Spanish airline becomes more cargo-friendly 
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has delivered the first of two A330-200 aircraft to Spain’s third-leading, long-haul airline Wamos Air. The second aircraft is slated for delivery in June 2019. In another move to... more
Noerpel augments management
The Noerpel Group has chosen Gianluca Crestani to shoulder responsibility for the strategic development of its human resources, as of May 2019. Crestani’s department will be housed in the family-owned logistics service provider’s new facility in Odelzhausen (Germany).... more
Garbe building extension for Hellmann
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is adding a 5,500 sqm extension to its world cargo centre in Norderstedt (Germany). Another hall will be built on the airfreight handling site that is adjacent to Hamburg airport. The work is slated for completion in December 2019. The expansion... more
SAS Cargo going digital with Unilode
Ahead of the Nordic Air Cargo Symposium which is taking place today and tomorrow in Oslo, the Scandinavian carrier SAS Cargo and the ULD services provider Unilode Aviation Solutions will further deepen their collaboration with Unilode digitising SAS Cargo's container fleet as... more
Contract logistics gives wings to Quehenberger
Quehenberger Logistics augmented its business activities and tackled the digitalisation of all business processes last year. The Austrian company’s 2018 turnover – at EUR 464 million – was lower than foreseen, however a 3% organic growth rate was achieved despite the closure of... more
New port railway for Amsterdam
Global Petro Storage (GPS) and the port of Amsterdam have signed an agreement to develop a railcar connection on the land adjacent to GPS’s existing 11-tank gasoline and biofuel storage and blending facility. GPS intends to set up a rail link to the public network and to... more
Maskargo to implement tracking solution
Maskargo, the freight division of Malaysia Airlines, has signed a cooperation with several partners for a tracking solution for its containers and pallets. Maskargo, together with TW Control (TWC) and Core Transport Technologies, will incorporate the "Core... more
Olav Glorvigen joins Cargolux
Olav Glorvigen has been recruited as director global product management by the Luxembourg-based carrier Cargolux. Glorvigen is a management executive with worldwide hotel and airline expertise in the areas of strategy, product management, sales, market development and global... more
Transco banking on own real estate
The Transco Group has amended its real estate strategy and will now buy logistics properties instead of renting them. In connection with the strategy change, the group established the real estate enterprise, Transco Immobilien. The new entity, led by managing director Tania... more
Latvia presents its green locomotive project
To reduce its impact on the environment, Latvia started the implementation of the dual-drive locomotive project two years ago. The diesel and gas driven shunting locomotive ČME3 has been undergoing trials since late summer last year. Representatives of the French natural gas... more