A titan in the air 
Bones flown as airfreight from Buenos Aires to London Heathrow. The name is rather suitable for the primordial beast – Patagotitan mayorum. The skeleton of a giant dinosaur that lived in today’s Argentina crossed the Atlantic as belly freight in 40 crates recently. Now it will... more
Sasha Goodman wins AfA award 
Sasha Goodman (centre), chief administrative officer (CAO), Rock-it Global, was honoured with the Airforwarders Association (AfA) Jim Foster lifetime achievement award at the Air Cargo 2023 event in Nashville, Tennessee. The award was presented by Brandon Fried (left),... more
MGI's new challenge for ports of the future
Marseille-based MGI provides digital solutions to accelerate, secure, and improve goods handling in ports. Sylvie Lefebvre, Elisabeth Janssen and Typhenn Biret of the company’s product division have now taken up a new challenge. Their division identifies bugs in the... more
Office in Kazakhstan opened
HHLA Project Logistics has inaugurated a location in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The transport specialist for the entire Caucasus region and Central Asia deals with project cargo from parcels to heavy and oversized loads. Added to the offices in Georgia and Azerbaijan, the new... more
Boosting business in Barcelona
Palletways has invested in a new eco-friendly hub that will speed up deliveries to Catalonia and Balearic Islands. The new 2,100 sqm hub is situated in the ZAL in the Spanish Port of Barcelona. Responding to a growing demand for logistics services in the region, the launch... more
Champ Cargosystems now EU-ICS2 compliant
Champ Cargosystems has successfully completed its conformance testing in preparation of the new EU-ICS2 (Import Control System 2) regulation which comes into play in March 2023. This means that Champ's Traxon Global Customs (TGC) and Traxon Global Security (TGS) products are now... more
European network grows by 60%
Eurodis, a network that spans 36 European countries, increased the number of its shipments by 60% in 2022, thus achieving double-digit growth for the third consecutive year. The main driver of this development was again the private customer segment. Eurodis now transports... more
New keel-laying ceremony at FSG
At the traditional keel-laying ceremony at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), CEO of FSG-Nobiskrug Holding Philipp Maracke, CEO Searoad Chas Kelly, technical marine manager Searoad Tony Johnson, and the youngest apprentice of FSG Dustin Lind, hammered the nails into the... more
Third month of the year, three old "Combi" jumbos
AMS has been exclusively retained to remarket three B747-400 aircraft, serial numbers 28459, 28460 and 30454. The CF6-powered aircraft were manufactured in 1997, 1999 and 2000, respectively. The three B747-400Ms, which can accommodate seven pallets on the main deck behind... more
Thomas Reutter joins VNL's advisory board
The Verein Netzwerk Logistik (VNL) has appointed Thomas Reutter, Borealis vice president for Polyolefins product/asset and supply chain management, to its advisory board. At Borealis, Reutter and his team have been responsible for planning and optimising the production and... more