Two platforms soon to merge 
The holding has given the green light. Icontainers, an online freight platform heaquartered in Barcelona, is to merge with the digital freight forwarding branch, Dubai-based Shipa Freight. The combined company, wholly owned by Agility, will offer standard air and ocean... more
Rotterdam also feeling the impact
It has been a difficult start of the year for Rotterdam, too. 113.6 million t of freight passed through the port in Q1/2022, 1.5% less than the 115.2 million t in Q1/2021. While the throughput of mineral oil products and iron ore declined, the handling of LNG and other liquid... more
WFS lands four contracts in Spain
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) has won new contracts for its full ground and cargo handling capabilities in Spain: the Hungarian cargo charter airline Fleet Air has commissioned WFS to provide cargo handling services in this country. In Madrid, WFS is operating seasonal... more
Geodis strengthens its executive team in Germany
Geodis has appointed Johann Peter Reimer as its new air freight director and Björn Srocke as its new sales director in Germany. Reimer has 20 years of experience in logistics, both at home and abroad. After training as a forwarding merchant and business economist, he has... more
World trade in peril, says WTO
In mid- April, the WTO published its analysis on the implications of the war in Ukraine for global trade and development. The WTO secretariat's note, ‘The Crisis in Ukraine: Implications of the war for global trade and development’, anticipates that the crisis could lower global... more
TXL augments intermodal transport services
TX Logistik (TXL) has introduced two round trips per week for the multimodal transport provider Samskip Multimodal in its train network between Duisburg in Germany and Katrineholm in Sweden. The train is around 700 m long, can carry up to 42 load units and transport swap bodies,... more
Elbe Flugzeugwerke picks Jordi Boto
Jordi Boto has been appointed CEO of Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW). He succeeds Andreas Sperl, who left the company after more than 15 years of growth. Boto’s previous position was COO, where he had been responsible for driving the ramp-up of the conversion from passenger to cargo... more
More roadside facilities for HGV drivers
HGV drivers in UK will benefit from GBP 20 million (EUR 23.9 million) to improve roadside facilities. The funding will go specifically towards improving security, showers and eating facilities as well as exploring plans to increase parking spaces for lorry drivers. Roadside... more
Leaving Basel after almost ten years
AFG Aviation Ireland has sold a B747-8JA (serial number 40065) to Boeing. The wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany ferried the aircraft on 15 April 2022 from Basel, Switzerland to Marana, Arizona, where it will very probably be scrapped. Yet the wide-body aircraft... more