Railrunner Europe slides into the doldrums 
Railrunner Europe, a subsidiary of the US-based company Railrunner, is in financial difficulties. The bankruptcy court of Hamburg has already appointed a preliminary insolvency administrator. The intermodal operator said its financial melt-down was caused by... more
2018 good for port of Lubeck
Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), operator of the port of Lubeck (Germany), was able to boost its 2018 throughput by 1.2% to around 22.1 million t. The container handling sector noted an almost 4% increase. Ro-ro traffic (about 730,000 units) made the biggest contribution... more
Transatlantic partners moving to new LHR premises
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are to move into the new purpose-built Dnata City East at London Heathrow airport. Scheduled for H2/2019, the move supports the airlines’ growing cargo businesses, enhances their transatlantic partnership for customers and future-proofs the... more
Panalpina strengthens marketing and sales in Europe
Christian Stingl has joined Panalpina as regional head of marketing and sales for Europe. Stingl will be based in Frankfurt and report directly to the regional CEO Europe with a dotted line to the chief commercial officer. Stingl is a results-driven senior executive with... more
Fewer missing links in supply chain
Cargo-partner now offers its own purchase order management service. The Austrian logistics company says it will use it to ensure that customers’ deliveries arrive on time and complete - regardless of whatever transport service providers are involved. If a delivery is delayed... more
Eddie Stobart to extend UK rail offering
Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) intends to launch a new rail service from the port of Tilbury to Daventry (both UK). The new offer will be the only rail operation from the port for inbound traffic – with a forecast capacity of 200 containers a week. Within a matter of weeks... more
Belfast Container Terminal orders new RGTs
The Belfast Container Terminal (BCT) in Northern Ireland has ordered eight automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes (AutoRTGs) from Kalmar. Delivery is scheduled to commence at the end of 2019. BCT is owned by and located in Belfast Harbour and is operated under concession by... more
Stability in western Med
Marseille Airport handled 56700 t of freight in 2018, 1% more than in 2017. The increase demonstrated Marseille’s position as the leading regional airport for express freight at home in France and in the Western Mediterranean. Sources in southern France said that “thanks to... more
Greencarrier sets up shop in Tianjin
Greencarrier Freight Services has strengthened its position in mainland China by opening up a new office in Tianjin. The new office, the seventh in the country, will be led by Helena Wang, who currently works as operations manager in Greencarrier's Qingdao office. The... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Lobsters used to be regarded as "cockroaches of the seas". They were served to prison inmates. more