Kerry Logistics launches rail service between Europe and China

Kerry Logistics has launched a weekly scheduled less than container load (LCL) rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Shanghai via the Yiwu terminal in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using its own consolidation containers. Last week, fellow freight forwarder CEVA Logistics also launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China’s Guangdong province to […]

Sea freight constraints give boost to IAG on Europe-APAC lanes

IAG Cargo has seen a boom in demand on key routes from Europe into Asia Pacific (APAC) over the first two months of the year. Cargo volumes from Europe to APAC over this period have increased by 23 per cent when compared to the same timeframe in 2016, with fashion, spare parts, fresh fish and […]

DSV restructures management team

Freight forwarder DSV has appointed two new divisional chief commercial officers (CCO) to “further develop our commercial activities and customer relationships”. The new team of divisional CCOs are for DSV Air & Sea Holding, Michael D. Hansen; DSV Road Holding, Wilbert Tholhuijsen; DSV Solutions, Meinderdjan Botman; and DSV Sub Saharan Africa, Jenny Purchase. All DSV divisions and Sub Saharan Africa now have a […]

VIDEO: How Multi-modal Operators Face Their Challenges

Challenges are extensive for multi modal cargo operators and even more so with the rise of complex cool chain cargo and the growth of e-commerce. Azura Productions spoke to Jan de Rijk Logistics chief executive officer and president of the Cool Chain Association, Sebastiaan Scholte (CEO) about the problems and solutions facing multi-modal cargo operations. Jan […]