Knatz to leave port of Los Angeles 
Geraldine Knatz, top executive of the port of Los Angeles since 2006, will retire at the end of the year. The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has appointed Gary Lee Moore, currently the city engineer, as general manager ad interim until a permanent replacement is found.... more
DB Schenker and ÖOC prolong collaboration
The German service provider DB Schenker and Austria’s Olympic Committee (ÖOC) are to prolong their alliance. The long-standing partners signed a new collaboration agreement in Vienna yesterday (9 October). The ÖOC has already relied on DB Schenker’s expertise for handling global... more
ECSA endorses new status of regular shipping services
The European Shipowners' Association has welcomed the fact that EU member states recently endorsed the Commission's proposal to grant further customs facilitations to shipping companies operating ships with the regular shipping service status. Union goods carried onboard... more
CIMC builds carbon neutral container chassis
The trailer builder CIMC Silvergreen is consistently pursuing its eco-friendly company strategy by delivering all SC03 container chassis with a carbon neutral production certificate. The firm, based in Neu-Ulm (Germany), already offers two types of vehicle that are built in a... more
ADC & HAS Airports broadens global presence
The Houston TX (USA)-based airport operator ADC & HAS Airports Worldwide has completed the acquisition of airport assets in Northern Ireland, Sweden and the USA from TBI Limited. The transaction includes the purchase of 100% of the shares in Belfast international airport,... more
E.R. Offshore renews management
Kai Naumann became the new managing director of the Hamburg (Germany)-based specialist shipping company E.R. Offshore GmbH & Cie (E.R. Offshore) this month (October). He is directly responsible for finance and technology, as well as for shore-based and offshore employees. On... more
Vanguard Logistics Services to expand throughout India
Vanguard Logistics Services recently reached an agreement with India-based Freight Systems to establish a Vanguard presence throughout the country, with effect from 1 November 2013. With this initiative, Vanguard will be present in 16 Indian cities to offer customers over 30... more
Ocean carriers have coped pretty well says Drewry
Drewry Maritime’s latest annual Container Market Annual Review and Forecast 2013/14 highlights that while there is a good deal of excessive market behaviour resulting in weak freight rates, ocean carriers have coped pretty well with deployment of tonnage in the main east-west... more
Extra shifts at Schmitz Cargobull
The heavy demand for box body semitrailers throughout Europe has ensured full order books at Schmitz Cargobull's Vreden competence centre. While competitors are reducing their production capacity due to lack of orders, Schmitz Cargobull's Vreden plant (Germany) is producing... more
Dusseldorf airport mourns its leader
Christoph Blume, chairman of the management board of Dusseldorf airport (Germany), has died unexpectedly at the age of 61. From 1997 to 2001 Blume was municipal director of Dusseldorf, the capital of the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, before transferring to the... more