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14.02.2023

Rieck picks Sascha Lassau

Sascha Lassau has been appointed to the management team of Rieck Systemspedition, the forwarding arm of Ulrich Rieck & Söhne Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft. Detlef Helsing, Michael Gruner and Christian Stuhr have been...

14.02.2023

XPO's spin-off takes its toll

XPO Logistics generated revenues of USD 1.83 billion in Q4/2022, surpassing the USD 1.77 billion achieved in Q3/2021. Yet, the company witnessed a net loss due to three impacts primarily related to the RXO spin-off completed...

Erstmals in Europa

Das zweite von vier Schwesterschiffen von Chipolbrok auf Kurs. Eine neue Generation von Mehrzweckfrachtern von Chipolbrok ist auf dem Weg. Kürzlich lief das zweite von vier Schwesterschiffen erstmals europäische Häfen an. Neben...

13.02.2023

Rural areas hold most dangers for truckers

Snap, a provider of smart payment systems for the road haulage industry, reports that Bulgaria, Poland, and Czechia have Europe’s most hazardous roads for truck drivers and that Bulgaria has more fatal HGV collisions per year...

13.02.2023

Deepening cooperation

Air Canada Carto and Emirates Skycargo have now taken the next step in their strategic commercial partnership which they inked last year. The partners now signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Emirates headquarters in...

13.02.2023

Xpediator wins on the Continent

In a first draft of its 2022 unaudited results, UK-based freight management company Xpediator reported rising revenues due to a strong Continental business. The Braintree-based freight forwarder stated that its 2022 revenues were...

13.02.2023

Pharma.Aero gains five new associate partners

Pharma.Aero is expanding its global network of life science and medtech stakeholders by onboarding Hazgo, Topa Thermal, Smart CAE, Nippon Express and Air Cargo Logistics as associate partners. Hazgo is part of the Brussels...

13.02.2023

Sea-to-air service launched in East Africa

Shipping without a reliable & knowledgeable partner can be overwhelming for many companies because multimodal transport is a complex, delicate operation. Therefore, they require a supply chain partner that can customise...

13.02.2023

MSC upgrades Sentosa service

The Indian connection is gaining in value. To make markets in North India more accessible, MSC is expanding its current Sentosa service to connect main ports in China directly with India’s Mundra and Nhava Sheva and Sri Lanka’s...

13.02.2023

Lethal cockfighting spurs seized by CBP

On 17 January 2023, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Louisville Port of Entry targeted a package arriving from Mexico City. The officers inspected the parcel and found 120 cockfighting spurs and two...

13.02.2023

CPC Logistics promotes Daniel Most

CPC Logistics, which provides professional truck driver and warehouse logistics services in USA, Canada and Puerto Rico, has promoted Daniel Most to chief operating officer (COO). After managing various operations for a...

13.02.2023

Jungheinrich strikes in USA

The Hamburg (Germany)-headquartered intralogistics specialist Jungheinrich is acquiring Storage Solutions Group, a USA-based provider of racking and automation solutions. The transaction is valued at USD 375 million. Storage...

13.02.2023

AMT changes hands

The Naples-headquartered Grimaldi Group has significantly enlarged footprint in the port of Amsterdam. In a first step, the group purchased 80% of the shares of the Amsterdam Multipurpose Terminal (AMT) with a 20-year concession....

13.02.2023

Polish carrier begins liquid fuel transports

Ciech Cargo has organised the first transport of liquid fuels, commissioned by Olavion – a rail transportation company currently under acquisition by the Unimot Group. The load of diesel oil was transported in Poland from Gdynia...

13.02.2023

Andreas Krause leaves Clark Europe

COO Andreas Krause (left) left Clark Europe at his own request on 31 January 2023 to take up new challenges outside the company. Krause had been employed at Clark’s European headquarters in Duisburg since 2008. He was...

13.02.2023

Real-time tracking for sustainable freshness

Working with its partners Sensitech, and Lobster Cloud, global air freight company Lufthansa Cargo has achieved a milestone in the monitoring and optimisation of the shipment of fresh produce. Special sensors and GPS...

13.02.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Irish rugby team, currently ranked No. 1 in the world, includes players from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

13.02.2023

30,000 cbm of solid fuel delivered

In the first four weeks of 2023, Rail Cargo Hungaria (RCH) transported 6,000 cbm of officially priced firewood from forestry production sites to retail outlets. Since October 2022, the company has already delivered 30,000 cbm of...

13.02.2023

For the best liner in coffee

The Italian liner Ignazio Messina & C. has received fresh laurels of a special kind. The shipping company has won the prestigious title of international ECF Best shipping line of the coffee year 2021/2022. The prize was...

13.02.2023

Building for Dachser

Dachser has begun the construction of another distribution centre in Germany, this time in Rottenburg am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg. The project has been contracted to Panattoni, which is now realising the eighth such...