More Bauhaus products in Czech warehouse 
German DIY retailer Bauhaus has renewed and extended its e-commerce logistics contract with FM Logistic. The expanded range of services offered has doubled the size of the Lovosice fulfilment centre in Czechia, close to the German border, from 30,000 to 60,000 sqm. The... more
Fedex Express boosts freight capacity
Fedex Express, a subsidiary of Fedex Corp and the world’s largest express transportation company, has boosted its intra-Europe air network capacity with the addition of three new flights and four flight capacity upgrades, adding a total of almost 210,000 kg of weekly capacity on... more
CMA CGM looks back in joy
The results for the French carrier CMA CGM and its logistics affiliates in Q3/2021 follow the current trend. While consolidated revenues amounted to USD 15.3 billion, almost doubling the figures of the same period in 2020, consolidated ebitda grew to USD 7.1 billion and net... more
Over 1,000 CNG trucks for European operations
Iveco has signed another deal with Amazon: the USA-headquartered online dealer recently placed an order for 1,064 trucks. Amazon has already taken delivery of the first 216 Iveco s-way CNG trucks to be operated by its partners in Europe. Deliveries of the remaining 848 units are... more
Chapman Freeborn picks Malcolm Dsouza
Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Malcolm Dsouza as its new director, India. Dsouza joins the business following over ten years at Jeena & Company, India’s largest freight forwarder in the global market.... more
Laurels for technology in logistics 
Founded in 2016, technology company Insta Freight has reached seventh place in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 2021. With this award, Deloitte honours the 50 growth champions in the tech industry, based on their percentage revenue growth over the past four financial years. The... more
First A330P2F re-delivered to MNG Airlines
In April, MNG Airlines became EFW’s (Elbe Flugzeug Werke) first Turkish customer to invest in converting an A330 passenger aircraft to freighter. Turkey’s first A330-300P2F is now leaving EFW's facilities after a planned seven months of conversion. With more to come for MNG,... more
Rail-to-truck transfer capacity added
The Carolina Connector (CCX) intermodal terminal near Raleigh in North Carolina, USA, is open for business. Located on a mainline of the US class I railway CSX, the new terminal adds rail-to-truck transfer capacity for domestic and international container shipments. CCX... more
Atlantic Loop 3 calls at Jaxport
It's the first time that Hapag-Lloyd’s Atlantic Loop 3 (AL3) European-US container service has called the Florida-based Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport). The vessel is berthing at Jaxport’s Trapac Container Terminal at Dames Point for at least the next eight weeks to avoid... more
"Curiosity of the Day"
The berries of the potato plant are poisonous, as are the tubers if they are eaten raw. more