Chief accounting officer for XPO spin-off 
Freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics Inc is appointing Jason Kerr as the chief accounting officer of RXO, a planned spin-off of XPO’s brokered transportation platform. Kerr has joined XPO as the chief accounting officer for the North American transportation... more
Now present in Sevilla
To better cover services in the provinces of Andalusia and Extremadura Geodis has opened a facility in Sevilla (Spain). The Sevilla office opened for business on 1 October. The new node in Geodis’s network connects to the forwarder’s presence in other Spanish cities, including... more
100 zero-emission BEVs for California
The US zero-emission electric vehicle (EV) service provider Zeem has executed a purchase order for 100 Nikola ‘Class 8 Tre’ battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), in order to ensure immediate availability of electric trucks for freight and logistics companies utilising Zeem’s... more
Intermodal terminal under new leadership
The Arken Intermodal Terminal at the Outer Port, one of the terminals at the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden, is getting a new operator. The recently signed lease agreement with the terminal company Gothenburg Roro Terminal will come into force on 11 December 2022. The Arken... more
The deal is on
It was a long struggle, but the outcome is clear. Atlas, the holding with Seaspan as a major global containership lessor in its portfolio, has agreed with Poseidon Acquisition on the sale of its shares. Poseidon is a consortium which was formed for this purpose by certain... more
Schmitz Cargobull picks Marnix Lannoije
The supervisory board of Schmitz Cargobull has appointed Marnix Lannoije as its new chief research and development officer (CTO), effective 1 October 2022. Lannoije succeeds Roland Klement who has retired. "Lannoije is an experienced industry expert and a good fit for... more
Behemoths on methanol
Sometimes it is not the seven dwarfs, but the seven giants. The Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), an affiliate of Cosco, has extended its orderbook. Seven newbuilds with dual-fuel methanol-compatible engines and a capacity of 24,000 teu each have been... more
First Guangzhou-converted B767-300 freighter
Boeing and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (Gameco) have celebrated the completion of China’s first 767-300 Boeing converted freighter (BCF) from the Gameco conversion line in Guangzhou. Peter Gao, VP Boeing commercial sales and marketing for China:... more
A new hub for Greater New York
A new logistics centre is in the making. The Industrial Centre Carlstadt II, to be developed and managed by Goodman Group, is located between New Jersey and New York City. One major focus will be last mile logistics deliveries to a market of over 15 million people around New... more
Building facilities to augment fleet
Paveway Express recently started to expand its Greenville facility. The fast-growing US trucking company has cleared about extra 4,000 sqm of land to increase its parking facilities with the long-term goal of adding ten new trucks in 2023. Phase one of the work will be done in... more