Bifa adds youth to national council 
Kyle Lawrence and Laura Hobby have been selected to join the British International Freight Association’s national council. Both are important members of Bifa’s Young Forwarder Network (YFN). Hobby, who works for F.S Mackenzie, started her freight career in 2015 and took over... more
Bigger hybrid vessels to come
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is supplying its hybrid propulsion system for a new generation of ferries. The three new ro-pax vessels currently being built will be run by Stena RoRo. Two of the ferries will have a battery capacity of 11.5 MWh, making them the marine... more
Medicargo: developing drone logistics
ADAC Luftrettung and the German Red Cross blood donor service of Baden-Württemberg - Hesse will be working in close cooperation to develop drone logistics for transporting blood, medicines and tissue in future. More than 100 drone flights have been performed between the DRK... more
P3 in Northern Germany
European logistics real estate developer P3 Logistic Parks, a subsidiary of the sovereign wealth fund Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC), is investing in Wilhelmshaven. The company is buying a 210,000 sqm site in the centre of the Jade Weser Port freight... more
Fedex promotes Brie Carere
Fedex has promoted Brie Carere, chief marketing and communications officer, to first chief customer officer. She also was named co-president and co-CEO of Fedex Services, a role she will share with Rob Carter, executive vice president and chief information officer. Since... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Many Japanese golfers take out insurance against a ‘hole in one’. If they hit the hole with one shot, they have to give presents to many friends and relatives. more
Testing a third CO2-neutral option
A truck that emits only water vapour, generates the required electricity in the vehicle itself and has a range of up to 1,000 km: hydrogen-powered fuel cells will soon make this possible. Volvo Trucks has already started testing such vehicles in a protected environment. They are... more
Integrated hub in the making
The steel frame of a GBP 28 million single site logistics hub that is being built for the aerospace engineering company Leonardo in Yeovil, Somerset (UK) is now complete. The property will have a surface of 65,000 sqm and is scheduled to be finished by Q4/2022. The... more
Saint John is on
Canada’s Port Saint John moved almost 87,000 teu in 2021. All in all, cargo volumes handled at the port totalled 28.8 million t in 2021. This an improvement of 11% compared to 2020. Saint John's revenues rose to CAD 22.3 million (USD 17.6 million), 26% up from CAD 16.5 million... more
Seven Star-ISMS for Astral Aviation
The Star Navigation Systems Group has signed a sales agreement with Astral Aviation of Kenya to purchase seven units of the Star-ISMS (in-flight safety monitoring system) for seven of its cargo fleet, with an option of a further three aircraft in the next twelve months. The... more