"Curiosity of the Day" 
Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon", released 50 years ago on 1 March 1973, remained on the US Top 200 list continuously from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988 and for more than 800 weeks in total. more
Third month of the year, three old "Combi" jumbos 
AMS has been exclusively retained to remarket three B747-400 aircraft, serial numbers 28459, 28460 and 30454. The CF6-powered aircraft were manufactured in 1997, 1999 and 2000, respectively. The three B747-400Ms, which can accommodate seven pallets on the main deck behind... more
Thomas Reutter joins VNL's advisory board
The Verein Netzwerk Logistik (VNL) has appointed Thomas Reutter, Borealis vice president for Polyolefins product/asset and supply chain management, to its advisory board. At Borealis, Reutter and his team have been responsible for planning and optimising the production and... more
Port of Bilbao grows above the Spanish average
A total of 32.7 million t passed through the Port of Bilbao in 2022, up 1.5 million t (5.1%) on 2021 figures and 3% higher than the average of all of Spain’s state-owned multi-purpose ports. Traffic has not yet returned to pre-pandemic figures but, with the stevedoring... more
Regional warehouse added to logistics network
Industrial and logistics real estate specialist Panattoni has handed over the new logistics park Freiburg South, Germany, to Hornbach. The new facility provides the DIY company with around 13,900 sqm of space as well as parking spaces for cars and trucks. Hornbach will use it as... more
460 hp more for truck fleet
The Swiss transport company Wüthrich has added a Renault Trucks T460 4x2 to its fleet, making it the seventh Renault vehicle. The haulier specialises in national transports, mainly timber transports as full loads. Other mainstays are haulage contracts for meat by-products and... more
JAS continues to strengthen Americas team
JAS Americas has made several leadership appointments to further solidify its strategic direction as a quality-driven and customer-centric logistics provider. Mario Tenebruso (top left) has been promoted to vice president, sales & marketing for the Americas Region. He... more
Growth in large parts of Europe
Rhenus, is continuing to expand its network in Scandinavia by acquiring the Swedish road transport specialist, MTS Malmö Transport & Spedition. With this move, Rhenus is enhancing its portfolio of services in shipping general cargo and temperature-controlled goods as... more
More than EUR 2 billion
Raben Group’s revenues of the passed the threshold of EZR 2 billion EUR in 2022, marking a new record. Since the beginning of 2021, Austria, 500 new employees and 16 locations have joined the group's network which currently encompasses 11,000 employees in 15 countries. Ewald... more
Good news from Iceland
2022 brought good results for the logistics provider and shipping company Eimskip from Iceland, which operates scheduled services in the North Atlantic. Revenues exceeded a total of EUR 1 billion for the first time, an increase of 21.3% compared to 2021. Ebitda amounted to... more