New tool improves risk assessment and cost analysis 
Across Europe, national road administrations are having to deal with more frequent and severe weather, greater sea level rises and increased stress on infrastructure leading to higher deterioration rates. A new tool, funded under the conference of European directors of roads... mehr
Gothenburg tops Swedish container market
In Sweden, the container market witnessed a modest downturn of 1% during the first six months of 2019. However, the port of Gothenburg, the country's largest port, reported a rise in both market share and volumes. Between January and September this year, the figures went up by... mehr
Kuwaitis attend Champ Academy
Champ Cargosystems has welcomed Kuwait Airways into the Champ Academy with its catalogue of courses to help customers maximise their solution capabilities and ongoing learning. The Middle Eastern carrier has so far had 20 employees trained on Traxon Global Security (TGS)... mehr
Martijn Van Heumen appointed director of Heppner Hacas
The logistics company Heppner has appointed Martijn Van Heumen director of Heppner Hacas. The group’s Dutch subsidiary specialises in groupage cargo and charter services between the Netherlands and France. Van Heuman, who was born in the Netherlands, started his career in 1997.... mehr
New heads for Swissport's Emea region
To further strengthen the Emea organisation and to better meet customer expectations with regard to air cargo handling and airport ground services, Swissport has appointed Rudolf Steiner as senior vice president cargo Europe, Middle East & Africa and Mark Skinner as senior... mehr
10,000th Flexi truck leaves the factory
Narrow Aisle has produced its 10,000th Flexi warehouse truck. The landmark machine is a Flexi Acion - the company’s latest model. It was specifically designed for a third party logistics (3PL) services company and will be deployed at a warehousing operation near Ljubljana... mehr
Britons still interested in Europe
British Airways-led International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) and Globalia have announced that definitive transaction agreements have been signed under which IAG’s wholly-owned subsidiary, IB Opco Holding (Iberia), has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of... mehr
Cargo streams follow when waters flow on the Rhine
Throughput volumes in the Swiss Rhine Ports rose by 21% in the first nine months of 2019, a significant improvement compared to the same period last year. In 2018, traffic was adversely affected by the period of low water, which slightly distorts the comparison. In 2019, water... mehr
New vehicles to distribute food and drinks
A. F. Blakemore & Son in UK has added ten new Volvo FE rigids to its fleet. The forwarder will deploy the new vehicles on local and long distance, multi drop distribution of food and drink products. The ten Volvo FEs are a mixture of 4x2 and 6x2 rigid configurations. The... mehr
Christian U. Haas to chair the board at PTV Group
Christian U. Haas has been appointed chairman of the board of the company PTV Planung Transport Verkehr (PTV Group), Karlsruhe, Germany. The board of the PTV Group is now complete. Peter Overmann as chief technology officer (CTO) and Klaus Lechner as chief financial officer... mehr