Industry veteran now works for pfenning logistics 
Michael Küppers, managing partner at the consultant company Advisors for Advanced Logistics, has been acting as chief representative for the pfenning logistics group since April 2020. Küppers previously served as head of the contract logistics segment of the Fiege Group, his... more
Launch of "Stella Maris Centenary Rose"
Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS), an international non-profit industry volunteer group formed in 2017 by senior industry professionals of the container and maritime sectors, has launched the "Stella Maris Centenary Rose" to help raise funds for a maritime... more
New building for Amazon
Online retailer Amazon has awarded a contract to Bremer AG and Garbe Industrial Real Estate to begin construction of a new distribution centre in Emden, Lower Saxony/Germany. The logistics property is being built on a 30,500 sqm site on the Frisia Industrial and Commercial... more
Norvik Port now connected to Swedish railway
Over the Easter weekend the EUR 73 million industrial branch line that Ports of Stockholm has built to Stockholm Norvik Port was connected to the railway network and electrified. This creates a direct railway link to and from the port on the green cargo intermodal network for... more
Biggest total cargo volume ever flown
Witnessed by about 80,000 people in Warsaw (Poland), the AN-225 landed on 14 April carrying a record cargo volume of medical supplies. The day before, "Mriya", loaded with about 100 t of medicines, reagents for laboratory tests, medical masks and other protective... more
New DACH sales manager at former Neopost
On 1 April 2020, Packaging by Quadient, formerly Neopost and a provider of packaging technologies based in France, welcomed a new international senior sales manager DACH. Industrial engineer Claus Weigel will expand the company's sales activities in the German-speaking markets.... more
Wood transports shifted from road to rail
This week saw DB Cargo Logistics and customer binderholz dispatch their first load of cross-laminated timber on its journey from Burgbernheim in northwest Bavaria (Germany) to Sweden. Previously, binderholz sent its products by road, but it has now switched to green rail... more
New vehicle for construction traffic
In Switzerland, Hauser Transporte in Lömmenschwil (Canton St. Gall) has been able to add a new Renault Trucks C520 P10x4 to its fleet. The five-axle truck is designed as a two-side tipper and will be deployed in regional construction traffic. Hauser Transporte concentrates... more
Lower throughput in Rotterdam
Throughput in the Port of Rotterdam suffered in the first quarter of 2020, also due to the corona virus pandemic. Goods handling in the first quarter was at 112.4 million t (123.9 million t), 9.3% less than in the same period last year. The number of containers also went... more
Volatile transport volumes in Europe
The uncertainties regarding the development of the corona crisis led to a rapid increase in freight offers on the transport market. "Many companies submitted their orders in advance to be prepared for the expected border closures and other restrictions caused by the... more