Archives
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- April 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
February 2016

New bosses for Panalpina
CEO Peter Ulber has been nominated as Panalpina's new chairman at the annual general meeting due to be held on 10 May. He would succeed Dr Rudolf Hug who has served as chairman since 2007 and will not stand for re-election due to the age limitation in the company’s bylaws. Current regional CEO for Asia Pacific, Stefan Karlen has been designated to succeed Ulber as the next chief executive officer. [+]
Warrant Group appoints three new directors
Warrant Group has recruited three new corporate development managers to help it to pursue its growth aspirations. Ian Tyson, Stephen Hannigan and Daniel Giddings have joined the business with a remit to drive through a value for money solutions based approach and deliver “exceptional customer service.” They join Warrant Group’s sales ... [+]
NileDutch upgrades West Africa routes
NileDutch is upgrading its Europe to West Africa container service into a-two-loop operation. The existing West Europe – West Africa Service, known as WEWA, will be upgraded to weekly sailings Operating from the north-west Continent and Portugal to Tanger, Pointe Noire, Luanda, Lobito,, Namibe and Abidjan. At the same time a ... [+]
Making tracks
As a major dockside rail operator Associated British Ports (ABP) knows a thing or two about funding track improvement works. But in its latest venture, the tracks in question are not the standard 4' 8½” gauge but 7¼", 5” and down to a minuscule 3½”. The rails in question belong to ... [+]
Transmec offers intermodal option
Groupage specialist Transmec has launched a UK-Italy intermodal link with three departures per week each way. It uses a direct rail connection between Zeebrugge, Belgium, and Novara in north-west Italy and includes collect and ship capability from across the UK and forward shipment by road throughout Italy. It complements Transmec's existing ... [+]
Stobart sells Carlisle airport site
Stobart Group has completed the sale of its 315,000sq ft distribution centre at Carlisle Airport to real estate fund Gramercy Europe for £16.9m, marking the successful conclusion of the first phase of development at the airport. Stobart acquired the airport in May 2009 for £9.9m in order to develop the ... [+]
Battery ban is blunt instrument, say shippers
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has described a recent International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ban on lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft as “disappointing”. The UK-headquarterd group says that it goes against previous recommendations and does not address the wider problem of undeclared battery shipments or low-quality counterfeits. ICAO has ... [+]
Stansted in the space age
Stansted airport recently took delivery of a spacecraft payload module when it arrived from Moscow on board one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL76 freighters. The module and three tons of support equipment was flown from Sheremetyevo Airport to Essex in a move organised by DG Terminal. During the flight, a specific temperature was ... [+]
Ceva opens Down Under site
Ceva Logistics has opened a 60,000m2 multi-user complex at Hazelmere, and a bespoke 40,000m2 integrated transport and new vehicle storage facility at High Wycombe, a suburb of Perth, close the the city's airport.A clue – if any is needed – that the new site isn't in the northwest fringes of ... [+]
No waiting
A new 5.2 mile access channel directly linking the East Port Said port complex to the Mediterranean Sea has been officially opened. It eliminates a 6-8 hour wait for vessels heading to the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) for the next convoy and gives 24-hour access for ultra-large container ships ... [+]
[aas_zone zone_id="13529"]