Australia Post completes leadership team 
Australia Post group CEO and managing director Paul Graham has completed his new leadership team, following his first four months in the job, in which time he has listened to feedback from customers and stakeholders in the network, as well as team members.The executive team will... more
Barcelona handles ever-more ULCVs
Huge containerships are also leaving their mark on the port of Barcelona. Between January and November 2021, the number of calls from ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) with a capacity of more than 20,000 teu increased by 78% compared to the same period in 2020, to a total of... more
Aemli 2022 – China and India retain top spots
China and India held their No. 1 and 2 ranking in the ‘2022 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index’ (Aemli), the company’s 13th annual snapshot of industry sentiment and ranking of the world’s 50 leading emerging markets. The UAE, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,... more
Gas trucks between two Danish towns
TIP Europe has entered into a partnership with Iveco and Post Nord for greener transport. The truck rental and leasing company TIP Europe has supplied ten sustainable Iveco gas tractors to Post Nord in Denmark. The new Iveco S-Way vehicles have a 460 hp gas engine that runs on... more
Farewell Atatürk, welcome ‘Smartist’
Turkish Cargo now manages all of its airfreight operations through a new facility, located at Istanbul IST airport and called ‘Smartist’. Turkish Cargo moved its freight operations on passenger flights to IST after the latter opened in 2019. It simultaneously continued its ... more
À la carte from ECS
The ECS Group now offers an à-la-carte menu called ‘new abilities’, based on two decades of experience. ‘New abilities’ is the second pillar in the group’s augmented GSA concept, offering ten modules to support air cargo clients around the world. The ‘all-in’ option improves... more
Changes for K Line executive officers
The board of directors of K Line (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd) made the following changes for some executive officers on 3 February. Fumiyoshi Sato was promoted from general manager of the legal group to executive officer, with effect from 1 April 2022.Yutaka Nakagawa, managing... more
Grendi Group pushy in 2021
The Genoa-based Gruppo Grendi’s performance improved in 2021, with turnover surging to EUR 68.6 million (+19% compared to 2020). Since the group established its home port in the terminal of Marina di Carrara, between La Spezia and Livorno, in 2016, it has doubled its turnover... more
Panattoni discovering Austria
The US company Panattoni is expanding its footprint in Europe. The developer of industrial and logistics real estate is establishing a branch in the Austrian capital Vienna. The office is opening in February and is managed by project developer Jürgen Winklbauer. Panattoni... more
Anniversary train delivers 453 t of bananas
Government ministers were on hand to flag off the 1,000th trip of Central Railway’s Kisan Rail link (farmer’s rail) in India. The train from Savda to Adarsh Nagar (Delhi) had 23 wagons with 453 t of bananas on board. So far, 345,000 t of farm produce has already been... more