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15.08.2019

Geodis appoints new industrial projects director for Germany

Geodis has appointed Peter Anetsberger as industrial projects director for Geodis freight forwarding in Germany. Since 1 July 2019, he has been heading the industrial projects unit and supervising its overall business growth....

15.08.2019

Rising figures in Hamburg

The terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) concluded the first half of 2019 with rising revenue and results. In conjunction with an increase in revenue in the logistics segment and a once again moderate uptick...

14.08.2019

New vehicles to mine 500,000 t of salt in Ireland

New vehicles for Irish Salt Miners Irish Salt Mining & Exploration has put two Volvo FMX 6x6 rigids into operation, where they will operate almost exclusively 460m below ground. The Volvos are being used to bring one tonne bags...

14.08.2019

Qantas prepares for first A321 freighter operations

Australia Post's CEO and managing director Christine Holgate (r.) and Qantas' Group CEO Alan Joyce have announced an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement to support the growing demand for parcels. Marking...

14.08.2019

HFW to launch Monaco office with new team

The law firm HFW is opening an office in Monaco with the hire of a team to be led by partners Ian Cranston, Andrew Charlier and Marco Crusafio. The team, which will also include legal directors Ian Fisher and Ruth Monahan,...

14.08.2019

ICTSI celebrates a successful first half of 2019

For the first six months of 2019, the Manila (Philippines)-headquartered port and terminal operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has reported its unaudited financial results. The revenues from port operations...

14.08.2019

Ulan Bator Railway faces a serious task

In Mongolia, the Ulan Bator Railway (UBR) has celebrated its 70th anniversary. The railway was established in 1949 on the basis of an agreement between the governments of the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People’s Republic....

14.08.2019

Trumpets and fanfares for Air Partner

While Europe’s festival season is in now full swing, the charter company Air Partner and Luxreisen, which specialises in the organisation of tours for orchestras, choirs and theatres, are celebrating 20 years of an exclusive...

14.08.2019

GAC appoints new vice president for Americas Region

GAC group president Bengt Ekstrand has announced the appointment of Pontus Fredriksson as group vice president – Americas, following the retirement of Bob Bandos, who held the position since March 2018. Bandos was part of the...

14.08.2019

Dachser to build hub in northern Germany

The logistics services provider Dachser intends to build a new subsidiary in Neumünster between Hamburg and Kiel in Germany. The facility will contain a cargo handling terminal for industrial goods and foodstuffs. About EUR 17.4...

14.08.2019

Pamyra expands into Switzerland

For some time now, shippers have been able to use the www.pamyra.de website to compare and book logistics services in most countries of the European Union. Now the platform is expanding its offer into Switzerland. Shippers can...

14.08.2019

HMM joins up two of its services in the APAC region

South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine has linked its Transpacific PS2 service to its China-India Express (CIX). This way, fourteen instead of fifteen ships of between 6,000 teu and 8,500 teu will call weekly at the following...

14.08.2019

Turning point on the east-west axis

The Xi'an International Port Area and Swiss intermodal operator Hupac have launched their cooperation aimed at boosting railfreight services between Italy and China. Recently, the first Milan-Xi’an train left the terminal Busto...

14.08.2019

United Cargo paves way for new online portal

United Cargo has joined forces with WebCargo by Freightos, which has been helping forwarders to automate rate management and back-office operations since 2008, to design and implement a new online portal to provide customers...

14.08.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

British soldier Robert Campbell was captured by the Germans in France in August 1914 during World War I. Two years later in the prisoner-of-war camp he received the news that his mother was suffering from cancer. He then wrote to...

14.08.2019

Bremen restores the river Billerbeck to its natural state

As a compensatory measure, the port operator bremenports in Germany is currently attempting to return the middle and upper courses of the Billerbeck, a river near the port, to their natural state. The company has also drawn...

14.08.2019

Gebrüder Weiss opens office in Uzbekistan

The Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is strengthening its position along the new Silk Road. The company recently opened a representative office in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. “With this move we...

14.08.2019

Final result of the public exchange of Panalpina shares

On 13 May 2019, DSV published a public exchange offer for all publicly held registered shares of Panalpina. Yesterday, 13 August 2019, DSV released the definitive notice of the final result of the offer. Up to the expiration...

14.08.2019

Reducing Tyrol's truck traffic by 1,300 vehicles per day

Great efforts are being made to extend the rolling motorway (RoMo) in Austria in order to reduce congestion on Tyrol’s road networks. As of 1 January 2020, there will be one train per day on the Regensburg (Germany) – Trento...

13.08.2019

Two new special trucks to salvage vehicles

Road Help sees itself as a straightforward “towing service”. Two new special vehicles from Renault Trucks have been added to the company’s 50 vehicle fleet. One of them is a D WIDE 380 P4x2 LOW. With its particularly low...