Ateia-Oltra re-elects Manuel Herrera 
Ateia-Oltra, the association of freight forwarders, international forwarders and other providers in the province of Las Palmas, representing the logistics, transport and customs handling sector, held its ordinary general assembly on Thursday, 4 November 2021, with the... more
More P3 in Spain
Logistics real estate developer P3 Logistic Parks has invested in the Mediterranean corridor and acquired a Spanish logistics portfolio from a joint venture between KKR, Round Hill Capital and Pulsar Properties, for an amount of EUR 108 million. The estate includes around... more
Investments to cut emissions at Felixstowe
While the COP26 conference is taking place in Glasgow, Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has placed orders for 48 battery-powered terminal tractors and 17 zero-emission remote controlled electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (ReARTGs). The new two-wheel drive tractor units,... more
Loxx appoints Uwe Karrenberg
Uwe Karrenberg was elected managing director of Loxx Lagerlogistik in October 2021. He now shares the leadership of the company with Alexander Brockt. Karrenberg succeeds Nicolai Weber, who had been managing director since 2015. Karrenberg brings extensive experience from... more
Converting four ATSG 767-300 into freighters
Air Transport Services Group, the world’s largest lessor of 767-300 converted freighters, has contracted with Boeing for the conversion of four aircraft to 767-300 Boeing converted freighters (BCF). “Our continued confidence in the 767-300 platform, now coupled with the... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Blue whales eat krill containing half a million calories in one mouthful. These calories are more than 240 times the energy the whale uses to scoop the krill into its mouth. more
Lagermax and Night Star Express join forces
The Lagermax Group, headquartered in Salzburg, and the overnight express service provider Night Star Express will be cooperating from 1 January 2022. Lagermax AED is a subsidiary of the Lagermax Group and was founded in 1991. The company has over 30 branches in Austria and... more
Biodiesel trucks deliver beauty products
Bolloré Logistics Singapore and L'Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific have jointly launched a biofuel solution for local trucking services that will be used to deliver L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific’s beauty products across the country. This development marks a new stage in... more
Substantial investments
Sustainability was at the heart of Grimaldi’s XXIV Euro-Med Convention, held in Valencia. It focused on investment in new technologies for newbuildings as well as vessels already in the fleet, and on intermodal and other strategic measures. According to managing director... more
60 new tractor units to modernise fleet
UK-based Owens Group is to replace 90% of the trucks operating out of its Carrington site in Greater Manchester with 60 Volvo FH 460 Globetrotter tractor units. The new vehicles will be delivered in three batches over the next nine months. The new fleet comes with three... more