LH Cargo partners with VIE Pharma 
The Vienna Airport Pharma Handling Centre (VPHC) is now also handling pharma freight for Lufthansa Cargo. As part of a cooperation between the Lufthansa Group's cargo subsidiary and Vienna Airport, all pharma cargo transported on board Austrian Airlines aircraft to or from... more
LPR chooses Jean-Luc Guénard
European pallet pooling specialist La Palette Rouge, has appointed Jean-Luc Guénard as managing director. He holds a master's degree in supply chain management from the University of Le Havre (France), and an executive master of business administration from ESCP. Guénard... more
Awery hires Phaedra Den Hertog
Phaedra Den Hertog has spent over 30 years in air cargo working for major companies in the aviation industry including Polar Air Cargo, Cathay Pacific, and more recently Air Bridge Cargo (ABC), where she oversaw the implementation of its new cargo management system.... more
First half year strong for Frasers
Cologne-based real estate developer Frasers Property Limited (FPL) has announced the results for its first half of 2022 ending at the end of March. Earnings before interest and tax were EUR 138 million on assets under management of approximately EUR 7.3 billion. The company's... more
For a few dollars more
The shortage of empties is opening a new chapter. CMA CGM has launched an early container return incentive programme. It is employed not only at the FMS terminal in Los Angeles, but at all CMA CGM return locations in Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, KS; and Memphis, TN.... more
Final test for eEconic
Germany-based Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service (FES) has taken delivery of a battery-electric eEconic truck: with immediate effect, FES is using the near-series vehicle manufactured by Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks for municipal waste collection in Frankfurt am Main. The... more
Group CFO for Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn, a global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Vaida Kojaliene as its group chief financial officer. Kojaliene joins Chapman Freeborn with a wealth of experience in various financial positions at country, regional and group... more
More intermodal links between Italy and Belgium
Swiss intermodal transport operator Hupac has added a new service between Antwerp HTA (Belgium) and Novara CIM (Italy) to its network. The terminal offers gateway connections in Italy to Pescara/Manoppello and Bari with profile C70/P400 as well as onward links to Rome/Pomezia... more
Doubling efforts to bring joy to mothers
During the 2022 Mother's Day season, the second peak in flower exports from Latin America after Valentine's Day, Latam Cargo transported over 16,400 t of this delicate product to the relevant markets for its flower grower partners. For this "historical season", the... more