Two for cyber security at sea 
Bureau Veritas (BV) and insurance consultancy Bessé are teaming up to improve protection against cyber-attacks in the maritime sector. This partnership will be key to help shipowners comply with IMO and IACS requirements. BV has developed a set of rules (NR 659) which make... more
Lithuanian haulier banks on green power
Iveco has completed the delivery of 65 Iveco S-WAY LNG gas trucks to transport operator Vlantana. The Lithuanian company, which operates 1,650 vehicles in total, is significantly extending its fleet of gas powered trucks with the new vehicles. The haulier began to convert... more
First participation pays off
Few days before exhibiting at this week's Dubai Airshow (DAS), a step which the company itself calls "a historic first", Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Aviation Group signed an agreement with London-based lessor World Star Aviation to convert ten B737-800 passenger... more
Chapman Freeborn chooses Maxim Tsarev for Russia
Global aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn, part of the Avia Solutions Group, is opening a Moscow office to support growth and expansion plans in response to a fast developing Russian market. Eric Erbacher, Chapman Freeborn’s CEO: “Russia is a fast-developing market... more
Green Swan Partners launches second company
Green Swan Partners (GSP), a sustainability-focused venture builder has elected Chetan Chothani - chief executive officer, Lala Faiz - group sustainability officer Mark V. Santo - group general counsel, Anders Flensborg - chief commercial officer and Mare Straetmans - chief... more
Two shunting locomotives ordered
In Russia, Sinara will supply Gazpromtrans with two diesel locomotives of the TEM9 and TEM14 series. The delivery is scheduled for later this year. TEM9 is an 882 kW diesel locomotive with electric transmission and independent wheelset drive, designed for shunting operations... more
Quantron picks René-Christopher Wollmann
Quantron’s management team has appointed René-Christopher Wollmann as CTO (chief technology officer). Wollmann assumes overall responsibility for commercial vehicle and component projects and the expansion of hydrogen development with partner Ballard Power. He has a degree... more
Expanding traffic to and from eastern Europe
Freja has established a new direct route between Poland and the south of Norway, featuring regular departures from Lodz in Poland to the south of Norway every Friday and returns to Poland on Tuesday/Wednesday. The link is routed through the ferry connection between Norway... more
More space for DM in Czechia
As part of a site expansion in Bor, Czechia, not far from the Czech-German border, Loxxess is planning to add 68,000 sqm more warehouse and logistics space. The extension is mainly in response to the growing volume of e-commerce logistics services for the drugstore company... more
Airbus unveils identity of A350 launch lessor
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed a letter of intent (LoI) covering all Airbus families. Founded in 2010, Los Angeles-based ALC is one of Airbus’ largest customers, having ordered a total of 496 Airbus aircraft to date. The new order, which will be finalised in the... more