Airport on Shetland's main island to close 
Scatsta airport (SCS), the historic airfield on Mainland, the main island of Shetland, will shut down at the end of June. The airport was originally developed by the Royal Air Force 80 years ago. It was awakened in 1978 from the deep slumber into which it had fallen at the... more
Scotland promotes shift from road to rail
The Scottish government has allocated GBP 1.49 million (EUR 1.7 million) to the sustainable building materials group Tarmac in a freight facilities grant. The fund, which is open to companies looking to move freight by the more sustainable modes of rail or water instead of road,... more
Gecas appoints two new heads
Gecas, a commercial aircraft financing and leasing company, has appointed Jonty Nel as Gecas’ EVP commercial – International and John Bordeaux as new chief investment officer. Both will take up their role from April 2020. Nel will be responsible for building and executing... more
Profits down for Swiss Post
Swiss Post posted a disappointing result in 2019, generating a group profit of CHF 255 million, CHF 149 million down from 2018. At CHF 450 million, operating profit (ebit) was CHF 55 million or 11% lower than in the previous year and thus testifies to the great challenges Swiss... more
Wilhelmshaven reaches Top 20
In the rankings of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Güterverkehrszentren (DGG), which are published once every five years, the Güterverkehrszentrum (GVZ) of the Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven has reached the Top 20 of Europe's freight centres for the first time. On an international... more
CLA and coronavirus (don't) affect ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the scheduled carrier of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group, is about to terminate lease agreements for five out of its 21 B747Fs. Talks are being held with Gecas and Sberbank Leasing. In other news, the carrier which calls itself "a strategic partner to... more
L.I.T. adds three executives to its board
The L.I.T. group has chosen three more board members. Effective immediately, the following executives will reinforce the company's top management: Simeon Breuer, managing director L.I.T. freight forwarding, Ingo Schreiber, managing director L.I.T. cargo and Julian Lachnitt,... more
Logistics centre for tyre retailer
The Engler Group and Garbe Industrial Real Estate are building a new logistics property in Ensisheim, Alsace, France on a 185,000 sqm site. The project comprises two halls, of which one has already been leased to Delticom, an online tyre retailer. The new building is... more
Seven charter flights to South Sudan
Kintetsu World Express (KWE), in partnership with Chapman Freeborn, recently completed a series of seven A300F charter flights from Dubai (DWC) to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, uplifting over 230 t of aid and relief materials. The project was completed in less than three... more
Low-emission trucks to transport textiles
For delivering its goods to a large fashion customer, German fashion logistics company Meyer & Meyer now deploys a 12 t vehicle and two long trucks which the also German-based manufacturer Orten Electric-Trucks has converted to run on electricity. Compared to... more