Softbox hires Sean Austerberry 
Softbox, a global innovator and provider of passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, life science and cold chain logistics industries, has appointed Sean Austerberry as new research and product development director. He will lead Softbox’s... more
Green light for nine new routes
Hong Kong Air Cargo (HKAC) has received approval from the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority to operate scheduled cargo flights to nine new routes. In December 2020, HKAC formally submitted applications to add Chennai, Delhi, Jakarta, Liege, Manila, Melbourne,... more
Ikea banks on barges in Paris
Having won a bid for project sites organised by Haropa-Ports of Paris, Ikea France is setting up a logistics warehouse at Limay. The publicly owned site, approximately 160,000 sqm, will enable the Swedish retailer to develop a customer distribution centre covering around 72,000... more
More trucks shifted to rail
Czech carrier PKP Cargo International continues to expand its operations in Europe by transporting more semi-trailers between Czechia and Italy. Since the beginning of May, the company has been carrying loads for Austrian haulier LKW Walter in both directions between the Paskov... more
Bomi Group expands in Brazil
Bomi Group, an Italian healthcare supply chain solutions provider, has opened a new office in Brazil, led by country manager Rafael Martau. Marcelo Borges assumed the role of operations director in April 2021, with responsibility for logistics and transport operations in the... more
Testing innovative cooling systems
Quieter, more eco-friendly and more economical: trans-o-flex subsidiary Thermo Med, which specialises in pharmaceutical transports with active temperature control, is now testing three delivery vehicles equipped with a new type of purely electric cooling system. Conventional... more
HHLA: a mixed bag in Q1/2021
Q1/2021 had its ups and downs for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA). The group's ebit rose by 26.4 % to EUR 46.3 million mostly due to high storage fees caused by continued shipping delays in Hamburg as well as rising container transport volumes. Container throughput fell... more
Sennder's physical-digital expansion
Digital forwarder Sennder has acquired Dutch carrier Cars & Cargo, which operates in France and the Benelux countries. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. As part of the takeover, Cars & Cargo’s fleet of 240 trucks will be fed into Sennder’s system.... more
Apex takeover takes last hurdle
The authorities have given the green light for Kuehne + Nagel's acquisition of Apex International Corporation (Apex). Apex, which is especially dedicated to the transpacific and intra-Asia trade routes, is now part of the K+N group. The freight forwarding group, which in... more
WCL prepares the future
Andreas Boedeker (photo), former head of global ocean freight at DHL Global forwarding, and Claude Lebel, former executive of CMA-CGM and OOCL, will join the advisory board of Worldwide Consultants Logistics (WCL) with immediate effect. In addition, Martin Sieg, recently a... more