1,000th Atran flight at RIX 
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, marked the end of last month with the arrival of its 1,000th flight to Riga airport (RIX), Latvia. The milestone flight after two years of service brought over 20 t of e-commerce shipments from China... more
Unipart contracted by healthcare specialist
In UK, healthcare company Prenetics Share has contracted Unipart Logistics to deliver Covid-19 test kit fulfilment services. The forwarder will assemble and pick the test kits including PCR, lateral flow and LAMP tests from its new operation at its Oxford distribution centre.... more
WienCont welcomes Monika Gindl-Muzik
Logistics expert Monika Gindl-Muzik has been appointed managing director responsible for operations and sales at Port of Vienna's subsidiary WienCont, effective 1 October 2021. Gindl-Muzik has decades of sales experience with a focus on key account management in the intermodal... more
Rail industry remains resilient
The German Railway Industry Association (VDB) generated record sales of EUR 7.3 billion in H1/2021, up 14% on the previous year. Export trade increased by almost 30%. In Germany, the rail industry generated EUR 4.1 billion in H1, around 56% of total sales. The rolling stock... more
Christian Levin CEO of Scania and Traton SE
Traton SE's supervisory board has announced two changes at the helm: current president and CEO of Scania, Christian Levin, will also head Traton SE as the new CEO. Annette Danielski, currently head of corporate finance at Traton SE, will become the new CFO. Levin has held... more
An 80% Nordic acquisition
Thoresen Transport in Norway was the next on the list: Danish provider Freja Transport & Logistics acquired 80% of Thoresen's shares in October 2021. Freja is part of the international group United Shipping & Trading Company (USTC). In the current financial year,... more
Irish lessor discovers cargo business
Avolon is making a significant commitment to the global air freighter market to capitalise on the growth in e-commerce. The international aircraft leasing company based in Dublin has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Avolon will be the launch... more
Preparations for pre-Christmas period in UK
In UK, DP World has inaugurated a storage space of 6,000 sqm dedicated to empty containers. The measure is meant to increase storage capacity during the critical pre-Christmas season. This move comes at a time when dwell times at terminals in UK have increased. Ernst... more
Two trucks as birthday present
The UK-based haulage company A.D.D. Express has celebrated its 30th Anniversary. The birthday party also played host to a special unveiling of two new Man trucks, adorned in special gold 30th anniversary liveries. The vehicles will now lead the A.D.D. Express fleet, which... more
A new old oligopoly 
The most important container production centres shifted from South Korea to China as long ago as the 1990s. The sale by Maersk of the reefer specialist MCI to CIMC is nevertheless likely to be a cherry on the cake for the Chinese corporation. Even the appetite of the Danes has... more