Muuga and Kaunas in the Baltics now connected 
Amber Train completed its first test run recently, creating a rail corridor for the transport of semitrailers between Northern and Western Europe through the Baltic States. The train connects Muuga station in Estonia with Kaunas terminal in Lithuania, where semi-trailers... more
Air and sea marriage sealed with a kiss
Atlas Air Worldwide's affiliate Atlas Air and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company recently inked an agreement that enables MSC to expand its reach and capacity for its customers. Under the terms of the long-term ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance) agreement,... more
New Antwerp offices for Bolloré
Bolloré Logistics in Belgium recently inaugurated its new headquarters in the city centre of Antwerp. The company's agencies at Brussels and Liège airport will be run from this new location. It will offer professional transport and logistics services focusing on maritime... more
Pooling for a leisure airline
The Canadian leisure airline Air Transat, which currently serves 45 destinations in 27 countries with a fleet of 31 aircraft including twelve wide-body aircraft, and Unilode have extended their ULD management partnership, which started in 2003, until 2026. Under the terms of... more
IRU promotes Vincent Erard
IRU secretary general Umberto de Pretto has appointed Vincent Erard to the newly created position of senior director, strategy and development of IRU, the world road transport organisation. Erard joined IRU in 2016 as head of finance, where he revamped financial and budget... more
Distribution network gains a new member
Trans UK is the latest business to join the Pall-Ex Group owned network Fortec Distribution. The forwarder has developed reputable haulage services within central London since it started operations in late 2019. As a shareholder member in both the Pall-Ex and Fortec pallet... more
More owls to watch the sea
Another funding round has been completed. The 2019-founded British start-up Cyber Owl raised USD 5.1 million in funding to support the accelerated adoption of their Medulla cyber risk monitoring solution. The need is there. Thetius, an independent maritime research... more
Geodis sees clouds on the horizon
Geodis, the forwarding branch of the French state-owned railway SNCF, is witnessing a decline in Asia-Europe trade. While H1/2022 ended well with an operating profit surging by 53% and revenues going up by 34% compared to the same period last year, Q2/2022 results already... more
Transformation the key 
Fortify data exchange and combine transports. Greek logistics providers have to reinvent themselves too, because the major economic trends won’t bypass Greece either, any more than the digital transformation of services will. The Global Maritime Agency’s Anthony Doukas has some... more
Fully autonomous vehicles to run in Sweden
In what is a first for Europe, Scania and Havi Supply Chain are piloting the use of a fully autonomous vehicle to transport commercial goods in regular traffic conditions between logistics hubs in Sweden. The pilot will see the autonomous truck drive between Södertälje and... more