Cargo handling for new carrier at CGN 
Maersk Air Freight has awarded a multi-year contract to Dnata in Germany. Dnata will handle around 6,000 t of cargo annually for the new air cargo player, which currently operates weekly flights between Cologne Bonn (CGN, Germany) and Greenville Spartanburg (GSP, USA), with a... mehr
Port of Rotterdam appoints regional German representative
Starting today, 1 December 2023, Ulrich Reuter represents the port of Rotterdam in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He succeeded Wolfgang Hönemann, who held this position for five years and retired recently. North Rhine-Westphalia is an important region for... mehr
Energy shock easing, according to RWI / ISL
The RWI / ISL Container Throughput Index, a measure of global trade activity, decreased slightly in October to a seasonally-adjusted 125 points. This slight decline follows a period of recovery from the impacts of energy price shocks. Chinese ports experienced minor... mehr
Carriers face post-boom dip
In Q3/2023, major shipping lines experienced significant year-on-year revenue declines, with the least contraction being –51.8%. This downturn aligns with pre-pandemic levels when viewed against 2019 figures, however, suggesting the recent declines are a correction from the... mehr
Chinese cars travel multimodally to the Urals
The specialists from RZD Logistics (RZDL) handled a recent car transport on a special route by ship, rail and truck. A batch of 28 wagons was loaded into 40 ft containers and shipped by sea from Shanghai (China) to Vladivostok (Russia), where the containers were transferred... mehr
Niels Kröning takes the lead
Swissport Losch Munich will be managed by Niels Kröning from 1 January 2024. The 45-year-old lawyer has several years of management experience in aviation companies. Throughout his career he's acquired expertise in fields such as general management, strategic financial... mehr
A new fulfilment hub in Hesse
From March Hermes Fulfilment will take over storage and dispatch of goods for the Otto Group from a new location in Hesse (Germany). Hermes Fulfilment launched its ‘F2X’ IT and logistics platform in spring 2023. The software solution makes it possible to connect external... mehr
Konecranes tech elevates Steveco
Steveco Oy, a Finnish stevedoring company, has initiated operations with the new sixth generation Konecranes Gottwald ESP.8 mobile harbour crane at its ro-ro terminal in HaminaKotka, southern Finland. This upgrade is part of their ongoing efforts to modernise equipment,... mehr
Professional qualities and personal characteristics
Pesbe in Germany supports hauliers and forwarders to recruit lorry drivers. The biggest problem in the logistics industry at the moment is how to find experienced and reliable drivers. The recruitment agency Pesbe has therefore developed a specialised recruiting concept... mehr
Peaking for a weather research station
One of the most modern weather stations in the world is being built atop the Zugspitze, 2962 m above sea level and Germany's highest mountain. A spectrometer and other sensitive equipment weighing 1.4 t were recently brought to the research station by DSV. Dennis Kessler, the... mehr