New head of airfreight and automotive divisions at Leschaco 
Oliver Kaut is the new head of global airfreight and vertical market automotive at Leschaco. Kaut looks back on 35 years of forwarding experience with a focus on the vertical market automotive and air freight. He takes over as head of global airfreight from Antonio Oliveira, who... more
Transbox United is renamed Contargo Transbox
Effective immediately, the container services provider Transbox United will trade under the name of Contargo Transbox. This change underlines the company’s integration into the Contargo group’s European hinterland network. “Already two years ago we took over the remaining... more
GAC UK launches pet transport service
ECS Group member Globe Air Cargo (GAC) UK has launched a new service, "PetCare by ECS Group", which transports pets by air to and from the UK. Managing director Michelle House: "The service means that we look after the pet as though it were part of our family too... more
Swiss federal roads office elects new vice director
At the beginning of February 2020, Pascal Mertenat will assume the position of vice director of the Swiss federal roads office (Fedro) and head of the road infrastructure division, western region. Mertenat is from the canton of Jura. He is married and has three adult... more
CCTT vice chairman honoured
At the last plenary session of the CCTT (coordinating council on Trans-Siberian transportation) in Kazakhstan, InterRail-president Hans Reinhard stepped down as the CCTT vice chairman for personal reasons. RZD-president Oleg Belozyorov honoured Reinhard with a diploma for his... more
Avia closes acquisition of Chapman Freeborn
Initiated in June, Avia Solutions Group, a global multipurpose aviation holding company with 76 subsidiaries engaged in aircraft maintenance, ACMI, aircraft leasing, pilot training, ground handling and fuelling, logistics, aviation IT solutions and business aviation, has... more
New container industry standards in the making
The terminal industry committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0), formed by the end of May 2018 in Brussels (Belgium) by an open group of 15 global container terminal operators and other partners, has just met for a plenary meeting in Marseilles (France) in coincidence with the port equipment... more
Adding 100 LNG-/CNG-tractors to fleet in France
XPO Logistics has made a significant new investment in sustainability with the purchase of 100 Stralis Natural Power Euro VI tractors from Iveco. The new tractors will be assigned to the company’s less-than-truckload network in France, serving customers in the greater Lyon and... more
Kuehne + Nagel expands its pharma hub in Belgium
Kuehne + Nagel has inaugurated its enlarged pharma distribution centre in Geel, making it one of the largest within the global KN pharma chain network. Tobias Jerschke, managing director of Kuehne + Nagel Belux, said during the opening ceremony: "The enlarged pharma hub... more
Menzies Aviation chooses Hermes CMS
Mark Reid (right), chief information officer of John Menzies, the parent company of Menzies Aviation, has signed an Agreement with Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) to provide the cargo management system for its global network. The most recent version of HLT’s flagship CMS,... more