Network partner for TT Club in Qingdao 
International freight and logistics insurer TT Club has appointed a new network partner, tasked with providing support for those companies that the Club insures around the world, in Qingdao, China. The seventeenth such facility that TT has set up worldwide, this branch... mehr
A new platform for investors in maritime
Will the tide of investments in the maritime world turn? The Schulte Group, a major German ship owner and ship manager, and DEVK, a German insurance group, are launching the Navigo Shipholding AG (Navigo), a maritime asset investment platform for institutional investors.... mehr
Companies gain funding for quiet trains
Middle-sized companies often do not have access to funding programmes to refurbish their fleets with low-noise brake blocks. The European rail service offered by the Verband Hamburger Güterwagenhalter in Germany (Hamburg’s association of freight wagon owners, VPI) has now acted... mehr
Geldtransporter im Visier 
Sprengstoff, bewaffnete Räuber und brennende Fahrzeuge: In der Westschweiz wurden mehrere Valorentransporte Opfer von kriminellen Banden. Ein Grund für die wachsende Zahl der Überfälle ist das Nachtfahrverbot, das den Einsatz von schweren gepanzerten Lieferwagen verunmöglicht. mehr
Saving 53 t of CO2 emissions at one go
Gebrüder Weiss (GW) Salzburg is now operating two gas-powered trucks on the European network. The vehicles run daily between Löhne in the German federal state of North Rhine –Westphalia and the city of Mozart in Austria. The trucks are powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas).... mehr
Verona – Lübeck nonstop twice a week
The ÖBB’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is putting a bi-weekly non-stop connection between Verona (Italy) and Lübeck (Germany) on the rails. The new product now connects Northern Italy with the Hanseatic city and the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe. As the largest German... mehr
Cincinnati airport opens cargo maintenance hangar
FEAM Aero, a major aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Miami, FL (USA), opened its new 9,570-sqm USD19 million hangar last week at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), where it has been operating since 2015.... mehr
Cargo sales director North America for Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn has appointed Norris Hiraki as cargo sales director, North America. Working closely with Neil Dursley, chief commercial officer and Alfie Arrowsmith, VP of cargo, Hiraki will play a crucial role in developing the cargo sales strategy in North America. He will be... mehr
Tigers opens new facility in Sydney
Tigers has opened a new omni-channel facility in Yennora, Sydney, Australia to meet rising demand in domestic and cross-border e-commerce for B2B, B2C fulfilment and retail scan pack. The omni-channel warehouse is fitted with Tigers’ automated transport sortation system and... mehr
DP World invests in Swissterminal
Dubai (UAE)-based DP World has made a strategic investment in Switzerland to extend its network of 150 operations in more than 50 countries. With effect from 23 January 2020, DP World is taking a stake of 44% in Swissterminal Holding with the founder family Mayer remaining the... mehr