More details on Finnlines' construction programme 
The Finnish shipping company Finnlines, owned by the Grimaldi group, is building three new RoRo ferries of the Superstar class at the Jingling Chinese shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for 2023. The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its hybrid power conversion system to these... more
Hellmann expands executive board
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is expanding its executive board: the previous position of COO air & sea has been divided into two separate areas of responsibility to give a greater focus to the strategic expansion of the two product areas on an executive level. Thus, Jan... more
More space for trucks in Saudi Arabia
Logipoint, a major logistics zones developer in Saudi Arabia, has completed phase one of the Logistics Park Modon 1 project. Phase 1 comprises 350 truck parking spaces designed to bring Modon much needed respite from congestion and pollution by taking the parked and waiting... more
Leipzig/Halle airport's pharma operations Iata certified
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Europe's fifth-largest airfreight hub with 1.24 million t of cargo handled last year, has gained Iata CEIV Pharma certification, enabling it to process time-critical, temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments around the clock. Following a... more
Daimler takes another step towards sustainability
Truck manufacturer Daimler has opened a new charging park for electric commercial vehicles at the Stuttgart-Untertürkheim headquarters in Germany. This development is a further step in the company’s electrification strategy and related corporate activities. The innovative... more
Croatian Post completes first drone delivery
Croatian Post recently successfully completed its first drone delivery. The drone flew autonomously, from the Zadar port of Gaženica to Preko on the island of Ugljan at a speed of 35 km/h, for about 12 minutes. This flight is a part of a pilot project with the Zagreb-based... more
Parcels for Gollog's 19th birthday
To celebrate its 19th birthday on 30 January 2020, Gollog, the cargo division of the Brazilian low-cost airline GOL Linhas Aéreas, changed its logo and gave its customers a present: the new delivery service called “Chegol”, ("chegou" means "arrive" in... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Humans are born without kneecaps, which form when a child is about three. more
Mathias Temmeyer moves to cargo support
Mathias Temmeyer has been appointed managing director sales of cargo support, a software and systems developer. Temmeyer trained as a forwarding manager and graduated from the Deutsche Aussenhandels- und Verkehrsakademie (German academy for foreign trade and transport). He... more
Elemica takes over Eyefreight
Elemica has announced the acquisition of Eyefreight. By taking over the provider of multimodal SaaS transport management systems (TMS), the cloud-based digital supply network increases its range of capabilities: the combination of the two companies enables Elemica’s customers to... more