Kohlbeck heads IAG Cargo's pharma product 
JAG Cargo has appointed Jordan Kohlbeck as head of the pharmaceutical segment. Since joining the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) over three years ago, Kohlbeck has held roles relating to constant climate and transformation, where he helped deliver and drive... more
100 m long steel tracks delivered by rail
DB Cargo UK and British Steel have launched a major campaign to transport 100 m long rail tracks to Belgium. The first consignment from British Steel’s site at Scunthorpe (UK) arrived in Muizen, northeast of Brussels (Belgium), after a three-day journey. The enormous pieces... more
Life-size replica aircraft stars in jubilee film
Turkey’s veteran flag carrier Turkish Airlines is now taking viewers on a journey through time from the past to the present in its new advertisement film. Presented this week, the film tells the story of Turkish Airlines' 90-year journey, which started with only five... more
Cool Chain Association welcomes two new members
Switzerland-based Lamprecht Pharma Logistics, a provider of transport solutions for pharmaceuticals, and France-based Logfret, a digital logistics company, have become the latest members to join the Cool Chain Association (CCA). Both companies have a dedicated focus on... more
Eight straddle carriers for fourth berth
The global container terminal operator DP World has ordered eight new straddle carriers from Kalmar to service the ground-breaking GBP 350 million fourth berth at its London Gateway logistics hub. The innovative new machines will be part of the first all-electric fleet in... more
Heppner: rapid growth and record turnover
Two years before the company's 100th anniversary, the French family business hit the billion target in turnover for the first time. The billion is an important milestone, Heppner says. Between 2018 and 2022, the specialist in international goods transports to and from France... more
More intermodal traffic on the Brenner axis
Consorzio ZAI, which operates the Quadrante Europa freight transport centre in Verona (Italy), and German intermodal specialist Kombiverkehr are joining forces to jointly promote rail transport between Munich (Germany) and Verona along the Brenner axis. The two partners... more
Three more STS container cranes for Hamburg
After the delivery of two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in 2015 and three in 2017, Liebherr Container Cranes has sold three large dual trolley STS container cranes once again to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA). They will be operated in HHLA’s Container Terminal Tollerort.... more
Marta Fàbregas takes up the torch
Marta Fàbregas has been promoted to CEO of Onturtle. With over 30 years dedicated to global service for professional international transport, Fàbregas is taking on her new CEO role with the same enthusiasm as on her very first day. "My career at Onturtle started from... more
An autostore facility for 23,000 containers
Contract logistics provider Craiss in Germany has completed the modernisation of a warehouse and production site for a well-known technology group and set up an automated small parts facility (AS/RS) at its customer’s plant in Tübingen. Small components required for the... more