New site in Coventry 
Real estate developer Bericote Properties has contracted Glencar to construct a 72,465 sqm logistics and industrial scheme in Coventry. The project will be known as Coventry Logistics Park. Works for the speculative industrial space across three new units will start in... more
First French LNG bunker vessel named
The ‘Gas Vitality’, the first LNG bunker vessel to operate from France, was named at a ceremony in China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding yard. The 18,600 sqm newbuild bunker vessel is the second collaboration effort of Total Energies Marine Fuels with shipowner Mitsui O.S.K.... more
Strasbourg expands its position as hub in Alsace
Multi Modal Rail (MMR) is adding a third shuttle to its offer of connections between the inland port in Strasbourg (France) and the sea port in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). As from 12 November 2021, the container terminal Nord will be served on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.... more
Huge investments in Gioia Tauro
After taking over 100% the shares of Medcenter Container Terminal in Gioia Tauro in April 2019, the new owner Terminal Investment Limited, the terminal branch of the Swiss carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has decided to upgrade the facility. The Italian maritime... more
Aramex welcomes European stakeholder 
It is a connection linking Franc with the Middle East. Geo Post, which is owned by Le Groupe La Poste, has invested in a 20.15% stake in CEP and logistics services provider Aramex. The shares of the Dubai-headquartered company were sold for AED 1.4 billion (USD 380 million).... more
Gebrüder Weiss wins this year's Hermes prize
International transport and logistics services provider Gebrüder Weiss has been awarded this year’s Hermes transport logistics prize. Conferring the distinction in the category "supply chain" in Vienna on 21 October 2021, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber singled... more
Air Malta's longest flight
Air Malta operated its longest and farthest non-stop flight recently. The charter flight, to Rwanda’s capital Kigali, carried 135,690 AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the government of Malta to the African nation. The seven-hour long direct flight, covering 2,426 nautical miles,... more
Liberalising binational road freight transport
In future, road hauliers from Switzerland and Russia will be allowed to transport goods between the two countries as well as transit journeys through the two states without a permit. The representatives of the Swiss Confederation and the Russian Federation have signed an... more
SGL continues its rapid expansion
Nordic company Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is opening three new offices in West Africa and France - a change, since acquisitions of other companies have taken the lead over the last months. About a month ago, Group CEO Allan Melgaard inked the seventh acquisition in 2021,... more
Royal Vopak picks Dick Richelle as CEO
Royal Vopak’s supervisory board will nominate Dick Richelle as chairman of the executive board and CEO as per 1 January 2022, Eelco Hoekstra having decided to step down. Richelle started his career with Royal Vopak as a management trainee in 1995. He brings with him over 25... more