For a few dollars more 
The shortage of empties is opening a new chapter. CMA CGM has launched an early container return incentive programme. It is employed not only at the FMS terminal in Los Angeles, but at all CMA CGM return locations in Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, KS; and Memphis, TN.... more
Final test for eEconic
Germany-based Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service (FES) has taken delivery of a battery-electric eEconic truck: with immediate effect, FES is using the near-series vehicle manufactured by Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks for municipal waste collection in Frankfurt am Main. The... more
Group CFO for Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn, a global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Vaida Kojaliene as its group chief financial officer. Kojaliene joins Chapman Freeborn with a wealth of experience in various financial positions at country, regional and group... more
More intermodal links between Italy and Belgium
Swiss intermodal transport operator Hupac has added a new service between Antwerp HTA (Belgium) and Novara CIM (Italy) to its network. The terminal offers gateway connections in Italy to Pescara/Manoppello and Bari with profile C70/P400 as well as onward links to Rome/Pomezia... more
Doubling efforts to bring joy to mothers
During the 2022 Mother's Day season, the second peak in flower exports from Latin America after Valentine's Day, Latam Cargo transported over 16,400 t of this delicate product to the relevant markets for its flower grower partners. For this "historical season", the... more
Rapeseed decarbonises French road transport
Bolloré Logistics recently put into operation a new shuttle that uses B100 biofuel. This end-to-end solution, designed for all pre and post air shipments, operates six days a week ensuring a rotation between the Bolloré Logistics French sites in Lyon and Roissy CDG. 100%... more
Freight forwarders choose new president
At its annual meeting in Geneva last week, Western Switzerland's freight forwarders’ association Spedlogswiss Romandie bode farewell to its president Thierry Moreno (on the left), founder and CEO of NV Logistics at Geneva airport, with a big round of applause. Moreno’s term of... more
Joint venture on three seas
Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (BOCS) and UAL (Netherlands) are launching a new joint venture to expand shipping routes and capacities between the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and West Africa. The combined forces will operate under the name of UAL BOCS Shipping Line... more
GIG Aviation boosts cargo services in Nigeria
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR is about to finalise an agreement for the delivery of two ATR 72-500 freighters from its asset management portfolio to GIG Aviation, a subsidiary of GIG Group. The ATR 72-500s will initiate GIG Aviation’s journey as a freighter airline.... more