Contargo announced it would be increasing an emergency surcharge of €10 per transport of full or empty containers to €25 from 1 September, heaping new misery on shippers that faced a week of closures on the Rhine. Contargo said: “As well as the massive problems in seaports, substantial bottle...

At the CCPIT’s Monday briefing, China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) secretary-general Sun Xiao said 56% of respondents reported raw material prices and logistics costs were high; while 62.5% said order volumes had been unstable, with small quantities exceeding larger quantities. On a ...

Mr Widelund has extensive experience in the logistics and transport sector, beginning his career at Nordisk Transport, responsible for traffic sales. His next role was taking responsibility for freight procurement at Swedish industrial manufacturer Alimak, which was followed by a stint as site mana...

Celeste Thomasson, pictured left, becomes executive vice-president and general counsel for the group. She has board experience, as general counsel for Safran USA, followed by a role as president and CEO of MorphoTrak and as a board member of Zodiac Aerospace. She became CEO of Safran Seats UK in 201...

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has steadily ramped up cargo movement contracts on the route, moving some 114 containers and 3,000 tonnes of other freight between May and July, according to regional industry sources. Some of that traction could be attributed to a new currency tradin...

Louis Paul Tardif, who was director, economic analysis & research for Transport Canada for nearly 15 years, joins SASI as senior associate, based in Ottawa. Stan Wraight, president and CEO of SASI, said: “Louis Paul brings the highest level of knowledge and skill sets needed today as SASI World b...

To nobody’s surprise, the integrator is raising surcharges for parcel deliveries, with the biggest impact hitting large shippers, as much of the mechanism is volume-based, hitting those that send more than 20,000 packages a week. The surcharges will kick in on 30 October, and stay until 14 Januar...

Mr Ball was with the Russian carrier for 15 years, most recently as GE aviation key account manager for Europe, but also held the roles of deputy ground operations manager EMEA and operations manager Frankfurt. Mr Ball said he was “really looking forward to being a part of this world-class teamâ€...

Heartland Express is to acquire Contract Freighters’ dry van and temperature-controlled truckload business and CFI Logistica’s operations in Mexico, both from TFI International, for $525m. The merger excludes CFI Dedicated and CFI Logistics US brokerage operations, which were retained by TFI. ...

The veteran journalist will trek for more than 10 days on behalf of the UK’s the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN). Mr King said he was motivated by the poor treatment of seafarers during the Covid pandemic. “I thought the treatment of these crews was abhorrent,...