More clients in the Midlands 
The Segro Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway has sold two more units in UK. The logistics company Arvato agreed a lease for a 95,000 sqm surface in September 2021, whilst it was still under construction. The provider has also signed a pre-let agreement with a supply chain... more
Green laurels for Conakry Terminal
After the audit conducted by Bureau Veritas on 12 November 2021, Guinea's Conakry Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports and operator of the container terminal of the Autonomous Port of Conakry, has won the green terminal label. It rewards the efforts made by the company to... more
Shypple chooses Champ’s tracking solution
Netherlands-based digital freight forwarder Shypple has implemented Champ’s Traxon Premium Tracking. The software allows the user to register interest in a shipment and receive automatic status updates through its lifecycle. Premium Tracking enables high visibility with a... more
Andreas Fuchshuber appointed head of sales
Andreas Fuchshuber has been head of sales at Spedition Robert Kukla at its headquarters in Munich since January this year. He has been working in the logistics industry for over 20 years, most recently for the Logwin Group. After his apprenticeship and first years as a... more
Game changer is on track
This time, the symposium of the association of freight car owners in Germany (VPI) was all about digital automatic coupling (DAC). As VPI chairman Malte Lawrenz explained, the first steps on the long road to the Europe-wide introduction of the DAC technology have been taken.... more
Logistics platform for landlocked Uganda
India-headquartered Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale), an IT solutions provider in logistics, has partnered with PSFU (Private Sector Foundation Uganda) to offer a logistics e-marketplace in the landlocked African country. The e-marketplace is an online portal for booking... more
38th rail service launched
GB Railfreight has introduced a new rail service for Maritime Transport in UK to connect the Hutchison Ports of Felixstowe with Birch Coppice in the Midlands. The new link is the 38th daily rail service from the port and the 15th operated by GB Railfreight from Felixstowe. The... more
Evergreen's building big in China
The next ULCV is ready for service. Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a division of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), recently floated Evergreen Line's newest containership, the "Ever Alot." With an estimated capacity of 24,004 teu, it will set another mark... more
For more frozen online orders
Seafrigo Group, a provider of temperature-controlled food logistics, is opening a new dedicated facility for specialist chilled and frozen goods in New Jersey in 2022. Already operating from four facilities in the same area, the new 26,000 sqm warehouse will provide... more