Spies to head ACS time-critical services 

Air Charter Service (ACS) has named Andreas Spies as the new CEO for time-critical services in the Emea and Apac regions. Spies, who joined ACS seven years ago after more than a decade in onboard courier services and who’ll be based in Frankfurt, has played a key role in... more
All Solutions joins Dimotrans 

Dimotrans reports that it has acquired All Solutions, a French company that specialises in national road chartering of full and part truckload freight, strengthening its road transport division. Based in Holtzheim, All Solutions operates twelve sites, providing national and... more
“Chemical Logistics in Motion” 

Dachser Chem Logistics Austria and Switzerland are putting on a webinar entitled ’Chemical Logistics in Motion’ on 3 April. The event will present key findings from a recent study conducted in collaboration with Professor Christian Kille and Dr Andreas Backhaus (pictured),... more
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
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
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
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
Europe–Apac traffic surpasses 2019 levels 

Eurocontrol’s latest ‘Aviation Trends’ has analysed air traffic between the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) region and the Asia-Pacific region (Apac) since 2019, highlighting the impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. In 2024, traffic grew by 21%... more