Haropa-Port du Havre freezes harbour dues 
The Haropa ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris (all France) have frozen their harbour dues for containerships and car transporters in 2014. Furthermore, the port is keeping its tariff rebates related to transhipments in place. The discounts amount to 60% for vessels of less than... more
Menlo sees itself right on track in Europe
With year-on-year net revenue growth of 16% and nearly 50,000 sqm of additional warehouse space, the logistics service provider Menlo Worldwide Logistics believes its cost-saving focus and lean principles of continuous improvement are behind a successful increase in its European... more
Two more airlines grounded
Evergreen International Airlines Inc, an Oregon-based US provider of airfreight and transport services, sought bankruptcy protection after creditors asked a court to force the company to pay off debts. The petition filed in a US bankruptcy court in Wilmington DE, cited as much... more
New president for APL Logistics
Beat Simon is to become the president of the APL Logistics subsidiary of the NOL Group, effective 1 March 2014. He joins APL Logistics from Agility, where he held a range of senior management positions since 2006. He relinquished the post of CEO of Agility Europe, which included... more
Mercedes-Benz Trucks in Brazil lands another large order
Mercedes-Benz do Brazil will start immediate deliveries of 607 Mercedes-Benz trucks to two major customers. Of this total, 357 medium-duty Mercedes-Benz Atrons are going to the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil and 250 Mercedes-Benz Atron and Axor trucks to the... more
New freighter accident and revelations about Embraer crash
Further to the Aviation Safety Network, the captain of LAM flight 470 that crashed in Namibia on 29 November 2013 (see ITJ Daily of 3 December 2013) deliberately caused the accident. Preliminary investigation results indicate that the sudden descent of LAM flight TM-470 from... more
Shell extends partnership with Waberer's International
Waberer’s International and Royal Dutch Shell are extending their current cooperation agreement. Over the last ten years Shell has provided diesel fuel via its European retail network for Waberer's more than 3,000 trucks. These vehicles do up to 500 million km per year... more
Concerns about Hyundai's self-rescue plan
The South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) recently announced that it is planning to sell its core assets Hyundai Securities, Hyundai Savings Bank and Hyundai Asset Management in a bid to avoid a liquidity crisis and lower its high debt ratio. It is thought... more
New appointments at Eurotunnel
Groupe Eurotunnel has selected Emmanuel Moulin as its deputy chief executive officer and Nicolas Brossier as director of rolling stock. Moulin, who was previously chief financial and corporate activities officer, reports to Jacques Gounon, chairman and CEO. Michel... more
Strategic concentration of regions
DB Schenker Logistics merged two regions - Europe North and East - at the beginning of 2014. Leadership of the new Europe North & East region will be shouldered by Göran Åberg, the previous Europe East regional director. Karsten Keller, the current chief financial officer of... more