New equipment for Servicios Logisticos Portuarios 
Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP, a cargo handler at the port of Bilbao, is purchasing five heavy-duty forklift trucks. Their manufacturer Kalmar will have completed the deliveries by early Q3/2019. A number of older Kalmar forklifts are already in service at the Spanish... more
Food grade and hazmat warehouse for Sydney
Mainfreight has opened its newest food grade and dangerous goods certified 3PL warehouse in Sydney (Australia). The warehouse features a 13,000 sqm food grade warehouse, a 13,000 sqm dangerous and hazardous goods warehouse, and a 2,000 sqm mezzanine. It also has 900 sqm reserved... more
Major milestone in US unmanned aviation
After completing more than 3,000 flights for healthcare systems in Switzerland, the Californian drone technology provider Matternet is now partnering with UPS in the first Federal Aviation Administration sanctioned use of a drone for routine revenue flights involving the... more
GAC picks new CEO for Sri Lanka
Business veteran Ravi Edirisinghe has been appointed director/CEO of the GAC Group of companies in Sri Lanka. He will contribute 27 years of knowledge and experience in strategic planning, business development and re-engineering, supply chain management, logistics and project... more
Wind in Teesside's sails
Northeast England-based PD Ports says it supports the offshore wind sector deal agreed by the industry and the UK government. The deal declares that a third of all UK electricity will be produced by offshore wind by 2030. The industry is growing across Teesside and is now... more
Garbe building extension for Hellmann
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is adding a 5,500 sqm extension to its world cargo centre in Norderstedt (Germany). Another hall will be built on the airfreight handling site that is adjacent to Hamburg airport. The work is slated for completion in December 2019. The expansion... more
New partnership in Indiana's short-line rail network
In the USA, G&W’s affiliates, Peoria & Western Railway (TPW) and Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis (CERA), have signed long-term agreements to lease and operate the Winamac Southern Railway and Kokomo Railroad, respectively, which together own 92 km of track in... more
Spanish airline becomes more cargo-friendly
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has delivered the first of two A330-200 aircraft to Spain’s third-leading, long-haul airline Wamos Air. The second aircraft is slated for delivery in June 2019. In another move to... more
ICP certificate for signalling system on Saudi Arabian...
TUV Rheinland Middle East has completed a major milestone in the upgrading of the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) infrastructure. The testing company recently certified SAR's north south railway, which operates ETCS Level 2 equipped trains as well as freight locomotives, hauling... more
Noerpel augments management
The Noerpel Group has chosen Gianluca Crestani to shoulder responsibility for the strategic development of its human resources, as of May 2019. Crestani’s department will be housed in the family-owned logistics service provider’s new facility in Odelzhausen (Germany).... more