From Hamburg to Latin America 
The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd reports a change to its board. Chief financial officer Nicolás Burr will leave the company in February 2020 at the end of his contract to take over new projects in Chile. Burr was appointed CFO of Hapag-Lloyd in March 2015 and therefore... more
Rail/truck transload facility opened in Jeffersonville
Distribution of malted grain for the distillery and brewing industries in the northern Kentucky region (USA) will expand dramatically with a new 33-railcar transload facility developed by Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) and malt producer Great Western Malting (GWM).... more
Dirk Max Johns resigns from management
Dirk Max Johns will leave the management of the German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) effective 15 August 2019. He plans to devote more time to his lecturing activities as professor at Hamburg’s School of Business Administration. He will continue to serve the VDR in an advisory... more
Nippon Express Global builds warehouse in Shanghai
Nippon Express Global has started to build a new warehouse in Shanghai Qingpu Industrial Park (China). Situated in the western part of Shanghai, Qingpu Industrial Park was opened in 1995 as an industrial park receiving key municipal-level industrial support, and its... more
GLS partners with Mexican cargo carrier
The Amsterdam (Netherlands)-headquartered GLS Group has expanded its commitment in North America with a new partnership. From this month, Estafeta Mexicana will deliver GLS consignments in Mexico and, in a second step, will feed parcels for the European, US and Canadian markets... more
Making Thailand and Laos services more efficient
In Thailand and Laos, Ceva Logistics and its holding company CMA CGM have launched a new cross-border service for ocean freight containers used by customers across both countries. The combined ocean freight and cross-border trucking service enables importers to drop off... more
Trieste and Bettembourg improve ship-rail links
The port of Trieste (Italy) has signed a MoU with CFL Mulitmodal to strengthen rail links between the Adriatic port and the Bettembourg logistics hub (Luxemburg). The aim is to provide even more reliable and high-quality services by using standardised, dematerialised... more
Wendolynn Montoya Cloonan joins Houston port commission
Harris County Commissioners Court has appointed Wendolynn “Wendy” Montoya Cloonan to serve as a member of the port commission of the Port of Houston Authority. “I am pleased to welcome commissioner Cloonan to the port commission and look forward to her leadership,” port... more
Girteka plans new headquarters
Girteka Logistics’ annual report for 2018 shows another remarkable year. The organic growth of the company achieved a 37% increase in sales revenue, amounting to EUR 764 million. Last year saw 4,000 new staff join the company, with IT expertise alone tripling in numbers. At... more