BNSF Logistics has named Dan Curtis as its new president.
Mr Curtis has been chief operating officer since 2014, and before that was chief financial officer for three years.
“I am truly excited for the opportunity to serve our people, …

Presence in West Africa expanded / Investments in growing markets

On February 1, 2018, Hapag-Lloyd moved into its own new office in Tema, the most important port city in Ghana. Effective immediately, the company will be represented at the local …

Analyst Jefferies today updated its research on European freight forwarders, downgrading two, upgrading one and predicting DSV will buy a $1bn+ forwarder.
Noting that, while the pace of trade had picked up last year – growth in air freight increasing …

Container terminal operator DP World handled a record 70.1m teu at its global facilities last year – 10.1% more boxes  than in 2016.
On a like-for-like basis, the world’s third-biggest operator increased its container throughput by 9.7% in 2017 at …

It is clear from talking to chief executive Graham Parker that he does not consider his firm, Kontainers, comparable with technology-based forwarders such as Flexport.
Yet both offer a digital rate platform and seem determined to drag the ocean freight …

Zeaborn Logistics has acquired Erck Rickmer’s ship management and ship brokerage activities.
However, the sale won’t see Erck Rickmers Group depart the maritime sector.
Subject to approval by antitrust authorities, the purchase takes retrospective effect from 1 January but no …

US-based Western Global Airlines (WGA), an ACMI carrier founded in 2013 by Southern Air’s Jim Neff, has submitted an application to the US Department of Transport to expand its scheduled cargo service beyond China and Hong Kong.
The documents show …