Swissport chooses Ilse De Loof 

Ilse De Loof will join Swissport as general counsel & company secretary and member of the executive leadership team on 1 April 2022. De Loof served as group general counsel & corporate secretary at the Netherland-based LBC Tank Terminals Group since 2011 and acted as... more
MSK Pharmalogistik finds new location 

The family-run pharmaceutical logistics service provider MSK Pharmalogistic from Heppenheim, Germany, is moving into a new location. In the new Panattoni Park Mannheim North, the company is planning a logistics centre certified as GDP (good distribution practice) and GMP (good... more
ITJ 15-16/2022 

Dear readers,Peace is best attained by preparing for war – not a maxim that’s limited to the political-military context. Logistics, which as a concept originates precisely from the military field, has no choice but to function according to the same principle – at least since the... more
740 km of Indian network electrified 

Konkan Rail, one of the biggest rail networks in India, is moving towards net zero carbon emission: In its efforts to electrify its entire broad-gauge network, Konkan Railway has accomplished the 100% electrification of all its 741 km route network in India. The foundation... more
Delivering poppy seed pods is not funny 

At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, CBP agriculture specialists and officers examining arriving international cargo inspected a shipment of manifested “dried flowers.” Inside the packages, they found 2.5 kg of Papaver sp. or poppy seed pods. Since pods such as these... more
Schenker's profit exceeds EUR 1 billion 

DB Cargo and DB Schenker, Deutsche Bahn's railfreight and logistics divisions, are on the upswing. DB Cargo carried 6.3% more goods by rail in 2021 than in 2020. Transport performance rose by 7.9% and operating performance on DB's rail network by around 4% to 1.1 billion tkm.... more
Yet more chartered vessels 

In a new charter transaction with a group of investors initiated by MPC Capital, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has decided to add more vessels to its fleet. The Haifa-based shipping group will charter a total of up to six 5,500 teu wide beam newbuild vessels for a period... more
Keeping the wheels turning in the air 

Within just two weeks, Czech cargo handler Skyport has handled over 11 t of automotive parts across six charter flights from Prague to Girona (GRO) in northeast Spain. Both ATR-42 and Saab 340 aircraft, operated by Air Charter Service (ACS), were utilised to fly the cargo to its... more