Canadian laurels for Peco Pallet’s Lisa Vegso 
Peco Pallet recently announced that Lisa Vegso, its general manager in Canada, has received a place on the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA)’s inaugural list of 100 Influential Women in Canadian Supply Chain and awarded the prestigious Supply Chain Management... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
People often think that Napoleon was short. However, he was actually about 1.7 m – a normal height in his day and age. more
QSR Logistics supplying 190 fast food restaurants
Groupe Bertrand and Burger King are continuing to rely on the expertise of Meyer Quick Service Logistics (QSL) in France. The two companies recently chose QSR, a joint venture of QSL and the French logistics group Stef, to convert 190 fast food restaurants. QSR is now in... more
Multi-faceted Africa
The Air Cargo Africa trade fair took place for the fifth time late in February – and it was one of the best meetings the pan-continental conference has had so far. This may also have been owed to impulses from the German event organiser Messe München, which took over management... more
A fifth of driver positions unfilled, IRU says
Europe’s road transport industry is facing the most acute shortage of professional drivers in decades, according to a new report published by the international road transport union (IRU). Polling of IRU members and associated organisations in Europe has revealed a 21%... more
West of England - positive about the future
The West of England, a mutual marine insurer, has announced a positive renewal period and a modest increase in renewing premium. Owned mutual tonnage has grown over the year to 90 million gross tons (gt) including the addition of new members at renewal and a further 1.5 million... more
American Airlines Cargo chilling with Jettainer
The ULD services provider Jettainer has welcomed American Airlines Cargo as a customer for its "cool management" service. The US carrier now has access to the 24/7 service of Jettainer's own Cool Center of Excellence in Abu Dhabi, which is specifically responsible for... more
Road haulage and railfreight continue to grow
All Germany’s overland modes of transport improved their performance in the first half of 2018, compared to the same period of the previous year. Road haulage throughput grew by 1.1% to about 156.9 billion tkm, railfreight increased by 1.0% to around 60.6 billion tkm and inland... more
Aapa elects Gary G. Nelson as its next board chairman
During its 2019 spring conference in Washington D.C., the American association of port authorities (Aapa) elected Gary G. Nelson, executive director of Washington state’s port of Grays Harbor, to serve as the association’s chairman of the board for the 2019-20 activity year that... more
Rhenus acquires WNL to establish network in South Africa
The Rhenus Group has taken over the freight forwarding and logistics specialist, World Net Logistics (WNL), headquartered in Johannesburg (South Africa). The acquisition includes WNL in South Africa, and the national companies known as WNL Germany and WNL Asia with companies... more