Swissport covers all of UK for Lufthansa Cargo 
Swissport in the UK has won a major cargo handling contract from the Lufthansa Group for London Heathrow airport (LHR). The global provider of ground services and cargo handling now takes care of the German airline group’s cargo at all of its UK destinations. In the future,... more
Best betters position at TFG
With retroactive effect from 1 January, Philipp Best has been appointed as sales manager at TFG Transfracht in Hamburg. The subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn organises daily containerised sea port hinterland transports (2020: 900,000 teu) from Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven as... more
Intermodal freight traffic gains momentum
Transport performance in goods traffic in Switzerland fell by 2.2% in 2019 compared to the previous year. Road haulage reported a decline of 2.7% and railfreight dropped by 1.4%, the Federal Statistical Office (BFS) said. Transport performance on the Swiss road and railway... more
CMA CGM serious about air division
A long-held dream has come true. The French shipping group CMA CGM Group is establishing its own specialised airfreight division.The carrier's first move to buy a 30%-stake in the Group Dubreuil, owner of the long-haul airlines Air Caraïbes and French Bee, didn’t materialise.Now... more
Polish affiliate Raben's best
The Raben Group, with its main fields of activities in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, reported revenues for 2020 of approximately EUR 1.26 billion. The main shipper segments served by the company were food (30.0%), consumer technologies (21.0%), automotive (17.0%),... more
Increasing regional impact
After two back-to-back record-breaking years of cargo volumes, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and Aeroterm have entered into a ground lease to develop a multitenant cargo facility at the airport located in South New Hampshire, some 80 km North of Boston, until 2024.... more
Three promotions at multinational carrier
Global freight and supply chain provider EV Cargo Global Forwarding, which operates in over 100 countries, has announced three high-profile internal promotions to help deliver its global growth strategy: Nick Toye assumes the role of VP – global product and procurement ocean... more
45 new projects to generate 800 new jobs
Genesee & Wyoming’ (G&W) has announced its 2020 US industrial development results, with 45 new projects representing USD 1.6 billion in customer investments expected to generate more than 800 new jobs in communities served by G&W’s freight railroads. Highlights... more
HMM also scores
Like the other big carriers, HMM took advantage of the cargo boom in the pandemic year of 2020. The South Korean group, formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, was able to achieve an operating profit in 2020 of USD 831.1 million, a rise of more than USD 1 billion compared to... more