A partnership in Egypt extended
Alberto Musso, the president of the Tarros Group, recently visited the group’s Med Egypt new Egyptian headquarters. Since April 2018, Med Egypt has been Tarros’ official local agent in Egypt. The main office is located in Alexandria, with branch offices in Cairo and Port... more
Caribbean Airlines Cargo signs with Champ
Caribbean Airlines Cargo has signed for Champ’s suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) which include services for booking and pricing to be used in tandem with Champ’s flagship SaaS-based Cargospot solution. APIs empower digital collaboration by allowing businesses... more
FM Logistic picks Nicolas Chéné
FM Logistic has appointed Nicolas Chéné as group business solution transport director to lead the company’s transport division. Born in 1973, Chéné has spent his entire career in the international transport and logistics industry. Prior to joining FM Logistic, he was head of... more
Second warehouse at Bournemouth Airport
Transport and logistics firm Shears has put its new transport facility into operation. The hub is located in Bournemouth Airport’s Aviation Business Park, just a few hundred metres from the company’s existing premises. The 6,500 sqm warehouse, which has recently been fully... more
Switzerland adopts EU law for professional drivers
From 1 March 2022, Switzerland will adapt a number of its regulations on the initial and further training of professional drivers to EU law. The change comes after the EU amended its legislation in this area in May 2020. With the amendments, the Swiss Federal Council not... more
UTLC ERA: 80% of all broad gauge transports
In 2021, the increase in economic activity also boosted demand for logistic services, resulting in a rapid growth of railway traffic between Europe and China. By the end of 2021, the volume of railway container transportation between the two largest world economies will approach... more
Trial run for smart freight wagons
TX Logistik (TXL) and Mercitalia Intermodal are launching a pilot project to test the use of innovative sensors and communication technologies in combined transport (CT). The project for a smarter goods train is intended to run for 15 months. In the pilot, several freight... more
One for road and load
Nicholas Minde is going back to his roots. He is returning to Kuehne + Nagel in January 2022 to head the logistics provider's European overland operations as senior vice president road load logistics Europe. Minde succeeds Uwe Hoett, who is leaving the company for private... more
SAS Cargo picks Camilla Gram
Effective 1 December 2021, Camilla Gram has been appointed head of global sales & marketing in SAS Cargo. Gram, who formerly held the role as head of sales Scandinavia & Europe, has been instrumental in SAS Cargo's development over time and a driving force in how the... more
20,000 cars to be transported by rail
Car maker Seat and operator Pecosvasa Renfe Mercansias have launched a rail link to ship vehicles between Martorell (Spain) plant and the Volkswagen Autoeuropa factory in Palmela (Portugal). The weekly service will transport more than 20,000 vehicles per year, avoiding 2,400... more