Level brings IAG's cargo to Latin America 
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) and its sister airline Level, have announced a return to regular services from Barcelona to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. Level's services were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but will now resume... more
Daniel Bean honoured
Jax Chamber has elected Jaxport board secretary and retired US Navy Captain Daniel K. Bean (Photo) as the recipient of the 7th annual RDML Kevin F. Delaney Hall of Fame award in recognition for his significant contributions to the Jacksonville community as veteran. Bean... more
Partnering for e-commerce 
In Dubai Commer City, a warehouse zone dedicated as an e-commerce free zone, Hellmann has opened a multi-client warehouse. The planned investment to make the free zone a major hub for international e-commerce amounts to AED 3.2 billion (USD 900 million) on a surface covering... more
Ambitious plans
Transporting and warehousing pharmaceutical products of all types has assumed an even more important role in the logistics supply chain of late – especially in the wake of the global outbreak of Covid-19. Turkey is a key player in the field. more
Moscow DME renews Isago certification
Moscow Domodedovo airport (DME) has successfully met the requirements of the Iata safety audit for ground operations programme (Isago), renewing its certificate. For the latest certification, the Isago team assessed Domodedovo in the following categories: organisation and... more
DB Cargo to invest in logistics for steel giant
DB Cargo has signed a ten-year contract with Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel company, to supply its blast furnace in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany. By next summer, DB Cargo will purchase 352 multi-functional double wagons and 1,408 special containers to transport ore,... more
XPO promotes Patricia Sánchez
Global logistics solutions provider XPO Logistics has promoted Patricia Sánchez to the newly created position of customer service leader for the company’s business in Iberia and Morocco. Sánchez, who joined XPO in 2015 in the role of operational excellence manager and has... more
Inaction risks wave of bankruptcies
New research of the International Road Union (IRU) reveals the continuing catastrophic impact of Covid-19 on the commercial road transport industry, with a very high default and insolvency risk across the sector worldwide. Ranked on a risk scale from one to ten, all regions... more
Baltic Exchange's air freight indices take off
The Baltic Exchange, which already provides benchmark assessments for the maritime markets, has launched weekly air freight indices. As announced earlier this year, it has partnered with Hong Kong-based air cargo pricing publisher TAC Index, published since 2016, and the new... more
A French coup and a new split
The internationalisation of the Versmold (Germany)-headquartered Nagel-Group, which started about twenty years ago, is undergoing a reshuffle. Under the direction of group's new CEO Carsten Taucke, a part of the network is to be sold: the French provider of... more