Stadler changing executive board 
The Stadler Group has announced a change to its executive board. Markus Sauerbruch, head of the group’s Swiss division and CEO of the Altenrhein plant, will hand over the Altenrhein plant to Markus Bernsteiner, currently head of the components division. The Swiss division will... more
New rail links between Rotterdam and Southern Germany
Eurogate Intermodal (Egim), a Hamburg-based service provider for international intermodal container transport by road and rail, is adding new rail links to its portfolio. From 1 July 2019, the company will offer three weekly direct connections between the port of Rotterdam... more
Lufthansa Cargo shrinks schedules
Given the weakening global air cargo demand, Lufthansa Cargo is adjusting its schedule to reduce its overall offering for Q2 and Q3/2019. This will allow the company to ensure profitable load factors and continued deployment of its aircraft at optimum levels into the... more
Extra fuel cell for an up to 500 km range
DHL Express and electric vehicle maker Street Scooter are working together to develop a new electric delivery vehicle. The new H2 panel van will become the first 4.25 t electric vehicle with an added fuel cell, which will provide additional power and enable a range up to 500 km.... more
Mail service providers elect new board member
At the recent annual general meeting of the German mail service providers’ association (Bundesverband Deutscher Postdienstleister/BvDP), Klaus Ehrnsperger was elected to the executive board. He is a senior vice-president of Deutsche Post, and has headed its e-post product... more
Norway: service contract awarded for 100+ trains
The Norwegian transport provider Vy has awarded Stadler Rail a maintenance contract for more than 100 Flirt trains that were built by the Swiss company. The five-car electric multiple units (EMUs) operate mainly in the greater Oslo area. The full service contract, which will... more
Noerpel lays foundation stone for facility near Munich
The Noerpel Group recently laid a foundation stone for its new facility in Odelzhausen, near Munich (Germany). The building is expected to go into service at the end of 2019. The service provider’s managing partner, Stefan Noerpel-Schneider, sees great potential in the... more
China – Rotterdam train finishes 800th trip
The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Tilburg's multimodal terminal operator GVT, and Chengdu International Railway Port have signed a declaration of intent (DoI) to transport more railfreight between Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Chengdu (China). The DoI was signed on the day... more
DHL opens logistics hub at Vienna Airport
DHL Global Forwarding recently celebrated the opening of DHL’s new Vienna Airport campus. The logistics hub will combine the strengths of the three different transport modes – overland, air and ocean freight – for optimal handling and transport of goods in and out of Austria and... more
Danish shipping association gets new boss
The general assembly of Danske Rederier, Denmark’s shipping association, appointed the Torm CEO, Jacob Meldgaard, as its new Chairman. He succeeds Niels Smedegaard, who has left DFDS and thus had to step down as Chairman of Danske Rederier. The deputy chairman was replaced... more