Audi chooses Gerd Walker 
Peter Kössler, who has been the board member for production and logistics at Audi since 2017, will retire as planned on 1 February 2022. His successor will be Gerd Walker, who began his career at Audi in production and is currently in charge of production at the Volkswagen Group... more
Train brings poultry to Uzbekistan
The first load is already on its way as a pilot export shipment. The transport, including all (customs) formalities, is being handled by Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) for the Resource Group, which is one of the largest Russian agricultural exporters. Agro-Express is... more
How to tackle Brexit, again
Brexit continues to pose major challenges for transport companies serving routes to UK. With Hegelmann Transport Ferry Service (HTFS), the Hegelmann Group has organised its own solution for logistics companies to help them handle cross-border transport, book ferry, bridge,... more
Long-range drones: first vaccine delivery
Zipline, a major global player in instant logistics, has successfully completed the first long-range drone delivery of both authorised mRNA Covid-19 vaccines requiring ultra-cold-chain in Ghana. The collaboration of Zipline, Pfizer and Biontech, which worked together earlier... more
K Line adds another vessel
In Japan, Tadotsu Shipyard, a part of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, has completed and delivered the 90,000 dwtT bulk carrier "Lin Miarak". The vessel will be regularly engaged in coal transportation for the Japanese shipper Kobe Steel under a long-term... more
Stewart Angus returns to Dnata
Global air and travel services provider Dnata has appointed Stewart Angus as its regional chief executive officer for Europe. In his new role, Angus will lead Dnata’s airport operations at 23 airports in six countries in Europe, managing 6,300 highly-trained employees.... more
Improving rail links between Turkey and EU
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a EUR 150 m loan to the Turkish government for the construction of a 67 km section of the high-speed railway line from Istanbul to the Bulgarian border. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
When US actress Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016) was cast in the musical ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ (1952), she couldn't dance. Her colleague and musical superstar Gene Kelly (1912–1996) taught her. more
Imperial's new facility in Terneuzen
Imperial Logistics has inaugurated a larger tank-cleaning facility to extend its cleaning services for third parties as well as its own Netherlands-based tanker fleet. The new location, at Terneuzen, replaces Imperial’s smaller operational site at Axel. It has three separate... more
Bio-LNG saves 87 t of CO2
In June 2021, DHL Freight and Shell started piloting a Bio-LNG solution (bio-liquefied natural gas from sustainable biomass) on three trucks to sustainably reduce CO2 emissions in road freight traffic for DHL's customer Grundfos, a pump manufacturer. In the first five... more