Cargo flights soldier on 
Under voluntary administration for three weeks now, Air Mauritius has resumed commercial cargo operations to and from some designated destinations. After two first flights to Paris last week, Mauritius' national carrier is considering twice-weekly commercial cargo flights on... more
Unitax expands executive team
Unitax, a pharma logistics provider based in Germany, has expanded its management team: Steven Reinhold (CFO) and Grit Jedamzik (COO) joined managing director and CEO André Reich at the helm in March 2020. In his new position as CFO, Steven Reinhold, son of André Reich, the... more
Greek shipping company inks charter contract
Greece-based Diana Shipping, a shipping company specialising in dry bulk vessels, has entered into a time charter contract with Pacbulk Shipping, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the MV "Seattle". The gross charter rate is USD 12,300 per day, minus... more
Connecting East and Southern Africa with global markets
Network Airline Management not only carried flowers from Kenya into Europe and the UK for Mother's Day back in March and yesterday, 10 May 2020, but also made additional capacity available to help those who have lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The British... more
New truck service between Turkey and Croatia
Austrian forwarder Cargo Partner has introduced a new direct road groupage service between Istanbul in Turkey and Zagreb in Croatia with five weekly truck departures in both directions. In Turkey, the company’s offices in Istanbul, Mersin, Bursa, Izmir and Gaziantep in... more
Moderate impact on Finnlines Group's Q1/2020
Emanuele Grimaldi, President and CEO of the Finnlines Group has released the group’s results for Q1/ 2020. He stated that the group’s revenue of EUR 130.5 million for January–March 2020 remained close to Q1/2019 with EUR 137.6 million. During the first quarter, Finnlines... more
Yet more solar energy for Gebrüder Weiss
Gebrüder Weiss now relies on sustainable electricity for its operations in Lower Austria as well. On a total area of 16,000 sqm, a new solar plant in the company’s location in Pöchlarn produces around 1,725 megawatt hours (MWh) per year. A large part of the photovoltaic... more
Two new executives back up management team
Markus Schrick and Matthias Wollenberg have joined the management team within the Mosolf Group. As managing directors of the newly founded subsidiary Mosolf Move-Tec, they will oversee the company’s product portfolio in the special vehicle construction and alternative propulsion... more
An LCC with post pandemic cargo plans
As Ukraine is gradually relaxing lockdown conditions from today, 11 May 2020, the country's LCC Skyup Airlines, which began its operations in May 2018, is starting to develop cargo transportation. The carrier has received all the necessary licences and permits, as well as... more
ONE to Oakland
The Japanese container condominium ONE has started operating its new weekly service called the Far East-Pacific 2. The first ship in the service, the ONE Aquila, just called the US ports Long Beach and Oakland International Container Terminal for the first time. Each of the... more