Partnership to boost growth in Germany 
Europa Road in UK is strengthening its German services by partnering with operator Noerpel. The cooperation enables Europa to provide an additional route, boosting its services with a new daily round trip connection to the South of Germany. It will add further capacity for the... more
Farsound relocates
The Farsound team has moved into its new 5,389 sqm headquarters in Brentwood Essex, UK. The state-of-the art property is located close to Farsound’s old HQ building and has been designed and built entirely from scratch. The building, which is considerably bigger than the... more
WFS and Aena launch AGV trial in Barcelona
A proof-of-concept trial for autonomous vehicles to move cargo between the warehouse and apron has been launched at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona - El Prat Airport as part of an innovation project between Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Aena, the main airport operator, with 46... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
It took 13 years to sell 50 million television sets, and only three to sell the same number of iPods. more
A promotion and a return
Scanlog has appointed Myriam Nyström, formerly operations manager for sea freight, as commercial director sea freight solutions. “She has a strong business acumen and an excellent manner of handling our customers and suppliers,” says Martin Ytander, COO. Nyström has worked... more
K Line Chile – 50 years of experience
The 50th anniversary ceremony, including a traditional sake barrel breaking ceremony, of the company K Line Chile brought together 150 people in Santiago de Chile, among which were His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan to Chile, Kazuhisa Shibuya, and Chilean governmental... more
Pall-Ex network to get new tracking software
Pall-Ex in UK is partnering with technology specialist The Algorithm People which will help to offer best in class tracking for customers. Following an extensive tender process, Pall-Ex chose The Algorithm People’s Optimize package to help deliver its Nexus ETA project. This... more
Rail/sea transport service to China launched
Trans Container has started to transport export cargoes to China via the First Container Terminal in the Russian port of Saint Petersburg. It is planned to organise shipments twice a month. The sea leg of the journey is arranged by the Chinese company Torgmoll. The service... more
All's well that ends well?
The four creditors' meetings and the creditors' committee of the main company of the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group have each voted unanimously for the bid with the highest purchase price. Thus, the insolvency administrator will be selling the Southwest German airport to Triwo, a... more
Crossing the Rhine
A special project currently links the banks of the river Rhine near Basel, between Grenzach (Germany) and Birsfelden (Switzerland). This is where Birsterminal is dismantling and transferring a hall covering a total area of approximately 19,000 m2, originally used by Roche, to... more