Drone services to support island populations 
Setouchi Town, Oshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture and Japan Airlines (JAL) jointly established the drone operation company “Amami Island Drones Co.” on 30 November 2023. It began providing drone-based services to residents in Amami Setouchi Town in February this year.... more
A promotion for Ronny Sassen
The Rhenus Group has named Ronny Sassen as the new CEO of Rhenus Warehousing Solutions. A graduate in business studies, Sassen can look back on many years of experience in the logistics sector. He began his career at Inntralog in 2006. When Rhenus Home Delivery took over... more
OSL expands in Luxembourg
The general cargo network has a new partner: Arthur Welter Transports will join Online Systemlogistik (OSL) on 1 April this year to handle transports in Luxembourg. This region was previously covered by OSL partner KS Logistics via the Kell am See site in Germany; KS... more
Searching for solutions architects
Nottingham (UK)-based Baxter Freight is launching a new recruitment campaign to increase the number of account managers by 40% in 2024 to deal with increased difficulties in UK-Europe trade arising from Brexit and current macroeconomic tensions. The company seeks to... more
Wärtsilä & EBDG cut port emissions
Technology group Wärtsilä has entered into a collaboration agreement with naval architecture and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to enhance the clean harbour alternative mobile power (Champ) barge design. This solution, incorporating Wärtsilä's... more
Hong Kong Air Cargo reaches Riyadh
Hong Kong Air Cargo has unveiled a new e-commerce air freight route to improve connectivity between Hong Kong and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This latest addition to the carrier's service offerings after London (STN), Milan (MXP) and Liege includes two weekly all-cargo flights,... more
Fully electric for FedEx
FedEx Express’s is adding 33 new Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vans to its ground fleet for its operations in Spain. The 3.5 t vans will be allocated to the company’s parcel pickup and delivery operations in Madrid and Barcelona. They will be recharged at 33 charging points divided... more
Improving links between Italy and Germany
Effective immediately, the groupage networks Arcese and Cargo Trans Logistik (CTL) are launching a strategic partnership to expand their international footprints. With the cooperation, over CTL 180 members can now access Arcese's network, which gives them significantly... more
Management changes at Rail Cargo Hungaria
Imre Kovács (pictured) has returned to the position of CEO of Rail Cargo Hungaria after the end of his board mandate at Rail Cargo Group (RCG). He will also continue his work at ÖBB: as a senior consultant for Eastern and Southeastern Europe, he will oversee cross-border... more
San Diego's green lift
SSA Marine and the port of San Diego have introduced the first of six zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal. The 24,948 kg Wiggins Yard eBull battery electric forklift, named "the Carrillo," can lift up to 25 t and is one of the... more