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22.10.2019

Succession secured at Harder logistics

The family-run specialised business Harder logistics, which focuses on business relocations and bespoke logistics projects, has taken another step to pave the way for the future. Johannes Danieli will assume the position of...

22.10.2019

Goldbeck builds multi-user warehouses for Nosta Logistics

After a construction period of five months, Goldbeck Nord has handed over two multi-user warehouses to the owner and customer Nosta Logistics in Ladbergen (Germany). This is already the third major project that Goldbeck has...

22.10.2019

New services between Great Britain and Portugal

The Netherlands-based shipping group with roots in Iceland, Samskip, is launching a new direct weekly service connecting Portugal and the UK. The company intends to sustain its links between Tilbury (UK), Lisbon and Leixões in...

22.10.2019

New head for Ceva's global healthcare business development

As part of its continuing focus on the expansion of its healthcare business, Ceva Logistics has appointed Niels van Namen global head of healthcare business development. He will report to Ceva's CCO, Laurent Binetti. With...

22.10.2019

Envirotainer upgrades pharma ULD network

Envirotainer, a global provider of secure cold chain solutions for the air transport of pharmaceuticals, has upgraded its network of stations supporting its state-of-the-art e-technology container, the "RAP e2", by...

22.10.2019

Wolfurt on the way to becoming a paperless terminal

In its first year of operation, the new ÖBB intermodal terminal in Wolfurt, Austria, loaded more than 70,800 containers on or off trains, 14,238 of which were containers coming from or going to Hamburg (Germany). This means that...

22.10.2019

BMW group extends contract with Bergé Gefco

Bergé Gefco has extended its contract with the BMW group until 2025. The logistics specialist will take over various services for the BMW and Mini brands, including the transport of new and used vehicles and handling, storage and...

22.10.2019

"Project Sunrise": Longest range - less cargo

The first non-stop commercial airline flight from New York (USA) to Sydney (Australia) landed on Sunday, 20 October 2019, after 19 h 16 min in the air. A total of only 49 passengers and crew (including four pilots) were on the...

22.10.2019

Port of Virginia invests in new equipment

The port of Virginia on the east coast of the USA has ordered 25 Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers for USD 23 million to enhance its port equipment. Delivery of the new machines is scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2020....

22.10.2019

77 Belarusian trucks to be delivered to India

Belaz, Belarus’s producer of dump trucks and specialised equipment, will be able to expand its export activity in the Indian market with a major trade operation facilitated by the European bank of reconstruction and development...

22.10.2019

Port of Dunkirk appoints head of environmental policy

David Lefranc is to lead the development and environment division at the port of Dunkirk in northern France. In this function he will be in charge of the planning and management of projects to develop the port and oversee the...

22.10.2019

New office in Wiesbaden

By setting up a new office in Wiesbaden (Germany), Logistic People continues to pursue its growth strategy. From this location the personnel consultant, which specialises in the logistics industry, strengthens its presence in the...

22.10.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

A typical storm cloud at an altitude of 10 km weighs about 256,000 t.

Die clevere Transportlösung

Mit Spedifux hat die Liechtensteinische Post AG im September eine anwenderfreundliche und moderne, webbasierte Applikation lanciert, die es Geschäfts- und Privatkunden ermöglicht, unkompliziert Waren innerhalb der Schweiz und...

21.10.2019

Swiss manufacturer delivers locomotives to ADIF

The state-owned Spanish Administration of Railway Infrastructure ADIF has signed a contract with Swiss manufacturer Stadler to supply 22 rescue locomotives in a consortium with Erion, a JV between Stadler and Spanisch rail...

21.10.2019

Tarros Group presents newly certified container type

After being the first Italian company to have transported as many as 33 containers in the Mediterranean Sea on a specifically modified ship (“M/N Vento di Levante” in 1967), Tarros Group has now introduced a new feature. ...

21.10.2019

Vinod Gandhi wins award

Vinod Gandhi, chairman of Express Global Logistics, was honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Maritime and Logistics Awards 2019 in India. Gandhi received the award in recognition of his contribution to...

21.10.2019

NEP Group takes over SOS Global Express

NEP Group, an outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, has acquired SOS Global Express (SOS), an independent international freight forwarding and full-service...

21.10.2019

Lower volumes and less capacity for Cathay Pacific

Because of continuously sinking volumes at its hub in Hong Kong, the world’s largest cargo airport, Cathay Pacific Cargo has retired its last B747-400BCF from its fleet earlier than the end of November as originally planned. At...

21.10.2019

New tool helps plan intermodal transports

In Germany, Bremen’s port railway has introduced the electronic application “railway.tools” supplied by DB Netz. The software helps transport logistics companies and freight forwarders to plan their intermodal transport projects...