10 million Covid-19 vaccines 
IAG Cargo, the airfreight division of the International Airlines Group (IAG), has transported no less than 10 million Covid-19 vaccines. This figure includes 4 million doses hauled to Abuja (Nigeria) in collaboration with Unicef and its Covax initiative, and 300,000 doses... more
New CEO for Ambrogio Intermodal 
Ambrogio Intermodal, a specialist for international combined transport and logistics services in the European market established in 1969, has chosen a new CEO. Pieralberto Vecchi has more than 20 years of experience in the transport and logistics industry, having held commercial... more
In the bellies of holiday jets
Lufthansa Cargo now markets the freight capacities of the new long-haul flights operated by Eurowings Discover, a new Lufthansa Group tourist airline. The German cargo carrier has thus added further frequencies directly from its Frankfurt (FRA) hub to the range of services it... more
Brannigan now deputy CEO at Magma Aviation
Magma Aviation, a Chapman Freeborn company and a member of the Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Conor Brannigan as deputy CEO. He joins the London GTW-based business following two years at Cargolux in Luxemburg, where he had a senior role as director for strategic alliances... more
Strong H1 figures for Asstra
The international logistics group Asstra - Associated Traffic has reported its results for the first half of 2021. Sales grew by 25% compared to the same period in 2020, amounting to EUR 207.8 million. The group's gross profits increased by 8%. Road transport remains the... more
More commodities know-how at Hill Dickinson
Hill Dickinson has employed trade finance and commodities law specialist Devottam Sengupta in its Singapore office, adding his expertise as support for its commodities activities in the Far East and the rest of Asia.Sengupta joins the firm as partner. His appointment follows the... more
Zeebrugge taking advantage of Brexit
The port of Zeebrugge’s figures remained stable in H1/2021, overall, with specific trades growing. The total tonnage for the first semester of 2021 increased by 0.6% vis-à-vis the same period last year, to 25.2 million t. Roll-on/roll-off traffic, in turn, grew by 13.8%, to 7.3... more
Expanding in France
CargoBeamer has commenced operations in its first full terminal in Calais (France). The opening saw the company put its patented technology to shift semi-trailers to the railways horizontally into service in the regular market for the first time.Four round trips will serve the... more
NTG Denmark improving in key markets
The Nordic Trans Group (NTG) reported a good Q2/2021, because “business activities exceeded pre-pandemic levels in all key markets.” The well-known turbulences led to the introduction of rate increases on domestic and cross-border transports.NTG’s recent acquisitions are... more
More medical supplies to Namibia
A series of Volga-Dnepr charter flights to Namibia took off from Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ) recently, with two humanitarian flights to Windhoek this week. The cargo included medical supplies weighing more than 95 t, including masks and respirators needed by the Southern African... more