Contecon Guayaquil combatting carbon emissions 
Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) in Ecuador recently became the first port in South America to obtain a carbon-neutral certification. The country's ministry of environment and environmental ratings agency, Sambito, has thus recognised the Contecon operator ICTSI's commitment to the... more
Rhenus acquires Core Management Logistics in UK
Rhenus Warehousing Solutions Europe has acquired the British 3PL provider, Core Management Logistics (CML). The company, headquartered in Lutterworth, provides warehousing, pre-retail, freight forwarding and distribution services in the UK. CML has three warehouses with over... more
Gianclaudio Neri heading up Ceva Italy
Gianclaudio Neri has been appointed managing director of Ceva Logistics’ Italy cluster. Based in Milan, he takes up his position with immediate effect and reports directly to CEO, Xavier Urbain. Neri succeeds Christophe Poitrineau who is leaving Ceva to pursue other career... more
SMEs to benefit from innovative e-commerce offer
DB Schenker is establishing a strategic partnership with Magento, a global provider of e-commerce platforms. The move that combines DB Schenker’s global market and logistics fulfilment experience with the powerful customisation and flexibility of the Magento e-commerce platform... more
Expanding SF Airlines has hub plans for Chengdu
SF Airlines, a Shenzhen-based airfreight brand within the SF Holding, recently added the 49th and 50th full freighter aircraft to its fleet, "thus officially becoming a medium-size airline", as the privately held Chinese company pointed out. Only a few days later,... more
Linking China and the Philippines
On 18 January, the CMA CGM affiliate APL is launching a new weekly China Southeast Asia Express (CSX) service that will connect Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan to four ports in the Philippines - namely Subic Bay, Batangas, General Santos and Davao. The new sailing will... more
Khryapov appointed CEO of United Wagon Company
Timofey Vladimirovich Khryapov has been appointed CEO of the Russian research and production corporation United Wagon Company (UWC). As CEO, Khryapov will work to make the company attractive to investors and implement business strategy priorities, with a particular focus on... more
Share Logistics nets 25% of Asthon Cargo
The Spanish forwarder Asthon Cargo, operator of offices in Bilbao, Valencia, Barcelona, Algeciras and Vigo, is to sell 25% of its capital to Share Logistics, the logistics subsidiary of the Dutch financial group Count. This modus operandi will boost Asthon Cargo’s... more
Shuttle to link Kiel-Norwegenkai and Hamburg-Billwerder
The German intermodal provider, Kombiverkehr, is creating a link between the port of Kiel’s Norwegenkai and Hamburg-Billwerder. The company said that Norwegenkai will be once again connected to various domestic terminal locations in the de.NETdirekt+ network and certain... more
MSC and Messina finally engaged
Switzerland-based MSC has acquired 49% of the Messina Group's shares. Banca Carige and Messina say that they have reached a final agreement about the debt terms and that they believe the MSC Group will play an active role as a new partner. Messina Group, Banca Carige and... more