"Alsatian diaspora" sets up Pakistan-Lyon airlift 
After freight charters from China to South Africa, Zambia and the USA, GSSA and charter specialist Airnautic, headquartered near the Basel-Mulhouse airport, is now organising a series of flights to Lyon. Thus, from today, 5 May 2020, millions of face masks produced in... more
New chartering desk for East Africa
Dutch shipping company Universal Africa Lines has established a new chartering desk in Denmark. Allowing UAL to expand its current services with new regular sailings from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to West Africa, the Danish chartering desk will additionally focus on... more
Port of Rotterdam companies support the Food Bank
Three companies at the City Terminal on Rotterdam Heijplaat have joined forces to supply the Food Bank with fresh fruit and vegetables. The firms OGL, Fruitservice and the logistics service provider Kloosterboer all work from Cool Port, the Netherlands’ largest cold store for... more
COO Ronald Paul leaves the Port of Rotterdam
Ronald Paul, COO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, will be retiring from the executive board in September this year, after eight years in this role. Upon request of the supervisory board, he will remain available as advisor to the port authority for another six months. Paul... more
New distribution centre near Lake Constance
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is building a new distribution centre for Amazon in Messkirch (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The 11,000 sqm logistics facility is scheduled for completion in autumn this year. The new property is being built on a site covering a total area of almost... more
February 2020 already gloomy, says Drewry
British maritime consultancy Drewry reports that its global container port throughput index fell to 108 points in February 2020, 15.6% down month on month and 4.4% down year on year. The index plunged 20 points, which is the largest fall in a single month since the launch of... more
Weekly rail service China - Turkey launched
Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. In addition to shorter transit times, this route will provide wide network options connecting main locations in China and Turkey with diverse range of pre- and on carriage services. The new... more
State aids support European airlines
Italy’s newly renationalised flag carrier Alitalia is expected to resume flight operations in June. However, the future of the joint venture agreement with Delta and Air France-KLM that runs out on 21 May 2020 still hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, the Netherlands (EUR 2 -... more
New contract for gypsum transportation
Etex Building Performance (EBP) in UK has renewed its agreement with GB Railfreight (GBRf) for the transportation of gypsum to the plasterboard producer’s factory in Ferrybridge. At present, GBRf is delivering the fifth term of its contract. When the cooperation commenced in... more
Road transport industry needs support to recover
The International Road Union (IRU) is calling for wide-ranging support for the road transport industry to drive global COVID-19 recovery efforts. New findings reveal the scale of the impact the pandemic has had on the over 3.5 million companies that provide road transport... more