Arkas orders eco-vessels 
Arkas, a leading Turkish container shipping line, is scaling up its liner fleet to 59 vessels by 2028, reinforcing its strategic role in regional and intercontinental trade. The company has ordered ten next-generation containerships — six 4,300 teu and four 3,100 teu units —... more
Emissions guideline for car carriers
Six leading ro-ro operators and the Japanese ship classification society ClassNK have launched the first industry-wide guidelines to calculate GHG emissions intensity in ro-ro shipping. The guidelines, developed with the Smart Freight Centre, enable accurate scope 3 emissions... more
Schneider takes the helm at SAE
System Alliance Europe (SAE), one of Europe’s largest groupage networks, has appointed Tassilo Schneider (on the right) as its new chairman. He succeeded Oliver Rüter, who joined the supervisory board and was named honorary president at SAE’s recent general... more
WiseTech acquires E2Open
WiseTech Global has signed a binding agreement to acquire the US SaaS logistics platform E2Open for USD 2.1 billion. The deal will be fully debt-funded and is expected to close in the first half of 2026. With E2Open’s network of 500,000 connected companies WiseTech aims to... more
Azur celebrates seven awards
The Azur network and its partners secured seven 'Recircle Awards 2025', underlining their efforts in sustainable tyre recycling and retreading. Azur is Germany’s ‘Allianz Zukunft Reifen’ (AZuR), an alliance for the future of tyres. Honours went to Azur partners Genan,... more
Hefei–Liège service by China Cargo Airlines
China Cargo Airlines has launched a scheduled B777F freighter service connecting Hefei in eastern China with Liège airport in Belgium. The new route, inaugurated on 23 May, will operate three times a week and strengthen the growing Asia–Europe airfreight corridor. Hefei, a... more
Strengthening port infrastructure and international trade
Ports of Indiana hosted a high-level trade mission from the port of Antwerp-Bruges recently to expand economic ties and explore new container routes between Europe and the US Midwest. The visit builds on a 2024 memorandum of understanding and targets sectors such as advanced... more
Customs processes going digital
Hamburg-based IT providers Dakosy and Logward have launched a new collaboration to digitalise logistics processes. Their first joint project is a ‘customs hub’, a tool that aims to simplify customs declarations through early planning and consolidation. It connects advantages... more
Cargoboard joins CargoNexx platform
CargoNexx, a digital logistics software provider, has entered a technology partnership with Cargoboard, a European digital freight forwarder. From late May onwards Cargoboard will be integrated into CargoNexx’s transport management platform, offering small and medium-sized... more
Scortrans rolls out eCMR
Codognotto and Scortrans have completed a cross-border transport using only the electronic consignment note (eCMR) on the Italy–Austria corridor, in line with EU regulation (EU) 2020/1056. The operation on 22 May was a part of the EU's 'eFTI4EU' project, included digital... more