Afrijet takes over converted ATR freighter from Aelis 
Bratislava (Slovakia)-based Aelis Group has arranged the delivery of an ATR72-500 freighter to fly in cargo configuration for Afrijet, an airline operating since 2004 in and around Gabon. Aelis organised the complete transaction, from the purchase of the passenger aircraft,... more
Supply Chain Valley in Venlo is born
A new hub for innovations in the supply chain is being created in Venlo in the Netherlands. Various companies, including online retailer vida XL and the companies Moonen Packaging, Seacon Logistics and Arvato Supply Chain Solutions, as well as the Brightlands Institute for... more
Batliwala becomes chairman, Erbacher returns
Russi Batliwala (left), one of the best known faces in the aircraft charter industry, has been appointed Chapman Freeborn group chairman after 33 years in the business. He had begun his journey with the company as a trainee aviation broker and has overseen a period of expansion... more
Laurels for Priority Freight
Priority Freight, a British logistics specialist, has been awarded the ‘we invest in people’ standard accreditation. Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve... more
Five more weekly flights between BRU and MIA
As preparations for distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine continue, Miami airport (MIA) welcomed on 1 October 2020 the launch of more all-cargo flights from Brussels (BRU), Belgium, one of Europe’s leading hubs for handling temperature-sensitive pharma products. European Air... more
Digital US contract platform goes Europe
The New York Shipping Exchange (Nyshex), a digital freight contracting platform for container shipping, has raised USD 13.5 million from investors to support further expansion of the business. The company reported that these means will be used to attract new shipper segments and... more
Generation change at TST
The logistics company TST, based in Worms (Germany), is extending its executive board, with retroactive effect from 1 September. Marcel Thomas Bicking (centre), previously general manager of TST, will join the management as new co-managing director. The executive board will... more
No more locomotive change at the border
Slovenian company Primol-Rail, which belongs to the Polish PKP Cargo International Group, has completed the journey of the first container trains through the modernised crossing in Hodos between Slovenia and Hungary using its own multisystem Vectron locomotives. The... more
Rail speeds up seafood transport
Freight operator Cargonet in Norway will open a weekly connection directly from Narvik (Norway) to Malmö (Sweden) on 23 October. With this first direct route the seafood can arrive up to one day earlier at customers across Europe, compared with the existing route through Oslo... more
SAL's step over the Atlantic
This may be the beginning of a wonderful marriage. SAL Heavy Lift and Intermarine, two well-known brands in the heavy lift shipping arena, join forces within the Americas and for cross-Atlantic trade. SAL Heavy Lift, a member of the Harren & Partner Group, acquire a major... more