03.06.2022

DHL investing AUD 17 million at Brisbane airport

DHL Global Forwarding, the freight specialist arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, held a ground ceremony for its new 4,880 sqm facility in Brisbane Airport this week. DHL Global Forwarding is investing AUD 17 million (EUR 11...
03.06.2022

Railfreight business booming in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) achieved an increase of 25% in freight transport in Q1/2022, transporting more than 5.5 million t of minerals and goods compared to the same period of 2021. Furthermore, the quantities of cargo...
03.06.2022

CDB Aviation strengthens partnership with Avianca

CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., (“CDB Leasing”), has signed new lease agreements with Aerovías del Continente Americano Avianca (“Avianca”) for two Airbus A330-300...
03.06.2022

Spanish Ports on pre-pandemic levels

From January to April 2022, the Spanish ports (Puertos del Estado) handled a total of 180.3 million t of goods, an uptick of 5.4% compared to the four first months of 2021 and almost on the same level as in 2019 (-0.8%). All...
03.06.2022

Average Adjusters elect Sir Nigel Teare

Distinguished former High Court judge Sir Nigel Teare has been elected to serve as chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters for the year 2022/2023. He was nominated to succeed Michiel Starmans of Amsterdam-based...
03.06.2022

Covering the Hispanic world

A takeover in Spain: Global Critical Logistics (GCL), which provides logistics services for the entertainment business, has acquired Madrid-based forwarder Asesores de Flete (ADF). ADF is a non-asset-based provider of...
03.06.2022

On the way to a fully electric fleet

DB Schenker has already completed more than 1.5 million km with electrically powered trucks in its European land transport network. The logistics company is thus scaling up its efforts to shift all its urban collect and delivery...
03.06.2022

EUR 70 million to modernise BRU's cargo zone

Brussels Airport’s (BRU) cargo zone has been developing steadily in recent years. In response to the growing demand for storage and handling space, and given the need to modernise several buildings, the airport is investing EUR...
03.06.2022

Port of Brussels: change at the helm

Appointed by the Brussels government after a call for candidates and a selection process by an independent jury, Gert Van der Eeken succeeds Alfons Moens, who became director general in 2009 and who held this post until his...
03.06.2022

New locomotive type for Hungary

The first e-hybrid shunting locomotive to be manufactured for Rail Cargo Hungaria (RCH) has arrived in Hungary. The unit was developed by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive and optimised for RCH’s logistics tasks in accordance with the...
03.06.2022

Cargo sous terrain gains ground

Before the first section is opened in 2031, the Swiss logistics system Cargo Sous Terrain (CST) is now working on the preconditions for a nationwide network in cooperation with cities and cantons. In the cantons of Aargau,...
03.06.2022

Military transport for the Middle East

In May 2022, Jacksonville Port Authority’s (Jaxport) Blount Island Marine Terminal handled cargo for the South Carolina-based 841st transportation battalion and the Virginia-based 597th transportation brigade. The vessels...
03.06.2022

Spare parts for all Europe

FL Technics, a major European MRO (maintenance and repair organisation), has contracted B&H Worldwide to manage its aircraft parts storage in Germany. The two companies already have a long-term commercial relationship in both...
03.06.2022

Chapman Freeborn names Reto Hunziker

Reto Hunziker has been with Chapman Freeborn for over nine years. He joined the company as group cargo director in early 2013 and recently took on the position of group cargo and OBC sales director. In his new role as...
03.06.2022

“Curiosity of the Day”

When high-heel shoes first came into fashion, they were originally intended for men. It wasn’t until the 18th century that more women wore high heels than men.
03.06.2022

800 e-trucks by 2026

Manufacturer Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) and US food distributor Sysco have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to deliver up to nearly 800 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors by 2026. The first eCascadia...
03.06.2022

Both fish and fowl

The US Defence Advanced Research Project Agency (Darpa) has launched the "Liberty Lifter" project to demonstrate a leap in operational logistics capabilities by designing, building, and flying a long-range, low-cost...
03.06.2022

First electric push boat christened

After a naming ceremony held in Berlin’s Westhafen, “Elektra”, the first emission-free pusher tug, is now ready for action. After almost two years of construction at shipyard Hermann Barthel in Derben (Germany), the first...
02.06.2022

A corridor from Narvik to China

On 29 May 2022, after years of preparation, the time had finally come. In Narvik, Norway, the first block train was dispatched to Helsinki (Finland) via Haparanda and Tornio. Traction to Boden in Northern Sweden on the Gulf of...
02.06.2022

Rail pilot project launched for parcel delivery

DPD has launched a daily railfreight service between Hamburg and Duisburg (Germany). As part of this pilot project, the company will gradually shift more of its long-distance parcel shipments to rail. The aim is to reduce the...
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