Yesim Çetinkaya now COO at Çelebi Cargo 
Previously project coordinator at Çelebi Aviation Holding, Yesim Çetinkaya will now assume her new role as chief operating officer at Çelebi Cargo. She will be based in Frankfurt. Çetinkaya began her professional career at Çelebi Ground Handling Turkey as a load control... more
Will carrier profitability last?
Patrik Berglund, CEO of freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta, expects the big carriers to further seek higher contract rates to extend profitability The surge in carrier profitability has been based on the high spot freight rates boom this year. A key test will be whether... more
Another coup for Gebrüder Weiss
The Bavarian middle-sized freight forwarder Spedition Lode and its 60 employees will join the Gebrüder Weiss network in October 2021. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With this latest acquisition, Gebrüder Weiss is taking another step in its expansion in... more
Waberer’s International picks CEO
Logistics company Waberer's International has named Zsolt Barna as new chief executive officer, effective 1 September 2021. Former CEO Barna Erdélyi joined the company's board of directors on 31 August 2021. Prior to his new appointment, Zsolt Barna was managing director of... more
STOL aircraft returns to civil register
Britten-Norman has acquired a fleet of BN2T-4S Islander aircraft which have previously served in the British military in the UK and overseas. The aircraft, which are the higher capacity, longer endurance version of the turboprop Islander, will undergo a major refurbishment that... more
Fraport USA's new gadget
The idea was born in the USA. Airport retail concessions developer Fraport USA is partnering with Servy, the enterprise self-service platform for hospitality, to bring its mobile ordering and delivery service, Gatewaiter, to select US airports. The new platform, powered by... more
Upply chooses Thomas Larrieu
Thomas Larrieu, Upply's director of data and R&D since 2018, assumed his new position as CEO on 1 August 2021, succeeding Boris Pernet. Arrieu is a graduate of the Toulouse School of Economics and holds a PhD in economics from the École Polytechnique. He has been with... more
Great plans for railfreight network
The Greek ministry of transport and the state-owned railway company Trainose are planning to expand the train infrastructure between Patras, Athens, Thessaloniki and the country's northern borders and thus develop Hellas into a major hub for freight traffic in southeast Europe.... more
Vital link for medical supplies
The CMA CGM Group mobilised its aerial expertise in partnership with Setcargo Logistique Internationale last weekend in order to transport necessary medical equipment to the French West Indies for the French ministry of health. Since early last year, the global shipping and... more
Hervé Morin re-elected
Ports de Normandie has renewed its board and re-elected Hervé Morin as its chairman. All the elected representatives reaffirmed the goals they given teams of the Ports de Normandie for the next six years. "I hope that the spirit of consensus and co-construction which... more