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02.03.2022

500 wagon owners follow VPI recommendations

The VPI service company Vers welcomes the Voith Group as the 500th subscriber of the VPI European Maintenance Guide (VPI-EMG). Fifteen years after the first edition, the recommendations for the maintenance of freight cars have...

02.03.2022

GMI builds near Birmingham

Logistics and real estate developer St. Modwen Logistics has contracted the GMI Construction Group to build a new 50,000 sqm industrial/logistics unit close to Longbridge, Birmingham (UK). The development, marketed as...

01.03.2022

Director for a new strategy

Régis Serriere, who has been heading the ten-strong international team of the Geneva-based freight forwarder Pelichet since January last year, is taking up the position of "Directeur de la Stratégie" today, 1 March...

01.03.2022

Study on climate-friendly synthetic-fuel launched

Dutch inland haulier Kleijn Transport and UK-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) have started a joint pilot study based on eco-friendly hydro-treated vegetable oil fuel (HVO). HVO is made of 100% renewable raw materials such as...

01.03.2022

Elvis expands senior management

At its shareholders’ meeting, Elvis, a European cargo association of international freight forwarders based in Knüllwald (Germany), appointed Vanessa Klonnek and Steffen Renner as equal managing directors and thus initiated the...

01.03.2022

Finnair to suffer from closure of Russian airspace

More than half of the route from Helsinki to Singapore passes through Russia, and between Helsinki and Tokyo (photo) the Russian share of the route is even around three quarters. Due to significant negative financial impacts...

01.03.2022

Green city logistics in full swing

DB Schenker has become the first customer worldwide to take delivery of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros as a series-production vehicle. The transport company will be using the 19 t truck for general cargo deliveries in...

01.03.2022

Robust start of world trade in 2022

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) continued its growth in January 2022, rising from 120.5 points...

01.03.2022

Shuttle links Gothenburg and Rosersberg

A new freight shuttle has been launched in Sweden between the Port of Gothenburg and Rosersberg, north of Stockholm. Departing six times a week, the shuttle transports paper products and other goods from Rosersberg to the Port of...

01.03.2022

Geodis ambitious also for 2022

France-headquartered Geodis Group saw significant growth in 2021. While revenues surged to EUR 10.9 billion (+28% versus 2020 and +33% versus 2019), ebitda took a similar leap, amounting to EUR 948 million (+33% versus 2020 and...

01.03.2022

Bert Selis joins WFS

Bert Selis has joined Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the new role of VP business development, e-commerce, express & freight forwarders EMEAA, based in Liege, Belgium. He has close to 20 years’ experience in business...

01.03.2022

New partnership in Saudi Arabia

Global aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed Naqel Express as its exclusive partner in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Both partners are well-respected companies in the aviation industry. This...

01.03.2022

Hamburg takes the next step

The big story for the Port of Hamburg at the beginning of 2022 is the fairway adjustment, where the second stage was initiated at the end of January. The widening of the fairway to 385 m will make it easier for mega-ships of over...

01.03.2022

DP World and Imperial to complete takeover

Dubai-headquartered port and terminal operator DP World Logistics is now ready to take over Southern African Imperial Logistics. Both parties have announced that "all conditions precedent regarding DP World’s offer to...

01.03.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

In Sakkara, 20 km south of Cairo, there is an underground necropolis dating from the 5th century BC to the 1st century AD with almost 8 million mummified dogs.

01.03.2022

Lufthansa Cargo augments medium-haul network

From 1 March 2022, Lufthansa Cargo customers will also be able to book their cargo on converted A321 medium-haul freighters. With the start of operations on 15 March, Lufthansa Cargo will gradually complement the global route...

01.03.2022

Major changes at Peel Ports

Chairman Tom Allison is leaving the senior leadership team of Peel Ports but will remain on the board representing shareholder interests of Peel Group as a non-executive director. Mark Whitworth will stand down as CEO but...

01.03.2022

Foreign truck drivers use vaccination offer in Austria

The introduction of compulsory anti-Covid vaccination in Austria and the high number of unvaccinated professional drivers from abroad have created enormous challenges for the transport industry. In order to make an...

01.03.2022

Barcelona invests heavily in decarbonisation

The use of electricity plays a key role in the Port of Barcelona’s efforts to decarbonise port activity and improve air quality. To this end, the port will invest a total of EUR 110 million in its Nexigen project. Firstly,...

01.03.2022

Clipper handing over to GXO?

Clipper Logistics and GXO Logistics, the spin-off of XPO Logistics' global contract logistics segment, are ready: after months of negotiations, the companies have reached agreement on the key terms of a possible cash and share...