14.01.2019

David Emslie joins Swain Group

The UK-based Swain Group has appointed David Emslie as its strategic development director. He joins the group from Canute Group where he was sales director for the past eleven years. In Swain's newly established role, Emslie...
14.01.2019

Jettainer making use of logistics park

The GG Rhein Main logistics park in Gross-Gerau, south of Frankfurt (Germany), was completed at the beginning of the current year. Lufthansa Cargo is to lease 20,700 sqm of hall space and 450 sqm of offices in the park for...
14.01.2019

US short line railroad breaks all traffic records

The US-based Reading & Northern Railroad (R&N) broke all of its records for revenues and freight carload traffic in 2018. Once again, the movement of anthracite coal showed the most growth. R&N’s coal business grew in...
14.01.2019

Fleet augmentation for CMA CGM

The “Fort de France” is the first of four containerships that will go into service on the French West Indies trade for the shipping group CMA CGM. The 219 m long newbuild, with a capacity of 3,500 teu, is specially adapted for...
14.01.2019

Polish freight carrier wins new coal delivery contract

Poland-based PKP Cargo has won a tender for transporting coal and limestone sorbents to the PGE Group. The gross value of the contract is more than PLN 665 million (EUR 155 million). PKP will haul most of the materials to the...
14.01.2019

Innsbruck airport struck off airfreight map

The long-standing attempts to stabilise the airfreight business at Innsbruck Airport (INN) have failed: Austria's media reported that the airport in the state of Tyrol’s capital is closing down cargo operations on 31 January....
14.01.2019

NV Logistics amends structures

The Geneva (Switzerland)-based service provider, NV Logistics, has grown significantly in recent years and is now altering its structures. At the beginning of the year, the operation department, headed by Tobias Magalhaes, moved...
14.01.2019

Seko to benefit from Ireland's growing economy

Seko Logistics has expanded its presence globally in recent years and invested in new facilities in several key markets. Given the growing number of multinational companies operating in Ireland, as well as increased consumer...
14.01.2019

New Oman airport and e-AWB standard for national carrier

Operational since September 2018, Duqm airport, the Sultanate of Oman's fourth regional airport, is officially opening today (14 January 2019). It covers an area of 27,400 sqm, and its 9,960 sqm air cargo facility is able to...
14.01.2019

Dunkirk looks back on 2018 with joy

The port of Dunkirk, which recently presented its 2018 results in Lille (France), was delighted with last year’s figures and its achievements from 2013 until now. The port's 2018 throughput came in at 51.6 million t, 3%...
14.01.2019

New partner for logistics sector

Simon-Kucher & Partners, a global strategy consulting firm, selected ten new partners from across the world at the beginning of the year. The newcomers include Kornelia Reifenberg for the logistics and distribution sector....
14.01.2019

Alternatives for Italy-Germany-Sweden traffic

In the aftermath of the train accident on the Storebælt bridge in Denmark, the country’s ministry of transport has banned the use of pocket wagons on the national rail network until 22 January. To ensure the flow of goods,...
14.01.2019

Dachser gearing up for Chinese New Year

Anyone doing business in Asia should be well into planning how trade will continue during the Chinese New Year (CNY) when virtually all businesses in China, including factories, close down for one to four weeks. This year CNY...
11.01.2019

“It was an air cargo year”

Many a global logistics service provider is re-positioning itself in this age of internationalisation and digitalisation. The long-­established company Röhlig from Bremen (Germany) is no exception. Its board member Ulrike Baum...
11.01.2019

China’s rail network growing fast and expanding

China Railway Corporation intends to inaugurate 6,800 km of new rail tracks in 2019. With the added capacity, China will be able to handle 3.5 billion passengers and nearly 3.4 billion t of cargo next year. By the end of...
11.01.2019

Atlas Air expands pact with Nippon Cargo Airlines

Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will add three additional B747-400F aircraft to the existing operating agreement with Atlas Air. In total, the member of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will operate five B747-400F aircraft for NCA under...
11.01.2019

Intermodal thrust for LHG

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), a German port operator on the Baltic Sea, flourished in the intermodal sector in 2018. The LHG subsidiary, Baltic Rail Gate (BRG), handled nearly 104,000 units (semi-trailers, containers and...
11.01.2019

Maximilian Rothkopf now Hapag-Lloyd COO

Hapag-Lloyd’s supervisory board has appointed Maximilian Rothkopf to its executive board, effective 1 May 2019. On 1 July, he will become the new COO, replacing Anthony J. Firmin, who will retire on 30 June. Rothkopf, who...
11.01.2019

Transport order for US short line railroad in Georgia

Omnitrax is shouldering rail transport for Georgia-Pacific’s new lumber plant in Albany GA (USA). The pulp and paper company will connect a rail track from its facility to the mainline of the Omnitrax affiliate, Georgia &...
11.01.2019

Sievert banking on silo business

Sievert Handel Transporte (SHT) is enlarging its service portfolio again by taking over Bavaria (Germany)-based Schmitt Silo Express's silo positioning business. SHT is primarily using the acquisition to reinforce its presence in...
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