Deugro strengthens position in Sweden 
Deugro has opened an office in Gothenburg, Sweden to provide the full scope of project freight forwarding & logistics solution for Swedish customers. The company has completing various projects in the Swedish project logistics market over the past years, especially for... more
Closer to Amazon
With a new partnership, Chicago-based Seko Logistics is opening up to a number of Amazon Aggregators. The new deal will include co-branded products and expand Seko’s offering to include Amazon FBA fulfilment services. The partner is My FBA Prep. Seko will bring in its full range... more
Finnlines: all good things come in threes
The Chinese shipyard China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) has delivered the third hybrid ro-ro vessel for Finnlines. Each of the three ships is 238 m long, with a cargo capacity of 5,800 lane metres. Consequently, the vessels can carry 400 trailers per voyage. Compared... more
Drone deliveries in Edmonton now in service
DDC (Drone Delivery Canada Corp.) has put its Edmonton International Airport (“EIA”) initiative into commercial operation. This revenue generating project will be running for a 12-month term. The project will enable defined-route deliveries from EIA to off-airport locations... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Australian wren subspecies Malurus cyaneus can distinguish already in the egg whether there are birds of their own species or strangers in the vicinity. more
Partnership in Brazil bears fruit
Automated Mercedes-Benz trucks have been used in the Brazilian sugar cane harvest since 2019. Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has configured its Axor truck specifically for automated harvesting operations as part of a development partnership with the Brazilian agricultural technology... more
ITS celebrates 30th anniversary
Founded on 17. May 1992, ITS - International Transport & Shipping is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Massimo Bianco, Javier Sanchez and Fabrizio Cassai took over the company in 2009. One year later they brought Patric Bund on board. At that time, ITS and its... more
Heppner and CTL: a new approach
The general cargo alliance Cargo Trans Logistik (CTL) is relaunching its general cargo transports to France in cooperation with the French forwarding and logistics company Heppner. CTL partner companies can now feed in their goods for Germany via Heppner locations, which... more
More road freight congestion ahead?
The European full and part load network Elvis and the German association of small and medium-sized enterprises BVMW have warned of new problems for supply chains. Bottlenecks in the German rail network are threatening to increase congestion in road freight traffic if more... more
Vietjet prepares for more cargo volumes
Vietjet reports consolidated revenue of VND 12,875 billion (approx. USD555 million) for 2021, with an after-tax profit of VND 80 billion. The privately held carrier, which will pay a 20% stock dividend, has bounced back and expanded its flight network (76 aircraft flying to 44... more