Changi airport presents 2023 awards 
The Changi Airport Group (CAG) celebrated a year of strong air traffic recovery and the revival of air travel with its 2023 Changi Airline Awards, held at Singapore’s Shangri-La hotel. The annual event was attended by more than 150 representatives from 70 airlines. 2022’s top... more
New healthcare logistics centre
Bolloré Logistics has opened its first national centre for healthcare products in Germany. The facility, located just 15 minutes from Frankfurt airport, covers around 1,900 sqm and houses the firm’s import and export activities. The platform has three temperature-controlled... more
70th anniversary for Fischer & Rechsteiner
Fischer & Rechsteiner, an international shipping company based in Valmadrera, about 45 km northeast of Milan (Italy), celebrated its 70th anniversary on 29 April 2023. It carries on a tradition of a brand that appeared on the market more than a century and a half ago, in... more
Havi with a new chair in Germany
On 1 May Stavroula Ekoutsidou became the new chair of the management board of Havi Germany, putting her in charge of the supply chain specialist’s entire German market. In addition to her role as chair of the German management board, Ekoutsidou is also vice-president in... more
Media logistician opens new site
The German company Twenty 5 Logistik (T5L) is expanding its portfolio in the field of media logistics with the publisher Neumann. The warehouse logistics provider from Gotha, in the central German state of Thuringia, recently took over the complete logistics for the publisher... more
A tipper in a patriotic royal look
Hopkins Estates, a property development, farming and real estate firm from Wincanton in the county of Somerset in the south of England, has taken delivery of a new Volvo FMX 420 8x4 tipper, wrapped in special livery to mark King Charles III’s recent coronation. The FMX... more
Intermodal service from Kaunas launched
Samskip has successfully completed the first trials for its new intermodal rail service from Kaunas in Lithuania. Together with its partner LTG Cargo, the transport company will now operate rail services between the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal and Samskip’s rail hub in Duisburg.... more
Six extra pairs of eyes above Antwerp port
As a first worldwide, the Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges has launched BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) drone flights on a large scale (120 sqkm) in a complex industrial environment. Six autonomous drones will perform daily flights in the Antwerp port area, thus making an... more
New inland shipping line for container transport
Container logistics provider Contargo has expanded its network of inland barge services for container transport in Northern France. Where Contargo North France sees "great potential for development" (Gilbert Bredel, managing director), the company now offers direct... more
Kontron Transportation chooses Bernd Eder
Bernd Eder, chief operating officer of Kontron Transportation Group and member of Kontron’s extended management board, has been promoted to CEO of Kontron Transportation Group with immediate effect. Eder has worked in the rail industry for more than 15 years. He was... more