A storage facility near the Ural Mountains 
The multimodal operator RZD Logistics (RZDL) is opening a temporary storage facility on the site of the "Dry Port Tchaikovsky" container terminal in Perm near the Ural Mountains. RDZL and the container owner Kvadrat signed an agreement to this effect at the... more
Sennder strengthens leadership team
Susanne Schroeter-Crossan will scale the digital forwarder's finance, ESG and corporate governance departments. She has many years of experience in the financial sector, financial planning and in the management of listed companies. Schroeter-Crossan is a member of the... more
New presence in Liège 
Cooperation agreement between Saudia Cargo, Cainiao, WFS. Delivered as booked at Liège airport! Three partners presented a new e-commerce business model there for the air cargo supply chain on 1 March. The cooperation agreement was already sealed in Jeddah in November last year... more
Modalis bolsters Italian team
The intermodal logistics solutions provider Modalis Group has welcomed Alessandro Lupieri as head of its new Italian subsidiary, with resonsibilty for the company’s business development in Italy, Switzerland and Eastern and Central Europe. After studying civil and transport... more
More movements but less volume
At the annual press conference held by the French airline association Union des Aéroports Français (UAF) a week ago today, on 13 March 2024, developments in the airfreight sector were only mentioned in passing - as they were before the pandemic. With a volume of 2.244... more
New wagons for European grain transports
Rail Cargo Logistics (RCL) has added 50 new grain wagons to its fleet from leasing company Ermewa. The wagons were built in Slovakia by manufacturer Tatravagonka Poprad and are now being used throughout Europe. The 95-m3 Tagnpps were specially developed for the transport of... more
Building a vehicle hub at Dunkirk
Ceva Logistics has signed a contract with the port of Dunkirk to develop a new finished vehicle logistics site on a 9.5 ha plot. Located in the eastern part of the port, the hub will be used for export and import via maritime routes and include vehicle reception and storage... more
Record order for automatic stacking cranes
ABB and the Austrian crane builder Kuenz have secured the largest single order of automatic stacking cranes (ASC) in European terminal history for the expansion of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II (APMT MVII) in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The contract includes 62 ASCs and one... more
Another B777F for Silk Way West
Silk Way West Airlines, a cargo airline based in the Caspian and Central Asian region, will acquire an additional Boeing 777 freighter, scheduled for delivery in 2025. This order is an extension to the original agreement signed with Boeing in April 2021, wherein Silk Way... more
MSC Air Cargo banks on Descartes
MSC Air Cargo, the cargo airline which the MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company launched in 2022, has adopted the Descartes Air Messaging solution to better manage airfreight shipments. The software developed by the Descartes Systems Group, a logistics technology platform,... more