Nordisk pallets fitted with Unilode's digital ULD solution 
The ULD management provider Unilode Aviation Solutions and Nordisk Aviation Products, a ULD manufacturer, have developed an integrated pallet edge rail solution for digital tags. Unilode has started equipping its ULD fleet with digital tags based on Bluetooth Low Energy... more
BLG Logistics grows faster than expected
BLG Logistics generated a turnover of EUR 1.14 billion in FY, an increase of EUR 53.5 million or 4.9% compared to 2017. Earnings before tax (EBT) again rose significantly by EUR 4 million or almost 12% to EUR 37.5 million (EUR 33.5 million in 2017). Turnover and EBT were not... more
Ralpin appoints Ludwig Naef as managing director
Ralpin’s board of directors has selected Ludwig Naef to be the company's new managing director. Naef has extensive management experience and an in-depth knowledge of the industry. He will assume his post on 1 July 2019. Until then, the company will continue to be managed on... more
Train to shift up to 70 lorries off the road
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and British Gypsum in the UK have agreed to extend their contract until December 2021. GBRf’s existing service from Southampton to British Gypsum’s plasterboard plant in Robertsbridge will therefore continue, and further terminal services at Robertsbridge... more
Flash Europe takes over Speed Pack
Flash Europe, a Luxembourg-based provider of on-demand transports, has taken over the express logistics company Speed Pack Europe. With this transaction Flash Europe paves the way for a further internationalisation and growth of the company and the entire Redspher group.... more
Michaël Koundri named CEO of Gefco Lorry & Transport
Gefco Spain has appointed Michaël Koundri as new CEO of Gefco Lorry & Transport, a division that specialises in the trade between Europe and Morocco. Koundri has a degree in commercial law and more than 25 years of experience in the logistics and transport industry. He... more
Moscow pushes Chinese connections forward
Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) and Moscow Cargo, with the support of the Russian ministry of industry and trade, recently presented their cargo hub to their Chinese partners as a part of a strategy to develop Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of air transport.... more
New grain storage at the Port of Liverpool
Global animal feed trader and supply chain leader ADM Agriculture has completed its GBP 7.4 million expansion at the Port of Liverpool, providing the equivalent of two football pitches of extra capacity for trade in bulk agricultural goods. This makes the Liverpool animal feed... more
More room for food and pharma logistics
Greiwing Logistics has completed an expansion scheme at its site in Duisburg (Germany) according to plan. The scheme comprised a EUR 6 million logistics hall with 8,000 pallet slots that was specially designed for storing food and pharmaceutical products and built within a year.... more
Another profit increase for Cargolux
For the second year running, Cargolux has registered an increase in net profit after tax while continuing its efforts to maintain an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable business. Despite a global softening in market demand in the second half of 2018, a... more