Ship Money appoints Kimberly Oropesa 
The global maritime payments provider Ship Money continues to expand its presence in the Far East with a new appointment in the Philippines. The company has hired Kimberly Oropesa to join its team in Manila. Oropesa has worked in sales and marketing since graduating in 2013.... more
KN is on course - only air freight falls behind
Kuehne + Nagel defied the economic slowdown and improved its results in most of its sectors of activity in the first nine months of 2019. Compared to the same period in 2018, the group’s net sales rose by 3.1% to CHF 15.8 billion, gross profit increased by 4.4% to CHF 6 billion,... more
First Georgia railroad in new industrial park
OmniTRAX has signed on chemical transport specialist A&R Logistics as lead tenant to anchor the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) near the port of Savannah in Georgia, USA. OmniTRAX is the master developer of the industrial park owned by the Effingham county industrial... more
Strategic cooperation as Brexit beckons
UK-headquartered Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is now the exclusive partner for all of Airbridge International Agencies' (AIA) aircraft charter requirements to and from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Working closely with GSA's Dublin-based team, the agreement has... more
Beefing up capacities in Mexico
In the Pacific port of Manzanillo, the terminal Contecon Manzanillo (CMSA), the Mexican subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), which is headquartered in Manila (Philippines), recently took delivery of new equipment. It was a pair of quay cranes and five... more
Management changes at Paycargo
Paycargo is continuing its global expansion with 13 new vendor customers joining the Paycargo payment network since Lionel van der Walt joined as president and CEO of the Americas. The appointment of van der Walt followed a global agreement between Paycargo and Iata earlier this... more
Chep, Kimberly-Clark and Smart Way cooperate
Trucks that carry Kimberly-Clark’s hygiene products and toiletries from Czechia to Great Britain are now loaded with re-usable Chep pallets to take them back to Czechia. On average, Kimberly-Clark and Chep share three trucks per day. As an operative link between the two... more
VNF and the Port of Strasbourg work together
On the initiative of the French City of Strasbourg, the Eurométropole de Strasbourg and the association of French waterways, Voies navigables de France (VNF), are joining forces to put more emphasis on sustainable urban logistics. As the public operator for the fluvial... more
Volvo boosts autonomous business
Volvo is creating a new business area for autonomous transport solutions to accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions. Volvo has already demonstrated a number of different autonomous transport options. In the electric site... more
Digital tracking for Latam's ULD fleet
Following the outsourcing of Latam's entire ULD management operation to Unilode in 2016, both partners are enhancing their collaboration through the roll-out of Unilode’s ULD digital tracking solution. This development is described as "another major milestone" in a... more