the logistics network Astre. At the same time, she has joined the team of the country branch Astre Dach in Germany. In her dual function, Wietzel-Skakowski will further the... more
LDZ revises its investment projects
As the drop in railfreight volumes, which started already in the first half of 2019, continues, and taking into account the inability of Latvian Railways (LDZ) to balance its finances in 2020 without additional funding from the government budget, LDZ has revised its plans for... more