New logistics hub at Lyon airport 
UPS has inaugurated a new building at Lyon airport (LYS). With a capacity to sort 3,000 packages per hour, this logistics hub is part of the modernisation project for the platform's cargo area, Cargoport. In line with the environmental ambitions of Vinci Airports which operates... more
MCI: Søren Leth Johannsen to be promoted to CEO
Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a manufacturer of refrigerated containers and a subsidiary of A.P. Moller - Maersk, is promoting current CCO Søren Leth Johannsen to the company’s new CEO, effective November 2022. He will replace Sean Fitzgerald who has decided to step down from... more
Airbaltic carries over 400 t of mail from Ukraine
Since April 2022, the Latvian airline Airbaltic has been providing cargo operations from Kyiv, Ukraine by organising a multimodal mail transportation system in cooperation with Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service. From April to September, Airbaltic already carried a... more
For a big site in Sheffield
It is already the second project. Glencar, a UK construction company, is to build a 34,000 sqm logistics facility at TCC’s Shepcote Lane Site in Sheffield on behalf of the major developer and investor in commercial real estate Trammell Crow Company (TCC). It will be a steel... more
Air Caraïbes welcomes Hughes Marchessaux
The French airline Air Caraïbes has appointed Hughes Marchessaux as general manager of Air Caraïbes Atlantique, the subsidiary which operates transatlantic flights from Paris. Based at Paris-Orly airport, the "Caribbean and French Guiana specialist airline" employs... more
ITA Airways opens Cargo One booking channels
ITA Airways Cargo and Cargo One are forming a global partnership to bring the airline's cargo capacities to the managed marketplace for digital bookings. Thousands of freight forwarders globally will gain improved access to the Skyteam Cargo member's capacities into and... more
Capacity outstrips demand
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the rising gap between global capacities on the seas and global demand. The latest demand data from Container Trade Statistics (CTS) shows that in August 2022, the annualised growth over 2019 was... more
Leasing locos for container and car transports
Germany-based transport company Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB) has leased two Siemens Smartron locomotives and one Vectron dual mode locomotive from Northrail. The handover of the first Smartron locomotive will take place in December 2022, with the second... more
Matthias Hohmann leaves Night Star Express
After 25 years of successful commitment, Matthias Hohmann is leaving the company at his own request in order to pursue other challenges. Before his appointment as managing director in 1997, Hohmann worked for a shareholder and as a member of the advisory board at Night Star... more
Stockholm wants more hydrogen
It is a coalition involving three partners. The Ports of Stockholm, Volvo Penta and CMB.Tech are collaborating to jointly pilot and operate ro-ro tractors running on hydrogen-diesel dual fuel powertrains. The investment is taking place in Stockholm Norvik Port, with the... more