Prospects still positive... 
...despite a challenging start to the year in Athens. Athens’ air cargo community is reaching for the stars to make our blue planet greener. Lina Palli, the airport’s cargo development manager, talks about the new challenges that are being tackled with the community standing... more
30 electric vehicles to expand delivery fleet 
Wincanton in UK has made a multimillion-Euro investment in electric vehicle technology to provide home delivery services for Ikea in Greater London and the Southeast of England from spring 2023. Wincanton has purchased 30 electric home delivery vehicles (ten 16 t trucks and... more
Increasing storage capacities in Penthalaz
The Swiss transport company Planzer opened its Rail Centre in Penthalaz, Vaud, on the industrial site of Venoge Park, five years ago. Since then, the CT hub has seen its freight throughput rise by 25%. Today, an average of 25 SBB wagons are unloaded, reloaded, and loaded per... more
Permission for civil aviation on military airbase
In addition to Swiss air force operations and search, rescue, and police missions, the Dübendorf airfield near Zurich (Icao: LSMD) is also to serve the local innovation park in future. However, this target will be reached only after a transition phase of several years.... more
General cargo cooperation gains two new members
In Germany, Emons Spedition in Duisburg and Xpress Logistik in the Bielefeld area have joined VTL, an association of small and medium-sized forwarding companies. Emons provides freight transport services by ship, rail, and truck. The freight forwarder has been handling... more
Expanding business in Bucharest
Hapag-Lloyd has opened a new office in Romania. Located in Bucharest, the country’s capital and economic hub, the new office has 21 employees. Strategically situated, Romania offers direct access to countries in Central, Eastern and North Western European via the... more
MOL: a new alliance
MOL’s president and CEO Takeshi Hashimoto has announced his company’s approval to acquire the third-party allotment of new shares of Modec, a provider of solutions to the floating offshore oil and gas market. These units can handle oil & gas production in ultra-deep water... more
Thomann Nutzfahrzeuge: Andrea Niggli now CEO
Effective 1 May 2023, Andrea Niggli will take over the position of CEO at Thomann Nutzfahrzeuge from Luzi Thomann, who will concentrate on his responsibilities as chairman of the board of directors in future. Owner Thommen looks back on 25 years of intensive commitment in... more
Air cargo automation system for ULD palletising
Speedcargo, a tech start-up that offers A.I. and robotics solutions for air cargo, and Güdel, a manufacturer of high-precision machine components and provider of sophisticated automation solutions, have jointly developed the world’s first fully automated robotic freight handling... more
Container slot booking now binding
Eurogate Container Terminal Bremerhaven (CTB) has introduced mandatory pre-booking and slot booking for truck handling at the CTB and MSC Gate terminals, which become effective today, 2 May 2023. The new system is based on the IT platform "Truckgate" operated by... more