Port of Rotterdam picks COO 
Boudewijn Siemons has been appointed as the new COO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority as of 1 October. He will also be joining the Port Authority’s executive board. Siemons succeeds Ronald Paul in this role. Until recently, Siemons served as president of Royal Vopak’s... more
NCL launches new service
North Sea Container Line (NCL) will launch its new direct container service from Norway to UK on 23 September 2020. In a weekly rotation, the "MV Rumba" will make its first call at the London container terminal in Tilbury. With both southbound and northbound... more
Koenig & Bauer Kammann banks on PSI software
Following the successful implementation of the PSIwms warehouse management system from PSI Logistics, Koenig & Bauer Kammann, a manufacturer of decoration machines, now runs the processes for warehousing and production supply in an integrated IT infrastructure at its new... more
Gudrun Winner-Athens elected to Logistics Hall of Fame
The Logistics Hall of Fame has a new member: Gudrun Winner-Athens. The managing partner of Spedition Winner and long-standing chairwoman of the advisory board of Kombiverkehr is regarded in Germany and Europe as a pioneer of intermodal transport. “Gudrun Winner-Athens has... more
Digital solution in Antwerp goes live in 2021
On 1 January 2021, the port of Antwerp will launch "Certified-Pick-up" (CPu) an integrated digital solution for the release of containers. It will replace the current system of PIN codes. The new platform will guarantee a secure, transparent and optimised release... more
AEO certification for Safram France
From now on, all Safram's French subsidiaries hold the authorised economic operator (AEO) certification, following the example of the company's Paris branch, which was certified already in 2016. AEO status guarantees the security of international supply chains and... more
280 fresh units to improve rail-road transports
Ambrogio Intermodal continues to invest in new intermodal equipment, to assure flexible and efficient transportation services. For this new order, Ambrogio decided to cooperate again with the German manufacturer Kässbohrer, its long-standing partner since 1991. The order... more
European rail carriers support DAC
A coalition of more than a dozen railfreight companies and several European rail associations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote digital automatic coupling (DAC) across Europe. With this sector initiative, Rail Freight Forward (RFF) fully supports the... more
Big Brown lands in Vietnam
UPS made its inaugural flights into Vietnam last week to cater to the country's growing import and export demands. Since 15 September, a new B767F service into HCMC begins and ends in Shenzhen, China, home to UPS’s largest facility in Asia. It operates four days a week and... more
Abreu implements Traxon cargohub
Abreu has implemented Champ’s Traxon cargohub for its digital data exchange. Abreu Carga is a large transport company in Portugal and operates air, land and ocean freight services in Portugal, the Azores and Angola. By improving data quality and completeness in the supply... more