Electric low-floor vehicle collects green waste 
Swiss electromobility company Designwerk has handed over the first fully electric low-floor vehicle to transport and waste disposal specialist TIT Imhof. The Designwerk Low Cab Collect, based on a Mercedes-Benz Econic, collects green waste in various towns and communities in... mehr
Sennder picks Anja Maassen van den Brink
Digital freight forwarder Sennder has appointed Anja Maassen van den Brink as its new chief people officer. Before joining Sennder, Maassen van den Brink held the same position at the electric air mobility company Lilium. Maassen van den Brink also worked on the post-merger... mehr
Lufthansa Cargo opens new fine arts warehouse
Lufthansa Cargo has opened its new fine arts warehouse facility at the Frankfurt hub, thus continuing the path it has begun to modernise its largest airfreight hub. With 155 sqm, the Artcube in the Lufthansa Cargo Centre now offers its customers twice as much space for safe and... mehr
New continental link to Ireland
Another maritime link between Ireland and the Continent is in preparation: Finnlines has decided to open a new freight route between Rosslare and Zeebrugge, Belgium (now part of Antwerp-Bruges), providing a new direct link between Ireland and Continental Europe, which also... mehr
First female master mariner for Brookes Bell
Brookes Bell, a multi-disciplinary technical and scientific consultancy, has appointed its first female master mariner as a marine consultant. Karley Smith joins Brookes Bell after 16 years at sea, eleven years working in the offshore oil and gas industry and most recently,... mehr
DSV targets next prey
According to Reuters and news agencies, the Danish freight forwarding giant DSV is interested in the takeover of C.H. Robinson’s global forwarding unit which has been for sale for a while. Reuters wrote that a group of investors, which recently met with DSV, were told of the... mehr
MAF now in Guinea
Guinea is the 27th country in which Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is providing air services to reach people living in remote regions. Pilot Emil Kündig from Switzerland, one of the 17 MAF resource countries, did the administrative groundwork in preparation for the... mehr
For the automation of wine (delivery)
Following a strategic review of its drinks, manufacturing and distribution facility in Bristol, Accolade Wines – a global wine-making company whose portfolio of brands includes Hardys, Echo Falls, Banrock Station and Kumala – set about reconfiguring the site as a fully-automated... mehr
Stefan Anschütz to co-manage Städtler Logistik
In addition to his role as CEO of Hamburg-based Opheo Solutions, Stefan Anschütz is also joining the management of Nuremberg-based Städtler Logistik with immediate effect. He will share the helm with Michael Reichle, who has headed the traditional company for over 20 years.... mehr
Austrian partners in the East
The Schwarzmüller Group (Freinberg/Upper Austria) has entered into an exclusive partnership with Hochstaffl Nutzfahrzeuge, a Tyrolean-based truck sales company. Hochstaffl will take over all sales operations in two Eastern European countries, Romania and Croatia, as well as in... mehr