Statues of Manchester City legends arrive
Manchester City has teamed up with its partner Etihad Airways in the transportation of two sizeable player statues. Representing club legends Vincent Kompany (2008-2019) and David Silva (2010-2020), they have travelled 9,300 km from the USA to England ahead of their installation... more
Container terminal in Monfalcone sold
Italian infrastructure fund manager F2i has purchased a second terminal in Monfalcone in Northern Italy. The Compagnia Portuale Monfalcone (CPM), operating in the port of Monfalcone, comolements the port operations already managed in Carrara, Livorno, Mestre and Chioggia, as... more
Improvements for medical distribution specialist
Trans-of-flex showed a good performance in the first six months of this year. The group specialises in providing temperature-controlled express logistics for medicinal products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and consumer electronics in Germany and Austria. In H1/2021, the... more
Russian locomotives to carry African bauxite
Russia-based Sinara has won an open tender for the manufacture and supply of a batch of series TGM8 Elephant diesel locomotives to CBK in Guinea. CBK, part of Rusal Group, is a specialist in the extraction and export of bauxites. TGM8 will be used in the production chain of... more
Introducing Saab 340B+ freighters
C&L Aviation Services has completed a cargo conversion on a Saab 340B+ at the company’s Maine-based MRO facility. According to the C&L Aviation Group company, this is the first B+ model in the world to be converted for cargo operations. The operator, which has taken... more
Brogli follows Monte
Christoph Brogli will take over from Leonardo Monte as Scania sales advisor of Scania Schweiz in Pratteln on 1 October 2021. Brogli has been working as a service consultant on site for more than two years. As a trained car mechanic, he has been workshop manager, held various... more
New truck model for crane haulage
Leicester-based Aylestone Transport from the UK has taken delivery of a Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter tractor unit – its first of the new model range. The truck will be used for crane haulage five days a week, delivering concrete slabs and kerbs from Aggregate Industries’ base in... more
Big purchase for Pilot Freight Services
Pilot Freight Services, a global logistics services provider which was founded in Philadelphia in 1971 and bought by Phillips in 1993, has acquired the American Linehaul Corporation (ALC), a non-asset based provider of expedited LTL (less than truckload) services in the United... more
Passing on the baton at Envirotainer
After five years at the head of the company, Michael Berg will step down as CEO of Envirotainer as of 1 September 2021. Envirotainer develops air freight solutions for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals. During Berg's time of office, the company witnessed an upswing, as a... more
Serbian oil refinery to receive new rail access
Reconstruction of the industrial rail access to the Pancevo Oil Refinery in Serbia: A consortium of companies consisting of NIS, INGRAP-OMNI and RZD International have agreed to upgrade the tracks and embankment of the railway section from the Oil Refinery to the Belgrade –... more