New sales and marketing director 
                     
                    Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has further bolstered its sales and marketing team by hiring Armen Keuleyan as the director the unit from 1 March 2021. Michael Zahra, DDC’s president and CEO, said that “we're also adding representatives to the sales and marketing department to... more
 Stef Group hit hard by Covid-19 
                     
                    The pandemic inflicted heavy casualties on the Stef Group, a European provider of temperature-controlled transport and logistics services for food products. 2020's annual results saw operating income contracting by 28% to EUR 117 million compared to EUR 162.9 million in... more
 Well prepared 
                     
                    The Munich-based logistician has recorded increasing demand for warehouse space and handling in the airfreight and parcels segments. Brexit brought in some new clients. more
 Now four round-trips in key service  
                     
                    The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is increasing the frequency of its intermodal TransFER service Linz-Wels-Duisburg to four round-trips a week from 5 April 2021, thus enhancing its offer for FCL and FTL transport between Austria and Germany with a fixed timetable and attractive... more
 Bringing Thai Cargo back on track 
                     
                    Thai Airways International and Thailand Post Distribution (THPD) join forces on research and development in logistics and e-commerce, according to an MoU which has been signed by Suvadhana Sibunruang, the airline's EVP, aviation business units, and THPD managing director Peera... more
 Solar powered system tracks milk deliveries  
                     
                    Australian haulier McColl’s Transport has implemented a new form of telematics tracking throughout its milk division. The independent carrier of dairy, food and consumer and industrial chemicals has partnered with Orbcomm. The tracking system is solar powered, monitors the... more
 Very big transactions 
                     
                    Aercap, a global leader in aircraft leasing headquartered in Dublin, is to acquire its competitor GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas). GE will receive 111.5 million newly issued Aercap shares, USD 24 billion of cash and USD 1 billion of Aercap notes and/or cash. Upon... more
 Ready for e-commerce? 
                     
                    The e-commerce-boom opens up new opportunities, but are companies ready to seize them? Geodis and Accenture have jointly developed a methodological approach to measure the level of e-commerce readiness in cooperation with 200 companies. The new kid on the block is called... more
 2020: Ranking of European Ports 
                     
                    In the pandemic year 2020, the 15 European ports with the most container traffic handled 76.8 million teu, 2.8% less than in 2019. Some of the ports registered significant double-digit downturns in H1/2020, but a generalised recovery in the second half of the year allowed... more
 Two appointments at American Club 
                     
                    Shipowners Claims Bureau (SCB), managers of the American Club, has appointed Andrew Dyer and Niki Tiga (photo) in its Piraeus office (Greece) to consolidate service to club members and EOM insureds. They replace Despina Beveratou, who is pursuing new interests. Currently a... more

