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07.10.2021

Rail to carry one out of five parcels

DB Cargo will transport more parcels by rail for logistics group Deutsche Post DHL. The parcels will be shipped via seven new connections, increasing the share of parcels transported by rail from 2% to 6%. In the long term,...

07.10.2021

Industrial facilities on port land for sale

Two industrial facilities on port land, Le Havre's Grand Canal and Eco-Normandie Business Park, are open for investors, now that they have been awarded an official label by the government. "This government label not only...

06.10.2021

Trial runs on Betuwe line

Automated freight trains have started test operations on the Betuwe line between the port of Rotterdam in Holland and the Ruhr region in Germany. Control and remote monitoring of automated trains in railfreight traffic are being...

06.10.2021

Spanish ports are back with containers

The Spanish public ports handled 351.8 million t of merchandise between January and August this year. This is 6% above the level of the same period in 2020. However, this volume is still 5.7% below the pre-pandemic levels of...

06.10.2021

Regional sales expertise for Qatar Airways Cargo

Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Budapest-based R-Bag Group as its new GSA in central eastern Europe (CEE). Since 1 October 2021, the company founded 20 years ago now represents the Doha-based carrier in Bulgaria, Croatia,...

06.10.2021

Seven trucks for special assignments

Friderici Spécial, an expert for special and heavy transport services in Switzerland, is renewing its fleet. The company is currently phasing in seven Renault T520 and C520 trucks. Of the tractor units intended for heavy and...

06.10.2021

MGI chooses Béatrice Brun

MGI has appointed Béatrice Brun to the executive board. She joined MGI in 2001 as a general accountant and then became head of accounting. In 2018, she gained her master’s degree in business management, strategy and finance from...

06.10.2021

Greece attracts a new player

Cargo-Partner has opened a branch office in Thessaloniki as another step in the strategic expansion of its network in Southeast Europe. The new branch is the result of an acquisition of Arrow Freight Services, which has now...

06.10.2021

1,000th Atran flight at RIX

Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, marked the end of last month with the arrival of its 1,000th flight to Riga airport (RIX), Latvia. The milestone flight after two years of service brought...

06.10.2021

Unipart contracted by healthcare specialist

In UK, healthcare company Prenetics Share has contracted Unipart Logistics to deliver Covid-19 test kit fulfilment services. The forwarder will assemble and pick the test kits including PCR, lateral flow and LAMP tests from its...

06.10.2021

WienCont welcomes Monika Gindl-Muzik

Logistics expert Monika Gindl-Muzik has been appointed managing director responsible for operations and sales at Port of Vienna's subsidiary WienCont, effective 1 October 2021. Gindl-Muzik has decades of sales experience with a...

06.10.2021

Coca Cola's new shipping business

How do shippers avoid congestion today? Messages on LinkedIn by Coca-Cola procurement director Alan Smith made this brand's new policy crystal clear: ""When you can't get containers or space due to the current ocean...

06.10.2021

Rail industry remains resilient

The German Railway Industry Association (VDB) generated record sales of EUR 7.3 billion in H1/2021, up 14% on the previous year. Export trade increased by almost 30%. In Germany, the rail industry generated EUR 4.1 billion in...

06.10.2021

An 80% Nordic acquisition

Thoresen Transport in Norway was the next on the list: Danish provider Freja Transport & Logistics acquired 80% of Thoresen's shares in October 2021. Freja is part of the international group United Shipping & Trading...

06.10.2021

Irish lessor discovers cargo business

Avolon is making a significant commitment to the global air freighter market to capitalise on the growth in e-commerce. The international aircraft leasing company based in Dublin has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace...

06.10.2021

Christian Levin CEO of Scania and Traton SE

Traton SE's supervisory board has announced two changes at the helm: current president and CEO of Scania, Christian Levin, will also head Traton SE as the new CEO. Annette Danielski, currently head of corporate finance at Traton...

06.10.2021

Preparations for pre-Christmas period in UK

In UK, DP World has inaugurated a storage space of 6,000 sqm dedicated to empty containers. The measure is meant to increase storage capacity during the critical pre-Christmas season. This move comes at a time when dwell times at...

06.10.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Water is heaviest at a temperature of about 4 degrees Celsius.

06.10.2021

Two trucks as birthday present

The UK-based haulage company A.D.D. Express has celebrated its 30th Anniversary. The birthday party also played host to a special unveiling of two new Man trucks, adorned in special gold 30th anniversary liveries. The...

05.10.2021

A new old oligopoly

The most important container production centres shifted from South Korea to China as long ago as the 1990s. The sale by Maersk of the reefer specialist MCI to CIMC is nevertheless likely to be a cherry on the cake for the Chinese...