From Moscow to ‘friends’ and vice-versa 
Alexey Isaikin (left), chairman of the board of directors of the Volga-Dnepr Group, and Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a cooperation agreement to ensure the stable, expeditious, regular and reliable provision of Russia's central transport hub with essential goods and... more
New hub to solve capacity problems
The general cargo cooperation Online Systemlogistik (OSL) will start operating a western hub at the facility of its system partner Rottbeck in Bottrop, Germany, this summer. Goods handling is to start on 1 August 2022 at the latest; 52 gates and 6,000 sqm of logistics space... more
Onelearn picks Abhinava S. Narayana
Onelearn Global, a provider of digital training solutions to serve the maritime, energy, hospitality and industrial sectors, has appointed Abhinava (Abhi) S. Narayana as chief executive officer. He will be headquartered in Cyprus. Narayana describes himself as a learning and... more
Pipistrel and Lobo Leasing sign partnership
Pipistrel, which specialises in electric aviation and unmanned flight systems, and Lobo Leasing, a global vertical lift leasing platform, have signed a letter of intent with deposits for the acquisition of 15 Nuuva V300 autonomous cargo HVTOL aircraft. As part of the agreement,... more
Port survey on customer satisfaction
The Customer Satisfaction Index is a survey which has been conducted at regular intervals at the Port of Gothenburg since 2003. A total of 285 customers were included in the latest survey, 170 of whom completed the questionnaire (response rate 59.6%). From their point of view,... more
For spare parts to China and Mexico
Imperial, a provider based in South Africa offering automotive and other logistics services, has been awarded a contract by BMW to manage the foreign supply centre (AVZ) at the Leipzig location in Germany. The project started on 1 April this year. From this location, the BMW... more
JLL hires Erik van der Vliet
Erik van der Vliet is joining JLL as senior director business development industrial leasing, where he will focus primarily on urban city logistics. The supply chain expert comes from JDE - Jacobs Douwe Egberts, where he worked as supply chain director for the German,... more
Growing demand for services to Scandinavia
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is further expanding its Transfer network northwards: from now on, the company will operate three weekly roundtrips for wagonload traffic between Linz (Austria), Scandinavia and Wels (Austria). Since the beginning of the year, RCG has been shipping... more
Timocom: 25 years freight exchange
"It all started when I was looking for a pan-European procurement platform for transport orders in order to reduce the empty runs of my freight forwarding company. But I didn't find one that met my requirements," says Jens Thiermann (right). Together with business... more
335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
With its ability to carry vaccines, medicine and medical products in compliance with all their specific temperature requirements, Turkish Cargo shipped 335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 61 countries in 2021. By transporting pharmaceutical products such as vaccines to... more