Elbers for Lineas 
Belgian railways operator Lineas has appointed Martijn Elbers as head of sales intermodal. Elbers, who was voted Rail Cargo Information Netherlands' railway man of the year in 2019, joins from Shuttlewise, the company he co-founded in 2008. As managing director of... more
Baskakov withdraws from helm
Alexander Baskakov, director of Rail Cargo Logistics-RUS, the Russian representative office of Austrian Railways' subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG), stepped down from his position on 30 July. The current director, Andrey Detinkin, who has been working for Rail Cargo... more
Growth at Global Ports
Russian terminal operator Global Ports has reported its results for H1/2021. Consolidated marine container throughput went up by 1.9% year-on-year to more almost 790,000 teu while the consolidated marine bulk container segment generated a throughput of 2.6 million t (+19.4%... more
Are you on the list?
Distinction is necessary in the market. Four Kites, a Chicago-headquartered logistics software provider that runs a real-time supply chain visibility platform, has just published its global premier carrier list for Q2/2021. The company’s tenth consecutive quarterly list... more
Swiss Post CIO joins executive management
Swiss Post is making an important contribution to digital development in Switzerland and thus showing that the informatics/technology unit will play an increasingly important role in the company in the future. Wolfgang Egel, head of the informatics/technology unit, will join... more
Scottish distiller invests in green fleet
Glenfiddich pioneers the decarbonisation of its transport operations. The Scottish whisky distiller has taken delivery of three 4x2 AS440S46T/P CNG compressed natural gas-powered Iveco Stralis NP 460s. These have subsequently been converted to 6x2 tractors capable of running at... more
Swoop and Skyports opt for drones
Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero and British advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports are extending their partnership to deploy drone delivery networks in the Americas and Europe. The collaboration will combine Skyports' experience in drone delivery operations... more
Stockholm winning against 2020
Freight volumes are catching up at the Port of Kapellskär, Ports of Stockholm's biggest freight port. Up to and including July, volumes grew by 9.6% compared to the same period the previous year. Approximately two million t of freight were handled. Finnlink, Ports of... more
Another flight to Namibia
It is rare to see such large visitors at Paderborn Airport (PAD) in northern Germany: at the end of July, six wide-bodied A340 aircraft of the Portuguese airline Hifly flew to Windhoek with only cargo on board. They carried over 200 t of medical protective equipment, which... more
Baltic: more unaccompanied traffic
In H1/2021, the Port of Kiel increased its cargo volume and processed 8.25% more goods than in the same period of the previous year. All in all, 3.66 million t of cargo were handled in Kiel H1/2021. Ferry traffic grew disproportionately and generated a 12.7% increase in the... more