Ofac adding Kratol and Zitotrans to blacklist 
The US department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control (Ofac) is taking additional actions to degrade the Russian Federation’s capacity to wage war against Ukraine by sanctioning eight individuals and 16 entities, and four Russia-registered Ilyushin aircraft with... more
AA Cargo: 50% more flowers for Valentine's Day
American Airlines Cargo is transporting hundreds of tonnes of fresh flowers this Valentine’s season, marking the first of several peaks the carrier will see throughout the year. While many companies gear up for the Valentine’s Day rush, the American Airlines Cargo team is... more
Eurasian FTL Service launched
Globallink has introduced a new cross-border trucking service, connecting the industrial heartland of Mainland China to major hub cities in Europe via Mongolia. The aim is to offer a faster and more cost-effective shipping solution for businesses, the forwarder said. The new... more
A great success for SGN
Kristy Guo, the founder of SGN, managed a very successful first conference for SGN – Signature Global Network. She gathered about 58 worldwide member attendees and business leaders in the logistics industry for the three day event. On 3 February 2023, SGN hosted its... more
Containers galore
In a recent survey, London-based maritime consultancy Drewry analysed the amount of available containers worldwide. Drewry's senior analyst for container equipment, John Fossey, was quoted that he expected high numbers of leased boxes to be returned to leasing companies in the... more
Train to connect Baltics and Central Europe
LTG Cargo in Poland is opening a new intermodal train route between Poland and Lithuania. The direct trail will connect Slawkow (Poland) and Kaunas (Lithuania) in both directions twice a week. The first train will depart already this week, on 16 February 2023. It can carry... more
GW closes another gap on the map
At the beginning of February this year, Gebrüder Weiss added Albania’s capital Tirana as the latest new link to its network in South East Europe. The Austria-based forwarder spoke of "closing the geographical gap between Montenegro and North Macedonia." Current... more
Transmec UK promotes Imran Mohammed
Transport and logistics group Transmec has promoted its experienced London branch manager to general manager to lead its UK operations. Imran Mohammed will take over from John Simkins, who has stepped aside after nine years in the role. Previously serving as UK finance... more
Taranto's Yilport terminal now multimodal
Now that the Port of Taranto has restarted the railway line connection between the port’s multi-purpose pier and the national network, the San Cataldo Container Terminal operated by Yilport has launched its multimodal business. The first intermodal freight train travelled... more
Rieck picks Sascha Lassau
Sascha Lassau has been appointed to the management team of Rieck Systemspedition, the forwarding arm of Ulrich Rieck & Söhne Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft. Detlef Helsing, Michael Gruner and Christian Stuhr have been at the helm the group since 2015. As of Q2/2023,... more