Moving a backoffice to Greece 

Kukla is opening up a shared service centre in Greece, designed to offer administrative support for its own team and now also third parties. The company moved its backoffice and accounting activities to the service centre in Greece to relieve its operations elsewhere. In... mehr
LHG braves economic headwinds 

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) faced a challenging economic environment in 2023, with a 4.8% decrease in total cargo handled compared with 2022. The decline from 22.4 million to 21.3 million t was mainly due to reduced production from a major supplier, impacting roro traffic... mehr
A new director of operations 

Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), a cargo handler based at Frankfurt Airport, has appointed Federico Mosqueira as its new director of operations. Mosqueira succeeds Christoph Cyranek, who took over the position from Markus Schneefuss on an interim basis in August 2023.... mehr
Norrköping: a new train to Europe 

More alternatives for sustainable transports between Europe and Norrköping will become available in January 2024. The German logistics network Kombiverkehr is launching a new train route connecting the Swedish port to Europe via Malmö. The intermodal service allows to shift a... mehr
Transuniverse finds agent in Portugal 

The Belgian groupage specialist Transuniverse Forwarding has contracted Torrestir as its local agent in Portugal, effective 1 February 2024. Transuniverse is already operating daily departures to Porto and Lisbon, making Portugal an important destination with an evolving... mehr
Nepal Airlines renews ULD partnership 

Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management, repair and digital services, and Nepal Airlines, Nepal’s flag carrier, have extended their full-service ULD management partnership for another three-year term. Nepal Airlines awarded the... mehr
Quantron: changes at the top 

Andreas Haller (photo) replaced Michael Perschke as CEO on 1 January 2024. With the two company founders Haller and Herbert Robel, Peschke ran the business for the last two and a half years. He left Quantron’s board of directors on 31 December 2023, but will retain his shares in... mehr
ELP: success with six-axle hybrid locos 

The Swiss leasing company has reached a milestone: European Loc Pool (ELP) recently signed up the 100th locomotive on a long-term full-service lease. The company was founded only five years ago. It supplies exclusively six-axle hybrid locomotives with the Euro 9000 and the Euro... mehr
Arcese leases warehouse in Spain 

Arcese, a global logistics operator, and Cilsa, which manages ZAL Port, have signed a new lease for 10,264 sqm of warehouse and 957 sqm of office space at ZAL Port in Barcelona, thus reinforcing their partnership. This expansion supports Arcese's growth in Spain,... mehr
Managing leather shoe logistics 

The French shoe brand Jonak has entered into a logistics partnership with Log’s. Jonak primarily sells higher-end women’s and leather shoes and has seen rapid growth in the past few years. It has more than 100 shops and points of sale, mostly in France, and a growing e-commerce... mehr