AI-powered pallet pricing 
Pacurion, a digital trading platform for load carriers, has launched a new AI-based service to allow customers to buy Euro pallets on the spot. AI-based pricing can reduce costs by up to 25%. It compares pallet manufacturers and dealers in Europe and enables an immediate... more
Wiremind to launch Skypallet 2.0
Skypallet 2.0, due to be launched soon, will pave the way for the inclusion of a long-requested, dedicated forwarder module. Wiremind is already working very closely with selected forwarders and partners to define their requirements and enhance the air cargo product to... more
Einar Már Guðmundsson confirmed at the helm
Einar Már Guðmundsson has been appointed as the managing director of Icelandair Cargo. He has been with Icelandair as a director of technical operations since 2014. Previously, he was head of procurement at Rio Tinto Alcan (ISAL) for three years and before that he was operations... more
Quay upgrade in Gothenburg
The Port of Gothenburg will commence a major infrastructure project at the Gothenburg Energy Port next year. A 300 m quay will undergo a comprehensive overhaul, dubbed “Kustkajen 2.0”, to modernise the facility and support Sweden's shift to renewable energy sources. Peab, a... more
Fr. Meyer's Sohn expands to Sweden
Hamburg-based logistics company Fr. Meyer’s Sohn is acquiring the Swedish forwarder C Land Logistics. C Land Logistics mainly focuses on sea transports and air and railfreight. Its three hubs in Boras (near Gothenburg), Norrköping and Helsingsborg will be integrated into Fr.... more
Another Liebherr added to mobile crane fleet
Richter Kran und Schwerlast in Germany has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane. The five-axle vehicle joins the other Liebherr cranes in the company's fleet. The new model is designed to extract the maximum lifting capacity from the available weight of a... more
Santa and his helpers are getting a bigger sleigh
This week, Alaska Air Cargo is adding a new 737-800BCF to its dedicated cargo fleet, increasing the capacity and flexibility on the routes serving communities in Alaska and connecting them to the lower 48. A second 737-800 freighter will join the existing lineup of three... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The ostrich lays the smallest egg of all birds in relation to its body size. more
Florence-based forwarder grows footprint in Turkey
The Italian freight forwarder Savino Del Bene, established in Florence in 1899, has taken over Transocean Shipping Int'l Transport & Foreign Trade, which was founded in 2002. With 60 professionals in Istanbul, Izmir and Mersin, the Turkish company focuses on ocean export... more
“An eye on the big picture”
In conversation with the Italian chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping. The ICS, which represents 80% of the global fleet, has been headed by Emanuele Grimaldi since 2022. The ICS’s chairman of the board spoke to Christian Doepgen at the World Port Conference in Abu... more