Kuehne + Nagel: changes in the management team 
Holger Ketz (pictured left) will join Kuehne + Nagel's global air freight management team in Schindellegi, Switzerland, as global head of network and carrier management on 1 January 2023. In this newly created role, Ketz will oversee the management of the company’s own... more
Efficient rail solution for energy transports
Canadian National Railways (CN) and the energy company Keyera have signed a memorandum of understanding that will leverage their joint expertise to evaluate the creation of a specialised clean energy terminal in Alberta’s industrial heartland. The partners believe that this new... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
If 23 guests turn up to a party, there is a more than 50% chance that two will have their birthdays on the same day. more
Another A321 freighter for Lufthansa Cargo
From October 2022, Lufthansa Cargo will offer its customers additional capacities in its medium-haul network on specially converted Airbus A321 freighters. The first cargo flight of its kind took off from Frankfurt bound for Dublin in March 2022. Due to a positive response... more
MOL takes the gloves off
MOL will build four capesize bulkers and two very large crude carrier (VLCC) tankers which will use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their main fuel. The Japanese company has signed a deal for the construction of four 210,000 dwt-class capesize bulkers with CSSC Qingdao Beihai... more
More intermodal links for Czechia
Railcargo Group, the railfreight subsidiary of the Austrian railway ÖBB, has improved train services between Czechia and the North Sea ports. The new shuttle runs once a week in both directions between Melnik (Czechia) and Wilhemshaven (Germany) and offers connecting services to... more
DHL Express partners with Singapore Airlines
International express service provider DH has welcomed the arrival of its new Boeing 777 freighter at Singapore Changi Airport. The freighter, which sports a dual DHL-Singapore Airlines (SIA) livery, has a maximum capacity of 102 t. SIA will operate it on routes to USA via... more
Board member Andrea Eck leaves BLG Logistics
Andrea Eck, who has been a member of the management board of Bremen-based BLG Logistics with responsibility for the automobile division since 2017, will leave the company on 31 December 2022. She will resign from her position on the board on 31 August 2022. The chairman of... more
First South Korean H2 trucks arrive in Germany
Bremerhaven-based Hylane has taken delivery of the first Hyundai hydrogen-powered trucks to arrive in Germany. They are the first seven of a total of 27 XCIENT fuel cell vehicles that will be delivered directly from the plant in South Korea to Germany in the coming weeks.... more
UK’s Hico charms Bengal Tiger and CFS
The trust fund Hico, owned by the British Hartnoll family, has acquired all the assets of Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) from CMIA Capital Partners, formed in 2017. With initial roots in Hamburg (1986), registration was subsequently transferred to Cyprus before BTL moved to Singapore... more