Frankfurt-Hahn airport finds buyer 
Jan Markus Plathner, the insolvency administrator for the companies of the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group, has announced that the transaction process for the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group and its assets has now been successfully concluded. The purchaser is Frankfurt-based Swift... mehr
Silk Way West turns ten this month
Baku (Azerbaijan)-based Silk Way West Airlines, a member of the Silk Way Group, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The inaugural Silk Way West Airlines cargo flight was operated by a Boeing 747-400F on the Baku - Frankfurt-Hahn (Germany) route in July 2012. The carrier... mehr
Building up an FCEV fleet
DB Schenker is gradually building up a hydrogen-powered fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in partnership with leasing start-up Hylane. Hylane is part of DEVK and specialises in providing comprehensive hydrogen solutions in the logistics sector. The fuel cell... mehr
Young logistics talents in 2022
At its general meeting on 23 June 2022, the DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik (German Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association) once again honoured the outstanding achievements of young freight forwarders. This year, the Young Freight Forwarder Germany Award,... mehr
Managing spare parts for Iceland Air
Icelandair Technical Operations has contracted B&H Worldwide as its global partner for managing its time-critical, AOG (aircraft-on-ground) and urgent airline spares shipments. This is the official renewal of the relationship which first began five years ago, in 2017. ... mehr
When Finns buy in Canada
Wärtsilä Voyage, an affiliate of the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, is acquiring Port Link Global, a port solutions company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The transaction was signed and closed in June 2022. Port Link and Wärtsilä Voyage have been successful partners... mehr
Automated truck handling
BASF is building a future-oriented digital system for the handling of 2,500 trucks per day at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The project includes the comprehensive digitalisation and automation of all processes for a fast and error-free handling of transport... mehr
APCR Group picks Olivier Barge
Bouygues Construction, Goodman, Prologis: Olivier Barge's career is synonymous with "large groups", "real estate" and "diversity of functions". Barge is a member of the innovation commission of Afilog (Association Française de l'Immobilier... mehr
The Quality Group finds new warehouse
The Quality Group is the latest shipper to move into the Panattoni Park Hamburg Nord (Germany). Based in Elmshorn, Germany, the group manufactures products for the sports performance and dietary nutrition sectors and produces most of its goods in-house in Germany. The... mehr
Medway expands hinterland services
From tomorrow, Friday, 1 July 2022, Medway Italia (part of MSC) will connect the Belgian seaport of Antwerp and the German terminals in Frankfurt, Wörth, Germersheim and Neuss with fourteen departures a week. The transports will be managed by the Belgian branch. The trains... mehr