ITJ Video News – 24 September 2020 
The latest episode of the ITJ Video News is out. Featuring Fesco; this year’s inductee to the Logistics Hall of Fame; Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel; the official logistics provider for the Fifa World Cup 2022 and more. Presented by editor-in-chief Christian Doepgen.... more
ArrowXL appoints new HR director
ArrowXL has appointed Nicola Waring as its director of people services. The experienced professional joins the firm with a remit to ensure that the business can attract and retain the best people, by driving engagement and making colleague development a key priority. ArrowXL... more
B747 freighters for Saudia Cargo and ASL Belgium
Saudia Cargo has added another Boeing B747-400F to its fleet of six full-freighters (three B747Fs and four B777Fs). The aircraft started services earlier this month, once it had all the necessary licences, flight schedules and enhancements in place.CEO Omar Hariri said that... more
Two awards for iPort Rail Doncaster
iPort Rail in Doncaster has scooped two industry awards in less than a week. It was named ‘Business of the Year’ in the annual Rail Freight Group Awards, and won the ‘Freight and Logistics Achievement of the Year’ prize in the National Rail Awards.The ‘Business of the Year’... more
Aviva Investors with acquisition in France
Aviva Investors recently acquired a warehouse that is still under construction in France. The facility, which will cover a total of 35,000 sqm, is set to be completed in mid-2021. It is located in the Océane business park near the city of Angers in western France. PRD is the... more
KLM upgrades AMS pharmaceuticals hub
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is constructing a 2,000 cbm cool room at its Schiphol pharmaceuticals hub in Amsterdam, in preparation for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. These will be handled by a dedicated task force, as announced last month. The additional cold room,... more
Serbia–Montenegro Rail links progressing
The reconstruction of a 210 km rail link from the Serbian city of Valjevo to the country’s border with Montenegro is going ahead as planned, with RZD International designing the project. A supplementary agreement to an existing contract was signed recently by Serbian Railways... more
Additional charge for Sander Breugelmans
Prologis has revealed that Sander Breugelmans has taken over as regional head for northern Europe, now that Bram Verhoeven has left the company. Breugelmans will be in charge of Prologis's real estate portfolio covering 5.7 million sqm, and head all activities in the Benelux... more
Ceva anchors in Laem Chabang
Ceva Logistics, an affiliate of CMA CGM, is expanding its footprint in Thailand with a new station for marine transport at Laem Chabang, the country’s main deep-sea port. The infrastructure of the port, located in Thailand’s ‘Eastern Economic Corridor’, makes it a growing hub... more
Special hopper cars to ship fertilisers
Mineral fertiliser producer Acron is the first company in Russia to use innovative 19-6978-01 hopper cars, manufactured by the United Wagon Company (UWC). The six-axle cars combine articulated structures and hopper boxes located at the lower end of the body.The 25 tf axle-load... more