25 years of service for Bremen 
The Bremen (Germany)-based port services provider Weserport celebrated its first quarter of a century at the beginning of April this year. Weseport was founded in 1995 as a joint venture of the Rhenus Group, Stute Verkehr and the Stahlwerke Bremen. Today, the company is... more
Dachser: new weekly train service along Silk Road
The first train was loaded with 42 containers carrying BASF chemical products and has now arrived in the central Chinese city of Xi´an. Dachser took care of all organisational aspects — including coordination with train operator RTSB, customs clearance and distribution of the... more
Second-best result for time matters
Lufthansa subsidiary time matters generated EUR 114.8 million revenue in 2019, recording the second-best result in the company's history within a challenging market environment. The main drivers for growth in 2019 were the medtech, life science, aviation & aerospace and... more
Swiss Combi can buy stake in SBB Cargo
The Swiss competition commission (WEKO) has conducted a profound assessment of Planzer and Camion-Transport's plans to acquire a stake in SBB Cargo. "The planned merger will create a dominant position on the market for cargo handling services in combined transport in... more
Geodis and Bolloré bring masks to France and Spain
In order to respond to requests from the French Government, Geodis is planning 16 flights over the coming weeks, representing in volume terms approximately 2,400 cbm of capacity weekly. This schedule could be extended into May with up to 1 billion masks being shipped. For... more
Sirka Hintze new CFO in the Leschaco Group
Sirka Hintze has been appointed new CFO of the Leschaco Group. She joined the group as incoming CFO on 1 September 2019. Since October 2014, Rainer Barthel has held the position of CFO. He will retire at the end of this year and until then will work on projects and support... more
More space at Budapest airport
The Austrian logistics services provider cargo-partner has moved into its new offices and warehouse at Budapest airport. With this relocation, the company, one of the first lessees of the recently completed BUD Cargo City, expands the service portfolio and storage capacities of... more
IFL helps supply NHS during Covid-19 crisis
International Forwarding (IFL) in UK is classified by the government as an ‘essential’ supply chain business and is now using its resources of trucks, trailers, warehouses and highly trained staff to support the NHS across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic. Last Friday... more
Kyrgyz cargo carrier to take to the skies this month?
Kyrgyz business people have commenced with the process of breathing life into the airfreight segment in their Central Asian home market, by deploying an Airbus A300F that was previously operated by the Georgian enterprise Global Charter Services. The freighter, which was built... more
Amazon moves into Jade-Weser-Park
Panattoni is taking on another project for Amazon Logistics. The new distribution centre will be built in the Jade-Weser-Park, the inter-municipal industrial estate in Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony, Germany), situated in close proximity to the Jade Weser Port. On a 63,786 sqm... more