A promotion and a return 
Scanlog has appointed Myriam Nyström, formerly operations manager for sea freight, as commercial director sea freight solutions. “She has a strong business acumen and an excellent manner of handling our customers and suppliers,” says Martin Ytander, COO. Nyström has worked... more
K Line Chile – 50 years of experience
The 50th anniversary ceremony, including a traditional sake barrel breaking ceremony, of the company K Line Chile brought together 150 people in Santiago de Chile, among which were His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan to Chile, Kazuhisa Shibuya, and Chilean governmental... more
Pall-Ex network to get new tracking software
Pall-Ex in UK is partnering with technology specialist The Algorithm People which will help to offer best in class tracking for customers. Following an extensive tender process, Pall-Ex chose The Algorithm People’s Optimize package to help deliver its Nexus ETA project. This... more
Rail/sea transport service to China launched
Trans Container has started to transport export cargoes to China via the First Container Terminal in the Russian port of Saint Petersburg. It is planned to organise shipments twice a month. The sea leg of the journey is arranged by the Chinese company Torgmoll. The service... more
All's well that ends well?
The four creditors' meetings and the creditors' committee of the main company of the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group have each voted unanimously for the bid with the highest purchase price. Thus, the insolvency administrator will be selling the Southwest German airport to Triwo, a... more
Crossing the Rhine 
A special project currently links the banks of the river Rhine near Basel, between Grenzach (Germany) and Birsfelden (Switzerland). This is where Birsterminal is dismantling and transferring a hall covering a total area of approximately 19,000 m2, originally used by Roche, to... more
Five more Boeing 787-9s for EVA Air
EVA Air has ordered five more Boeing 787-9s following approval by its board of directors on 13 March 2023. The deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2027. And, starting in mid-2024, EVA will update and reconfigure its 787-9s to add its popular... more
On the long haul with 100 e-trucks
DB Schenker has signed an agreement with Mercedes Benz Trucks to take delivery of the new eActros Long Haul. DB Schenker will begin to take over 100 e-trucks from the start of series production in 2024 and thus expand its fleet of sustainable vehicles. This e-truck model can... more
RWI/ISL: a pessimistic outlook
The container throughput index of the RWI (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics) rose to 122.4 points in February 2023, offsetting the low value of the previous month (117.2 points). The institute notes, however, that... more
Scanlog picks Lars Lerstorp
Scandinavian freight logistics specialist Scanlog has appointed Lars Lerstorp as commercial director rail & road freight solutions, with overall commercial responsibility for the company’s transport solutions within rail, road, and multimodal freight. Lerstorp will... more