Official carrier for Rally Dakar 2022 
Shipping company Ignazio Messina has been appointed as official carrier by Saudi Arabia's organisers of Rally Dakar 2022. The Genoa (Italy)-based carrier will deploy three vessels “Jolly Quarzo”, “Jolly Titanio” and, if required, “Jolly Perla”, that will carry from Marseille... mehr
J. Johannsen & Sohn: 125 years
The Lübeck tugboat company J. Johannsen & Sohn is now celebrating its 125th anniversary. The company's founder and Captain Joachim Johannsen began in 1896 with the unloading of goods from sailing ships lying on the river Trave using specially purchased flat bottomed ships.... mehr
Car manufacturers must guarantee minimum supply
In Brussels, the association of European vehicle logistics, which represents the interests of the finished vehicle logistics (FVL) industry, recently stressed that the sector is currently hit by severe disruptions due to material shortages and threatened production schedules. It... mehr
Two new airline clients from South Europe
Spanish full-service carrier Vueling continues to invest in its capability to ensure safe operations. "Cefa FAS" (flight animation software) will allow the airline’s flight safety department to easily translate aircraft data into meaningful animation to analyse flights... mehr
e-truck becomes green city shuttle
Flooring company Bona has just taken delivery of Germany’s first Scania battery-electric truck. Bona will use the truck as a city shuttle, making multiple trips per day to transport finished products from its production plant in the south of the city to its distribution centre... mehr
Block train links Lübeck with Milan
The Port of Lübeck is seeing an increase in cargo volumes transported by rail. LHG subsidiary European Cargo Logistics (ECL) in Germany is also contributing to this growth. The freight forwarder that focuses on intermodal transport has introduced another Italian service to the... mehr
Rolling highway hits record
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) had transported almost 158,000 trucks by rail on the rolling highway (rola) by the end of October 2021, already cracking the figures of the last two years. In 2019, around 151,000 trucks were transported on all rola connections, compared to around... mehr
Wallenius Wilhelmsen names new CEO
The board of Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA has named Lasse Kristoffersen as CEO. He joins the company from Torvald Klaveness, where he has been president and CEO since 2011. Prior to that, he was head of specialised dry bulk activities in the same company. Before Klaveness,... mehr
Car maker introduces e-trucks
Skoda is trialling two electric trucks in Mlada Boleslav, Czechia. The vehicles produced by German truck manufacturer Framo are being used to transport goods within the plant, and more e-trucks are in the pipeline. Equipped with standard semitrailers, they will have replaced... mehr
Is green transport a question of money?
Strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners has incorporated a B2B survey of 100 companies in Europe that use logistics service providers into the current Green Logistics study. The study shows that 55% of the respondents think sustainability is very important... mehr