Strengthening the team in Germany 

Manhattan Associates is expanding its presence in Germany by adding two new experts to meet demand for digitalisation in supply chain management and point-of-sale solutions. Christoff Renz (on the left) joins the company as national sales director, bringing over 20 years of... more
’Lynn’ starts Australasian operations 

Texel Air Australasia has expanded its fleet by adding a Boeing B737-800BCF, which landed in Auckland (New Zealand) last week under the 2-BPDA temporary registration. Having stopped over in Jakarta and Denpasar (Indonesia), the aircraft continued to Hamilton, where Hamilton... more
Providing Eurogate Hamburg with straddle carriers 

Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg has ordered 15 hybrid Konecranes Noell straddle carriers with a new modular design, allowing easy powertrain retrofits to reduce fossil fuel reliance. The units will be delivered by July 2026. Eurogate, which handles more than 12 million... more
NHLML and IWAI to develop multimodal hub 

India’s ‘National Highways Logistics Management Ltd’ (NHLML) and its Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAL) have signed an mou to establish a multimodal logistics park in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (India). The agreement was formalised in the presence of ministers Nitin Gadkari... more
London Gateway expansion approved 

Thurrock council has approved a new ten-year local development order (LDO) to support the expansion of DP World’s ‘London Gateway Logistics Park’. The LDO streamlines planning, allowing new developments to be approved in 28 days. DP World has developed half of its 9 million... more
Record-breaking WCA World conference 

WCA World's 2025 conference saw a record attendance of 4,700 forwarders from 179 countries, reinforcing the event’s role as a networking hub for the logistics industry, as the company has reported. Over five days, attendees engaged in more than 80,000 one-on-one meetings aimed... more
HU Mengmeng appointed Jayud CFO 

On 1 March Shenzhen-based Jayud Global Logistics has appointed HU Mengmeng as its new chief financial officer. She succeeded Lin Bao, who stepped down for personal reasons but will support the transition. Hu brings over 20 years of experience in shipping and logistics finance... more
Working to end deaths in enclosed spaces on ships 

InterManager has collaborated with the Nautical Institute and Imarest to launch a survey to understand why seafarers and shore workers continue to die in enclosed spaces onboard ships. It gathers feedback to identify risks and assess safety procedures. Despite... more
DB Schenker supplies Mercedes with saf 

DB Schenker has delivered its largest-ever order for sustainable aviation fuel (saf) to Mercedes-Benz, supplying around 13,000 t for airfreight exports from Germany to China. This initiative will cut CO₂e emissions by 40,000 t on routes from Frankfurt to Beijing and Shanghai, as... more