Pilot expands warehouse presence in Boston and El Paso 
Pilot Freight Services, a provider of transportation and logistics services, is planning a significant expansion in El Paso, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts, by adding new warehouse locations and enhancing its foreign trade zone (FTZ) capacity. Pilot’s warehouses now total... more
Emirates Group member moves diamonds to Belgium
Emirates Group division Transguard, one of the UAE's major security and logistics firms, has signed an agreement with the diamond service company Trigem DMCC to provide secure transport services. Trigem Charlotte Boiling, a JV between Trigem DMCC in Dubai and Charlotte... more
Kinaxia Logistics creates new CEO role
Kinaxia Logistics has appointed Simon Hobbs to the newly-created role of group chief executive. Simon Hobbs has vast experience in the sector, having held senior positions with Kuehne + Nagel, Ceva Logistics and DHL. Kinaxia Group co-founder Graham Norfolk said: “In line... more
A new terminal for Port Said
In late December 2019, a consortium composed of the French operator Bolloré Ports, the Japanese NYK and Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the trading arm of the Toyota Group, signed a concession agreement with the general authority for the Suez Canal economic zone with a view to... more
New train between Koper and Bratislava
In cooperation with Rail Cargo Operator, the intermodal transport company Adria Kombi has now launched a new direct train between Koper in Slovenia and Bratislava in Slovakia. The train carries containers and provides two weekly services in both directions. The trains leave... more
Dispute over Doraleh container terminal continues
The DP World group has announced that a sole arbitrator ruling under the aegis of the London Court of International Arbitration issued a new award on 10 January 2020 in the dispute of the operator with the Republic of Djibouti, following the termination of the concession... more
Yves Laforgue is Bolloré's new CEO for the Americas
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Yves Laforgue CEO of the Americas region. Having previously served as COO Asia-Pacific, he succeeds Tony Rodrigues. Since joining the Bolloré Group in 1996, Laforgue has spent most of his career in Asia. He most recently held the positions of... more
Vestas and DSV Panalpina form strategic partnership
Vestas Wind Systems and DSV Panalpina have formed a strategic partnership on transport and logistics. With the partnership, DSV Panalpina will carry out and manage Vestas’ general freight and special project transport services, inbound as well as outbound. By combining... more
Industry pioneer renews GDP certification
Cargolux Airlines, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of operations in 2020, has successfully passed its GDP renewal audit, attesting that the company’s management system fulfils the requirements of the EU directive "guidelines on good distribution practice of... more
Intermodal networks carry 23% more goods
Europe’s intermodal transport services were able to compensate the 2.7% downswing reported in 2017 by an equal increase of 2.7% in 2018. These figures are based on the most recent statistical report «Facts and Figures 2019» published by the deutsche Studiengesellschaft für den... more