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25.06.2021

Black series with Let L-410 continues

Two L-410s crashed in unrelated incidents last week. While four parachutists out of a total of 19 people on board lost their lives in the crash of the aircraft with registration RF-94603 in Siberia, the failed take-off of a Kin...

25.06.2021

How double sailings intensify port congestion

Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea Intelligence recently analysed the impact of double sailings in the booming deep sea container shipping market. This is when two or more vessels sail in the same week on the same service...

25.06.2021

Three's a company

Austrian heavy-lift and construction haulier Felbermayr Group and German provider Haeger & Schmidt Logistics have joined forces with Belgium-based PSA Antwerp to invest in the terminal operator PSA Breakbulk NV, which will be...

25.06.2021

Drivers register gate-in and gate-out online

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) has put a new access road at the Skandinavienkai in Travemünde (Germany) into operation. The so-called "paper gate" is available to all trucks that picking up or delivering cargo at the...

25.06.2021

Quantron gets new COO

Quantron, a German system provider of clean battery and hydrogen-powered e-mobility for commercial vehicles, is expanding its international production network and has appointed Uwe Hansult as its new COO, effective July 2021. ...

25.06.2021

Almost USD 600 million for new heavy-lift helis

US Special Operations Command awarded Boeing a USD 599 million foreign military sales contract approved by the US state department to deliver 14 extended-range Chinook helicopters to the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF). These upgraded...

25.06.2021

A new face on the board

At a shareholder’s meeting held at the beginning of this month, Vernetzte-Transport-Logistik (VTL), a German general cargo cooperation that provides Europe-wide logistics solutions, elected Nils Heidenreich as a new member of the...

25.06.2021

More space in Koper

The container quayside at the southern end of Pier I in Slovenia's Port of Koper has been extended by 100 m. It serves a new berth, named Link 7D. The project also includes the construction of a 25,000 sqm container storage area...

25.06.2021

50 "zero-emission" locomotives ordered

Paribus has concluded a framework purchase agreement for up to 50 newly developed zero-emission shunting and medium-haul locomotives, including a full-service maintenance contract, for its long-standing partner RIVE. The...

25.06.2021

A tool to tackle Brexit

Pre-lodged declaration flow for UK border automation is the key to ease the trade of goods in and out of Great Britain. For Jonathan Bowker, head of E-freight network in UK, his new tool, which is based on the British GVMS...

25.06.2021

Hybrid creature from the sea arrives in Berlin

A special aircraft has arrived in Berlin and will soon be on display at the historic Tempelhof Airport - alongside a C54 Skymaster and an Il-14. It is a Focke-Wulf Fw 200, which a number of aircraft enthusiasts have been...

25.06.2021

Volvo Trucks France: director general leaves

Since 15 June 2021, Volvo Trucks France’s CFO Mattias Rodier (photo) has also been acting as interim director general, replacing Christophe Tharrault, who has left office. President since July 2018, Tharrault had remained a...

25.06.2021

Rail Force One in operation by 2024

Rail Innovators Group (RIG) initiated a joint development agreement with Chinese railway equipment manufacturer CRRC in 2018, aiming to replace diesel shunting locomotives in the port of Rotterdam. Now that the deal is complete,...

25.06.2021

Digital unit launched

The new pet is called Arvato SCS Digital, a unit recently created by the German company Arvato Supply Chain Solutions. Arvato SCS Digital's almost 300 employees will develop digital offerings for clients and their end...

25.06.2021

Green light for methanol-powered tug

The port of Antwerp is set to become the first hub in the world to convert a tug to methanol propulsion. The move is part of the European Union-funded ‘Fastwater’ project, which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of methanol as...

24.06.2021

Reich completes board of directors

After the election of Dirk Reich during an extraordinary general meeting of Swiss Post on 22 June 2021, the board of directors is again complete. Reich brings with him many years of experience in the transport and logistics...

24.06.2021

2020 tonnage already surpassed

Girteka Logistics’ rail capacity continues to grow. In 2020, the Lithuanian haulier carried twice as many trailers on its intermodal rail network than in 2019. By the middle of this year, the company has already surpassed the...

24.06.2021

VTG’s CEO to step down after 17 years

Heiko Fischer, current CEO of the German international wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG, headquartered in Hamburg, will step down from his duties as chairman of the executive board on 30 June 2021, but will retain close...

24.06.2021

More intermodal services in APR countries

Fesco and NFC Logistics have joined forces to develop intermodal transport services to the Asia-Pacific region. The companies have agreed to cooperate in the transportation of various cargoes from Russia to countries in this...

24.06.2021

Two big Gulf carriers also go for "Releye"

After United Cargo earlier this month, two Gulf carriers have also approved the use of Envirotainer's new "Releye" container. Customers across the global network operated by Emirates Skycargo, the freight division of...