Insurtech startup Breeze grows team 
Digital insurance innovator Breeze, which has developed an online platform specifically for forwarders and logistics companies, has appointed industry veteran Patrizia Kern as its chief insurance officer. Kern has over 30 years’ experience in senior roles in the marine... more
A step further towards a net zero business
In UK, Biocair has added its first 100% electric vans to its fleet of delivery and collection vehicles. The acquisition is part of company’s effort to become a net zero business by 2024. The new units will be used to complete deliveries and collections at ambient... more
SGL launches logistics hub for Eastern Europe
Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is opening its first wholly owned office in Bucharest, Romania, which is fast becoming the logistics hub for Eastern Europe. The new location will help strengthen the forwarder’s position in the Balkan Peninsula by leveraging its existing locations in... more
Basel's port economy forging ahead
The Swiss association for shipping and port management (SVS) recently held its 119th general assembly in Basel. President Christoph Brutschin pointed out in his address that in addition to dealing with current economic challenges on the international and national level, the... more
Transfesa's entire fleet to run silently by 2024
Transfesa Logistics is going to install low-noise brake blocks on wagons running in the Iberian Peninsula. The company has a total fleet of 2,662 wagons, of which the international units have already been fitted with low-noise brake blocks. With this project, to be carried out... more
Batteries for Valencia?
After a visit at the Port of Valencia, Alfons Westgeest, general manager of Eurobat, a European lobby of multinational electric battery companies, said that the Spanish port is not only "the fourth port in Europe in container traffic", but that "it has the... more
Expanding in Portugal
XPO has expanded its presence in Portugal with the opening of a new transport and distribution centre in the city of Pombal, which is located between Lisbon and Porto. The inauguration of this hub represents another strategic step forward for XPO in Portugal. The new... more
Services between the Far East and USA
Shortly after its inaugural flight between Billund and Hangzhou (HGH), China, Maersk Air Cargo is connecting North America and Asia Pacific with new regular services. Maersk will commence with two weekly flights between Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP) and Shenyang (SHE), China,... more
XPO France picks Olivier Mirio
XPO, a major provider of transport and logistics solutions in Europe, has appointed Olivier Mirio as sales and marketing director in France. He will report to Bruno Kloeckner, XPO’s managing director in France. Olivier Mirio joined Norbert Dentressangle (now XPO) in 1996... more
Moving more than 9,000 containers on one ship
"ONE Trust", a vessel in the fleet of The Ocean Network Express, recently docked at Southampton after sailing from Pusan in South Korea. The DP World team in the British port exchanged some 9,315 containers, including 5,824 discharges, 3,473 loads and 18 re-stows,... more