Cornelius Blanke joins management team 
Loxxess, a medium-sized logistics company specialising in complex logistics and value-added services, is expanding its management team. Cornelius Blanke will head the IT department from 1 July 2024, taking over from management board member Marcel Breusch, who will focus on... more
60 new car transporters to renew fleet
The UK-based automotive logistics giant Groupe Cat is investing in 60 new Scania trucks. The order consists of 57 420 P low-roof rigids and three 420 G 4x2 highline tractor units. The first sixteen have already entered service. The remaining trucks are scheduled for delivery in... more
Offshore floating solar installed off Dutch coast
Solarduck and RWE have successfully installed Merganser, a 0.5 MWp offshore floating solar pilot, at the North Sea Farmers offshore test site in the Dutch North Sea. This project, supported by RWE, aims to test and demonstrate the structural, mooring, and electrical designs... more
Reaching milestones with AI
Raft, an AI-based logistics platform, has hit two milestones in terms of its document and invoice processing. The company has now surpassed 5 billion data points and labelled logistics documents, all of which must be verified by human experts. The value of the freight invoices... more
Champ expands Caribbean partnership
Champ Cargosystems and Caribbean Airlines Cargo have signed multi-year contracts that will see the airline’s cargo division receive both Cargospot Mobile and Cargospot Quotes. The expanded partnership includes an even more comprehensive Champ Cargosystems toolkit, supporting the... more
Hellmann banks on sustainability
Global logistics provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, a family-owned company, has appointed Şükran Gencay (right) and Daniel Hülemeyer (left) to lead its sustainability division. As head of sustainability - social & governance, Gencay will oversee the ongoing... more
A strategic transformation
Ceva Logistics, the logistics subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, has created a new vertical organisation to give its customers easier access to the global logistics capabilities of its portfolio, which comprises air, ocean, ground and rail transport services, contract logistics,... more
Tesco Ireland replaces diesel with biomethane
The retailer has taken delivery of 50 biomethane fuelled trucks to be deployed on its country-wide distribution network. The Scania trucks will immediately replace 50 diesel units, cutting down tailpipe carbon emissions by up to 90%. The biomethane trucks will be operated by... more
Another four Triple Seven freighters
Turkish Airlines and Boeing have announced an order for four 777 freighters to further strengthen the airline's position in the global air cargo market, adding 408 t to cargo lift. With this order, Turkey's flag carrier will operate twelve B777F. In addition to freighters,... more
Dokasch TS expands US operations
Dokasch Temperature Solutions, a specialist for temperature-controlled active packaging solutions, has appointed Rory Ward as the new business development manager for the Midwest Region in the USA. Ward brings over a decade of experience in the logistics industry. His most... more