Trevor Caswell elected chairman of Pharma.Aero 

At its general assembly at the end of March, Pharma.Aero elected Trevor Caswell as the new chairman to lead its board of directors for the next two years. Caswell is manager, demand & product development (cargo) at Edmonton International Airport – a member of Pharma.Aero... more
US short line railroad changes hands 

Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC), an Anacostia affiliate, has acquired the assets and operating rights of the former Southern Indiana Railway (SIND), a short line located in the Louisville metropolitan area, USA. Until 2020, SIND served customers along its 8.85 km of... more
Agility stable with broadened portfolio 

Agility, which is still receiving earnings from discontinued operations with the recently-sold GIL department, moved sidewards with its profits in Q1/2022. While revenues grew by 22.3% to KD 132.1 million (USD 430.2 million) compared to the same period last year, whereas... more
LPR chooses Jean-Luc Guénard 

European pallet pooling specialist La Palette Rouge, has appointed Jean-Luc Guénard as managing director. He holds a master's degree in supply chain management from the University of Le Havre (France), and an executive master of business administration from ESCP. Guénard... more
Shanghai is starting to feel it now 

In April, the port of Shanghai’s throughput went down by approximately 25% and the port’s average daily container handling capacity has now fallen to around 100,000 teu. While the port remained operational despite the shutdown, hinterland connections were seriously... more
LH Cargo partners with VIE Pharma 

The Vienna Airport Pharma Handling Centre (VPHC) is now also handling pharma freight for Lufthansa Cargo. As part of a cooperation between the Lufthansa Group's cargo subsidiary and Vienna Airport, all pharma cargo transported on board Austrian Airlines aircraft to or from... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Plymouth, the official capital of the UK overseas territory of Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean, has a population of 0. It was evacuated in 1995, when a volcano erupted nearby. 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
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
First half year strong for Frasers 

Cologne-based real estate developer Frasers Property Limited (FPL) has announced the results for its first half of 2022 ending at the end of March. Earnings before interest and tax were EUR 138 million on assets under management of approximately EUR 7.3 billion. The company's... more