Fleet management system for SMEs 
Impargo has closed its seed funding round with DKV Mobility, the European B2B platform for road transport payments. With the investment, the Berlin (Germany)-based start-up will develop a digital transportation management ecosystem (TME) that streamlines all essential... plus
D’où viennent ces routiers? 
Des mesures étatiques ont atténué la pénurie de chauffeurs en Grande-Bretagne. Danger identifié, danger écarté... pense en tout cas le gouvernement britannique à propos du nombre élevé de chauffeurs de poids lourds formés depuis le Brexit. La prochaine étape est prévue: en... plus
Six charging stations for e-trucks
The first public charging and hydrogen filling station in the Nordic region for heavy goods traffic has opened at the Port of Gothenburg. The station will form a new hub at the port for facilitating the transition from fossil fuels to electricity and alternative fuels for heavy... plus
New logistics hub at Lyon airport
UPS has inaugurated a new building at Lyon airport (LYS). With a capacity to sort 3,000 packages per hour, this logistics hub is part of the modernisation project for the platform's cargo area, Cargoport. In line with the environmental ambitions of Vinci Airports which operates... plus
MCI: Søren Leth Johannsen to be promoted to CEO
Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a manufacturer of refrigerated containers and a subsidiary of A.P. Moller - Maersk, is promoting current CCO Søren Leth Johannsen to the company’s new CEO, effective November 2022. He will replace Sean Fitzgerald who has decided to step down from... plus
Airbaltic carries over 400 t of mail from Ukraine
Since April 2022, the Latvian airline Airbaltic has been providing cargo operations from Kyiv, Ukraine by organising a multimodal mail transportation system in cooperation with Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service. From April to September, Airbaltic already carried a... plus
For a big site in Sheffield
It is already the second project. Glencar, a UK construction company, is to build a 34,000 sqm logistics facility at TCC’s Shepcote Lane Site in Sheffield on behalf of the major developer and investor in commercial real estate Trammell Crow Company (TCC). It will be a steel... plus
Air Caraïbes welcomes Hughes Marchessaux
The French airline Air Caraïbes has appointed Hughes Marchessaux as general manager of Air Caraïbes Atlantique, the subsidiary which operates transatlantic flights from Paris. Based at Paris-Orly airport, the "Caribbean and French Guiana specialist airline" employs... plus
ITA Airways opens Cargo One booking channels
ITA Airways Cargo and Cargo One are forming a global partnership to bring the airline's cargo capacities to the managed marketplace for digital bookings. Thousands of freight forwarders globally will gain improved access to the Skyteam Cargo member's capacities into and... plus
Capacity outstrips demand
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the rising gap between global capacities on the seas and global demand. The latest demand data from Container Trade Statistics (CTS) shows that in August 2022, the annualised growth over 2019 was... plus