Riia Sillave becomes CEO of HHLA TK Estonia 
The container and multipurpose terminal HHLA TK Estonia, a subsidiary of Hamburg Hafen und Logistik, has appointed Riia Sillave as CEO. She succeeds Vladimir Popov, who is leaving the group. Born in Estonia, Sillave gained a degree business administration from Ludwig... more
Dutch forwarder delivers with zero emissions
DAF Trucks has started field testing the CF Hybrid to gain experience in daily use. The Dutch transport operator Peter Appel is now using two of these innovative trucks to supply supermarkets in the heart of the Netherlands. The DAF CF Hybrid is 100% electric in urban areas... more
Exploring São Paulo's potential
Intermodal São Paulo, which was scheduled to be held from today, 17 to 19 March, has been cancelled at short notice and been put off to probably the second half of July. According to the latest Agility Emerging Market Logistics Index, Brazil is the country with the... more
Singapore Airlines renews, expands and innovates
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo has been re-certified under Iata’s CEIV Pharma programme since January 2020. Since 2017, when SIA was the first airline in Asia Pacific to be awarded the pharmaceutical product handling accreditation, it has been improving its pharma handling... more
Sweden goes paperless with e-CMR
Sweden has confirmed its commitment to move towards fully paperless freight by acceding to the e-CMR protocol, the International Road Union (IRU) reported. In place since 2011, the digital version of the United Nations convention for the carriage of goods (e-CMR) comprises 25... more
New structure for BVL's board
The German logistics association (Bundesvereinigung Logistik, BVL) has announced changes at the helm. The chairman of the board Robert Blackburn will not stand for re-election at the coming AGM. As his reasons he gives increased professional duties and the fact that he has to... more
PSI Logistics forms partnership with agiplan
The software provider PSI Logistics and the consulting and planning company agiplan are forming a partnership to combine their strengths and competencies. They seek to optimise production and networks with the aim of providing comprehensive advice to their customers.... more
Protective masks flying into Italy... from China
As part of the efforts to combat Covid-19, a first relief flight with nine pallets of medical equipment landed on Rome's airport FCO at the end of last week. The recipient was the Italian Red Cross that immediately forwarded the material to the government or distributed it on... more
Maritime volume contraction like in 2009?
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence predicts a Corona-caused decline of shippers' demand similar to the aftermath of the global financial crises in 2008 and 2009: "This implies a potential volume loss of 10% equal to 17 million teu... more
Europa's Newcastle team finds new home
The Newcastle (UK) branch of Europa Road has moved to a new office. The team of 13, which offers road freight service for import and export to and from Europe, now has a spacious home at Silverlink Business Park in Wallsend that is twice the size of its previous office in... more