Astral Aviation promotes Patricia Odida 
Astral Aviation has appointed Patricia Odida as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective 1 April 2023. Her previous roles were head of cargo optimisation and pricing and revenue manager, in which she served with distinction for the last two years. Odida will assume her new... more
Truck toll hike angers German freight forwarders
The forwarding industry reacted with furious criticism to the coalition committee's decision to significantly increase truck tolls. “The decision to double the truck toll from 2024 is political hara-kiri," said Dirk Engelhardt, spokesman of the board of the German logistics... more
Calgary’s new transload hub to open next year
Canadian National Railways (CN), Trealmont Transport and Kaptan US have reached an agreement to develop a multimodal transload facility within CN's Calgary Logistics Park. The new logistics facility is planned to go live in Q3/2024 and will transload containers originating... more
AAL celebrating 25 years in China
AAL Shipping (AAL), a major player in the multipurpose project heavy lift shipping sector, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of ‘AAL China’ this year. As China continues to see economic growth through its re-emergence from pandemic lock-down and its... more
VRR chooses Japanese distribution partner
VRR, a Rotterdam-headquartered designer and manufacturer of standard and custom ULDs, has extended its distribution channel through an agreement with Tamagawa Aero Systems, a Japanese provider of ground support equipment (GSE) and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services... more
Developing Vietnam's container port capacity
Netherlands-based APM Terminals has formed a strategic partnership with the Vietnamese company Hateco Group for a project to develop two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong City and thus boost the trade of goods between the north of Vietnam and European and... more
Boosting deployment of Volta Trucks
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is engaging with Volta Trucks for EUR 40 million venture debt financing. The funding would support the roll out of the company’s Truck as a Service infrastructure over 2023-2026. The aim of the funding support is to contribute to the... more
Ceva: high tech robots for Belgian hub
Ceva Logistics and Geek+ are teaming up to use autonomous mobile robots (AMR) to speed up and streamline the shipment of favourite footwear and apparel to their customers. The programme of modernisation at Ceva’s Grobbendonk warehouse, located in Belgium’s Antwerp province,... more
Port of Brisbane’s Zero Emissions Ride Day
The Port of Brisbane (Australia) and the Queensland Transport & Logistics Council have launched the first Zero Emissions (ZE) Ride Day to show the transitioning to zero emissions trucks for port and logistics operators. The “Future Freight Energy Hub” initiative allowed... more
ACCC: interim authorisation for Qantas and Emirates
ACCC has granted interim authorisation to enable Qantas Airways, Emirates and their related entities to continue coordinating their passenger and cargo transport operations while ACCC assesses their substantive application for authorisation. Qantas and Emirates have an... more