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01.09.2021

Lübeck – Herne shuttle several times a day

Germany's Ruhr area and destinations in the country's federal states on the Baltic Sea are coming closer: Kombiverkehr is responding to growing cargo volumes at the terminals of the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) and...

01.09.2021

Hybrid units for Finnlines rolling

The newbuilding programme of Finnlines, the Baltic Sea operator, continues. The liner's second hybrid ro-ro vessel was launched recently, and the keel laying ceremony for the third vessel has just taken place. The three ro-ro...

01.09.2021

New representative for Deutsche Bahn

Changes at Deutsche Bahn in Basel: As of today, 1 September 2021, Marcus Bayer will become the German railway company's new group management representative for the Swiss rail network. Bayer replaces Jürgen Lange, who is retiring...

01.09.2021

A surprising year for A. Hartrodt

A. Hartrodt exceeded expectations with its result in the difficult year of 2020. At EUR 112.1 million, the gross forwarding profit (gross profit) was only 0.9% below that of 2019. Andreas Schrön, chief financial officer,...

01.09.2021

Freight forwarders add air cargo capacities

While Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics, a subsidiary of global logistics provider Dachser, is announcing that over 85% of its customers have utilised the weekly Frankfurt - Chicago - Frankfurt service more than once since it...

01.09.2021

20 DAF trucks to support UK e-truck trial

Daf truck manufacturer Leyland is to participate in a project designed to help UK operators make the transition to battery electric trucks. Twenty Daf LF Electric 19 t rigids, together with the required charging...

01.09.2021

More volumes, revenues and vessels for CMA CGM

Fleets around the world are growing. That's also the case for CMA CGM, which recently reported its results for Q2/2021. So far, 14 new owned vessels and 32 second-hand vessels were added to the fleet in 2021. Out of these, eight...

01.09.2021

Bolstering LCL business

Mumbai-based ECU Worldwide has appointed Clas Thorell as global head for LCL product & yield management. He will focus on digitising services for freight forwarding partners by delivering 24×7 access to bookings and real-time...

01.09.2021

GLX Global Logistics expands warehouse

GLX Global Logistics Services has now taken over the completed extension of its warehouse in Grünheide, Brandenburg, Germany. Real estate developer Panattoni added 4,300 sqm of usable area, of which 4,188 sqm are warehousing...

01.09.2021

Mail on passenger seats already 60 years ago

The fact that letters and parcels are regularly placed on aircraft passenger seats is not a novelty caused by the corona crisis. Sixty years ago today, on the night of 1 to 2 September 1961, Lufthansa launched its overnight...

01.09.2021

Green fleet keeps growing

Hoyer is gradually adding more and more LGN tractor units and CNG trucks to its fleet. The latest addition was a CNG truck in the middle of August to be used for short distance transports in the greater Hamburg area. The...

01.09.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Falling raindrops have the shape of a ball or a hamburger, not a drop.

01.09.2021

Funding for new terminal at Trois-Rivières

In the Canadian Port of Trois-Rivières, the Terminal 21 construction project has taken the next step with the confirmation of public funding of CAD 22.5 million from the Ministère des Transports du Québec under the Advantage St....

01.09.2021

Leinauer joins Haeco Group

Klaus-Peter Leinauer has joined Haeco Group as VP of group commercial for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based in Germany and reporting to the group’s Hong Kong-based CCO, he will oversee the aviation product and service...

01.09.2021

Tapa Emea now self-sustainable

The Transported Asset Protection Association (Tapa) Emea bids farewell to its admin partner, LBA International Consultancy, after 13 years of service. Since LBA’s executive chairman Laurence Brown stepped down from his role...

31.08.2021

Timber exports shifted from road to rail

A new rail shuttle has just been launched to transport Swedish timber products from Malungsfors in Dalarna via the Port of Gothenburg (both in Sweden) to Asia. The driving force behind the newly established rail shuttle is the...

31.08.2021

Rail hub for Novorossiysk

Maersk has opened its first Russian inland container depot (ICD) in Novorossiysk. The hub adds needed storage/cross-dock capacity to relieve strained supply chains. Novorossiysk is the largest port on the Black Sea and one of...

31.08.2021

Pre-contract for new cargo centre at NUE

Airport managing director Michael Hupe has just inked the preliminary contract for a third cargo centre at Nuremberg Airport (NUE) with Soheyl Rahmani, managing director of CHI NUE Cargo Handling, as the future anchor tenant....

31.08.2021

Swiss Brewery buys electric vehicles

Renault Trucks and Feldschlösschen, a Swiss brewery belonging to the Carlsberg Group, have made a tangible commitment to carbon neutral mobility: the truck manufacturer has handed over the keys to 20 electric vehicles....

31.08.2021

Cargo Ai’s advisory board grows

David Lara will join Cargo Ai’s advisory board, effective 1 September 2021, after having served as SVP global airfreight procurement & capacity management at Ceva Logistics for 20 years. Cargo Ai was launched by founder...