Expanding in Portugal 
XPO has expanded its presence in Portugal with the opening of a new transport and distribution centre in the city of Pombal, which is located between Lisbon and Porto. The inauguration of this hub represents another strategic step forward for XPO in Portugal. The new... more
Services between the Far East and USA
Shortly after its inaugural flight between Billund and Hangzhou (HGH), China, Maersk Air Cargo is connecting North America and Asia Pacific with new regular services. Maersk will commence with two weekly flights between Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP) and Shenyang (SHE), China,... more
XPO France picks Olivier Mirio
XPO, a major provider of transport and logistics solutions in Europe, has appointed Olivier Mirio as sales and marketing director in France. He will report to Bruno Kloeckner, XPO’s managing director in France. Olivier Mirio joined Norbert Dentressangle (now XPO) in 1996... more
Moving more than 9,000 containers on one ship
"ONE Trust", a vessel in the fleet of The Ocean Network Express, recently docked at Southampton after sailing from Pusan in South Korea. The DP World team in the British port exchanged some 9,315 containers, including 5,824 discharges, 3,473 loads and 18 re-stows,... more
Ethiopian Airlines: 50 years in China
Ethiopian Airlines is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its services to China. The airline made its first flight to Shanghai on 21 February 1973 and operated there for a while before it shifted its flights to Beijing on 07 November 1973, which is one of its very popular... more
Partnership to boost growth in Germany
Europa Road in UK is strengthening its German services by partnering with operator Noerpel. The cooperation enables Europa to provide an additional route, boosting its services with a new daily round trip connection to the South of Germany. It will add further capacity for the... more
Farsound relocates
The Farsound team has moved into its new 5,389 sqm headquarters in Brentwood Essex, UK. The state-of-the art property is located close to Farsound’s old HQ building and has been designed and built entirely from scratch. The building, which is considerably bigger than the... more
WFS and Aena launch AGV trial in Barcelona
A proof-of-concept trial for autonomous vehicles to move cargo between the warehouse and apron has been launched at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona - El Prat Airport as part of an innovation project between Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Aena, the main airport operator, with 46... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
It took 13 years to sell 50 million television sets, and only three to sell the same number of iPods. more
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