Leschaco mourns the passing of CEO Jörg Conrad 
Jörg Conrad, CEO and shareholder of Bremen-based logistics service provider Leschaco, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, 23 October 2022 after a short illness. He was 67 years old. Born in Bremen, Conrad developed the internationally operating Leschaco Group into a major... more
2,000 e-trucks for European road networks
DB Schenker has placed a pre-order for 2,000 e-trailers with Trailer Dynamics. The vehicles will be used successively in European road networks from 2024. The investment is a further step for Schenker towards the electrification of land transport. The trailers can be... more
Continuing to develop well overall 
The Logwin Group, a Grevenmacher-based Luxembourgian logistician, has said that it has performed well so far in 2022, despite difficult conditions, which have also seen freight rates fall from their historic high in the course of this year. The corporation generated revenues... more
Avia Prime enters wide-body conversion market
In cooperation with the Israeli Aerospace Industries, European MRO Avia Prime Group has started working on the conversion of Boeing 767-200/300 aircraft from the passenger to cargo programme. The conversions will take place in the Belgrade-based Avia Prime subsidiary, JAT... more
Double honours for Mark Bruns
Mark Bruns (right) from Oldenburg is celebrating his 20th anniversary at the L.I.T. Group. He oversees all firms directly belonging to the L.I.T. Group as well as other companies. And that's not all: at the same time as his anniversary, the executive board also granted him... more
Expanding container logistics services
Rotterdam-headquartered Samskip group is acquiring a major part of the shares in Humber Port Logistics (HPL), UK. HPL principally serves ports on the River Humber and will continue to operate independently. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. Jamie Benton,... more
Leaving the UK for the USA – Boohoo!
The Boohoo Group, a fashion retailer based in UK, has asked DHL Supply Chain (DHLSC) to manage its first US distribution centre. For the retailer, whose annual sales exceed USD 2.4 billion, DHLSC will operate a new 93,000 sqm centre in Elizabethtown PA, southeast of Harrisburg.... more
Euromar in winter clothing
CMA CGM’s short sea lines division has published the new winter timetable for the Euromar service between Morocco and countries in Northern Europe. This new schedule (starting in Agadir on 5 November 2022) will deploy four vessels that will enable to maintain a weekly... more
Olivier Bijaoui joins Tiaca's Hall of Fame
Olivier Bijaoui, the former executive chairman, president and CEO of the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), has been selected for the 2022 Tiaca Hall of Fame award based. The jury said that, with his vision, tenacity and leadership Bijaoui helped guide handling agents towards... more
Orange giant invests in driver training
The Swiss retail chain and “orange giant” Migros is building a training centre for professional drivers from three of its companies at the operations centre of the Migros Ostschweiz cooperative. To this end, the cooperative has invested in new software from the Berlin... more