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17.02.2021

Saloodo! gains new CEO

The digital road freight platform Saloodo!, founded in 2016 by Deutsche Post DHL Group, has appointed Dr. Antje Huber as its new CEO. Having joined the company in 2019 as an important member of Saloodo!’s management board,...

17.02.2021

1.2 million t of CO2 saved

Last year, Hupac saved around 1.2 million t of CO2 and around 13 billion megajoules of energy compared to pure road transport. This corresponds to a reduction of 89% in CO2 emissions and 74% in energy consumption. Also in...

17.02.2021

MNG maintains ties with Champ Cargosystems

MNG Airlines Cargo has renewed its cooperation with Champ Cargosystems for its cargo community service "Traxon cargoHUB". Using the product since twelve years, the Turkish carrier has been assisted with its...

17.02.2021

Rocking air cargo near Chicago

For Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), the year 2020 ended with the largest year-to-date landed cargo weight in the organisation’s history, growing by more than 15% to 1.225 million t of freight that landed and...

17.02.2021

Port of Basel resilient in 2020

In the Swiss Rhine ports, goods throughput in 2020 fell by 15.5% compared to 2019. After 2018 with its low water levels, 2019 was a strong year, regaining lost ground and increasing its throughput by an impressive 30%. Therefore,...

17.02.2021

Track to “Titanium Valley” under construction

Russian Railways (RZD) has started the construction of railway infrastructure to support the “Titanium Valley” special economic zone in Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Russian Urals federal district. The building and installation...

17.02.2021

Dachser restructures regional management

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of...

17.02.2021

Air cargo information for freight forwarders

Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments...

17.02.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

From January to November 2020, German imports of carnival and entertainment goods fell by 23.2% compared to the same period in 2019. Most of these products (72.5%) came from China.

16.02.2021

Border checks: IRU fears severe damage

In response to Germany's new entry regulations, the Austrian federal state of Tyrol began to control and throttle road haulage traffic already on the Brenner Pass on Sunday, 14 February 2021. This measure is intended to avoid a...

16.02.2021

Bolstering Saudi Arabia's logistics

Saudi Logistics Company SAL, the logistic arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with King Abdullah Economic City, 100 km North of Jeddah, to provide support to both logistics sectors in the Kingdom...

16.02.2021

Mordhorst switches within Marcura

The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions for the global maritime industry, reports that Hans-Christian Mordhorst has been appointed as the group’s chief commercial officer and...

16.02.2021

Debut heavy-duty trip a success

A 4-axle heavy-duty semitrailer tractor from the new MAN truck generation was recently used for the first time in a heavy-duty convoy made up of three units. The convoy’s job was to transport a tube-welding line in Germany from...

16.02.2021

Duisport scores in key segment

The major European inland port and hub duisport witnessed segmental growth in a difficult year 2020. Container handling went up by 5% 4.2 million teu (4 million teu in 2019), a new record mark. With a share of around 55%,...

16.02.2021

A stronger Royal Mail

In the first three quarters of its fiscal year, the British Royal Mail Group achieved revenues of GBP 9.3 billion (EUR 10.7 billion), a significant rise of 13.5% compared to 2019. Amongst others, the group has delivered around...

16.02.2021

Swissport covers all of UK for Lufthansa Cargo

Swissport in the UK has won a major cargo handling contract from the Lufthansa Group for London Heathrow airport (LHR). The global provider of ground services and cargo handling now takes care of the German airline group’s cargo...

16.02.2021

Best betters position at TFG

With retroactive effect from 1 January, Philipp Best has been appointed as sales manager at TFG Transfracht in Hamburg. The subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn organises daily containerised sea port hinterland transports (2020: 900,000...

16.02.2021

Intermodal freight traffic gains momentum

Transport performance in goods traffic in Switzerland fell by 2.2% in 2019 compared to the previous year. Road haulage reported a decline of 2.7% and railfreight dropped by 1.4%, the Federal Statistical Office (BFS) said....

16.02.2021

CMA CGM serious about air division

A long-held dream has come true. The French shipping group CMA CGM Group is establishing its own specialised airfreight division.The carrier's first move to buy a 30%-stake in the Group Dubreuil, owner of the long-haul airlines...

16.02.2021

Polish affiliate Raben's best

The Raben Group, with its main fields of activities in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, reported revenues for 2020 of approximately EUR 1.26 billion. The main shipper segments served by the company were food (30.0%),...