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21.03.2024

DFDS doubles its e-truck fleet

The Danish logistics company has ordered about 100 electric trucks from Volvo, which will almost double its Volvo electric fleet to 225 trucks in total. It is the largest company fleet of heavy electric trucks in Europe, Volvo...

21.03.2024

Uber Freight ups the ante

Uber Freight has exceeded USD 18 billion in worldwide freight under management services, with major growth in its European operations. Its success on the continent is largely based on its innovative technology and 4PL network,...

21.03.2024

IAG Cargo: BCN-MIA in ten days

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced a new service between Barcelona and Miami. The route will run to Miami International Airport three times a week from 31 March 2024, increasing to...

21.03.2024

A tool to assess GHG impact

The Berlin-based software developer Zero 44 has launched its "fuel EU maritime calculator" to help shipping companies assess the financial impact of the upcoming fuel EU maritime regulation. The tool estimates the...

21.03.2024

Hapag-Lloyd banks on continuity

The supervisory board of the liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has approved an early renewal of the contract of chief executive officer (CEO) Rolf Habben Jansen, which runs until 31 March 2027, for five years, until 31 March...

21.03.2024

Groupage network welcomes new partner

The UK-based Europa Worldwide Group is now the 53rd member of the System Alliance Europe (SAE) partner network. The company’s portfolio includes road, air, and sea transport as well as warehousing services. Founded in 1966,...

21.03.2024

An acquisition in Saxony-Anhalt

Krage & Gerloff Logistik has taken over a new site in Magdeburg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). The hub previously belonged to the Hannover-based Ritter Logistik until the companies signed the deal on 15 March 2024....

21.03.2024

Liege airport: a great start to 2024

The first two months of 2024 confirm the robustness of Liege airport's business model, with an increase in the number of flights (+15%) and tonnage (+13%) compared to the same period of 2023. Freight traffic rose by 13%, in a...

21.03.2024

Sennder strengthens leadership team

Susanne Schroeter-Crossan will scale the digital forwarder's finance, ESG and corporate governance departments. She has many years of experience in the financial sector, financial planning and in the management of listed...

21.03.2024

Greek buyers lead capesize surge

Dry bulk shipping values are on the rise, with capesize earnings reaching the highest seasonal levels since 2010, Veson reports. The sector has seen substantial value increases in all ages and size categories, particularly in the...

21.03.2024

A storage facility near the Ural Mountains

The multimodal operator RZD Logistics (RZDL) is opening a temporary storage facility on the site of the "Dry Port Tchaikovsky" container terminal in Perm near the Ural Mountains. RDZL and the container owner Kvadrat...

21.03.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Fingernails grow an average of 28 m in a person's lifetime.

21.03.2024

Big Singapore interest in Stockholm

Singapore-based aviation services group Sats has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, WFS Sweden, is planning to acquire Terminal & Transporttjänst i Sigtuna and APH Logistics for SEK 94 million (approximately EUR 8.4...

21.03.2024

Taking the cold chain to Toledo

Logista Parcel recently opened a 5,700 sqm site at a local industrial estate in Toledo, Ohio as the next step in the company’s expansion of its temperature-controlled transport network in the USA. The hub comprises...

Jetzt auch in Lüttich

Zusammenarbeit zwischen Saudia Cargo, Cainiao und WFS. Geliefert wie angekündigt: Am 1. März stellten drei Partner ihr auf den E-Commerce ausgerichtetes Geschäftsmodell für die Luftfracht-Lieferkette auf dem Flughafen Lüttich...

20.03.2024

Intermodal terminal in Hamilton in operation

Toronto Tank Lines (TTL), part of TFI International, has opened a new rail transload facility in Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. Spanning over a 28,300 sqm site, the rail hub can accommodate up to 70 railcar spots, most of them 100%...

20.03.2024

Record order for automatic stacking cranes

ABB and the Austrian crane builder Kuenz have secured the largest single order of automatic stacking cranes (ASC) in European terminal history for the expansion of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II (APMT MVII) in Rotterdam,...

20.03.2024

Building a vehicle hub at Dunkirk

Ceva Logistics has signed a contract with the port of Dunkirk to develop a new finished vehicle logistics site on a 9.5 ha plot. Located in the eastern part of the port, the hub will be used for export and import via maritime...

20.03.2024

New wagons for European grain transports

Rail Cargo Logistics (RCL) has added 50 new grain wagons to its fleet from leasing company Ermewa. The wagons were built in Slovakia by manufacturer Tatravagonka Poprad and are now being used throughout Europe. The 95-m3...

20.03.2024

More movements but less volume

At the annual press conference held by the French airline association Union des Aéroports Français (UAF) a week ago today, on 13 March 2024, developments in the airfreight sector were only mentioned in passing - as they were...