Deutsche Bahn and its competitors increase market share 
In 2018, the railways’ share in Germany’s freight transport market was 19.3%, the highest level for many years, according to data published by the country’s federal statistical office. "The 136 billion tonne kilometres calculated now are significantly more plausible... mehr
New head for customs activities
Alexandra Kleinschmidt joins Crane Worldwide Logistics in Houston (TX, USA) to lead the customs brokerage and trade advisory team. Kleinschmidt is a licensed customs broker, certified customs specialist and has an experienced background in leadership roles covering customs... mehr
Timocom grows in Poland
The IT data specialist Timocom continues to expand internationally. The company is strengthening its presence in the Polish market by opening an additional branch in Wroclaw. Transporters and forwarders, but also customers from trade and the manufacturing industry will benefit... mehr
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In France 185 million bottles of champagne are drunk every year – that is more than half of the world’s annual consumption. mehr
Innovative Perspektiven
South African Airways (SAA) sucht Orientierung. In dieser kritischen Phase stellte das ITJ Justice Luthuli auf dem Fiata-Weltkongress in Kapstadt Fragen zum Frachtgeschäft, das er seit Frühjahr verantwortet. Zuvor war er 14 Jahre lang Head of Operations von SAA Cargo, geht aber... mehr
Turkish Cargo adds two Asian maindeck destinations
Starting on 31 October 2019, Turkish Cargo will serve Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's cultural and financial capital, which has a promising import and export potential. The aim here is to carry spare parts, electronic and medical products to various countries around the world and... mehr
Hoyer continues to improve climate performance
As part of the internal corporate target to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% per tonne-kilometre, the German Hoyer Group achieved a 4% reduction of pollutant emissions in 2018 compared with 2017. This represents an improvement of more than 20% within scarcely a decade and puts Hoyer... mehr
Global port indices in August above last year's figures
The London (UK)-headquartered maritime consultancy Drewry has published its recent Container Port Throughput Indices for August this year, based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide and representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for... mehr
Panattoni comes to Munich
Panattoni Europe is opening a further office in Munich. With the branches in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Mannheim this is now the company’s fourth location in Germany. Five members will form the team in Munich, including the new colleagues Tim Hemmann and Moritz Arendt. Both... mehr
St Francis Group and iSec to build five new warehouses
St Francis Group, a UK-based property development and investment group and an expert in brownfield development and regeneration and its joint venture partner iSec have announced details of a major new development on land next to Markham Vale between Sheffield and Nottingham,... mehr