Oman airports signing for more quality 
Oman Aviation Services (OAS) has become the latest organisation to adopt Tiaca’s new cargo service quality (CSQ) tool, which aims to improve standards across the global air cargo industry. OAS, based in Muscat has also signed a MoU with Tiaca, pledging to work together with the... more
Svitzer appoints two new cluster managers in Europe
Svitzer, a provider of harbour and terminal towage to the global shipping industry, recently appointed Fred Jeeninga as cluster managing director, Continental Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia) and Maurice McKeating as cluster managing director, UK South. Jeeninga has... more
Circle supports EU project
Circle, an Italian company specialized in process and management consulting services and in providing innovative technological solutions for transport and Circle, an Italian company specialising in process and management consulting services and in providing innovative... more
No Brexit fears at Bristol Port
Bristol Port in the UK is Brexit-ready according to a new information sheet. CEO David Brown, reported: “65% of the cargo that Bristol Port deals with is non-EU. We remain confident that our systems and operations will continue to function smoothly and efficiently once... more
Two UK hauliers join forces
Maritime Transport has launched the new division “Maritime Intermodal” which will initially contract four dedicated services out of Felixstowe and Southampton (both UK). Furthermore, the road haulier will cooperate with DB Cargo UK to increase railfreight capacity and... more
Christine Cabau Woehrel joins the CMA CGM Group
The CMA CGM Group has appointed Christine Cabau Woehrel as executive vice president in charge of assets. From 15 March, her main responsibilities will include managing the group’s industrial assets such as its fleet of vessels, its newbuildings, its container fleet,... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In 1985 a woman was elected chief of the Cherokee Native American tribe for the first time. Her name was Wilma Mankiller. more
ID Logistics grows at home and abroad
Logistics revenues for 2018 came to EUR 1.41 billion up 9.3% year-on-year. The pace of the French company’s growth picked up in Q4/2018, with revenues rising to EUR 374 million, up 12.8% y-on-y. In France, growth accelerated during Q4 to 10.7% and revenues grew by 8.4% over... more
US action against two Iranian airlines and an Armenian GSA
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) took action against the Iranian Qeshm Fars Air linked to designated Iranian airline Mahan Air and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), and Flight Travel, an Armenian GSA... more
40 containers on the rail route from China to Italy
A new rail journey began when the first ever regular westbound train to directly link China with Italy left the Chinese city of Chengdu last Saturday (26 January), carrying 40 containers. It is due to arrive at Contship Italia’s Rail Hub Milano terminal in 18 days’ time. The... more