100 years on European waterways 
The inland waterway shipping company, CSPL, an affiliate of Rhenus, is celebrating its centenary this year. The group was founded in the Czech town of Děčín, still its headquarters, 100 years ago. CSPL represents the entire shipping world in Czechia as no other firm can. It... more
Soget: internships for Vietnamese students
Soget, a software company based in Le Havre (France), offers third-year students from Vietnam an end-of-studies internship. This is part of an academic exchange programme made possible by the partnership between Soget, Danang University of Science and Technology and Logi Viet... more
New hub in the English Midlands
Freight forwarder and logistics company Davies Turner is building another major logistics hub in UK and has acquired a new development site in the English Midlands for this purpose. The new 45,000 sqm multi-user logistics hub will be located close to both the M1 and M6... more
Extending and diversifying transport routes
Metrans is launching a new regular service that will connect the Polish Port of Gdansk with Ostrava, North Moravia, one of Czechia’s major industrial agglomerations. The new train will expand the carrier’s activities in Poland and open upon up another major transport... more
Another gateway to Italy
The Belgium carrier Lineas is introducing another intermodal rail link between Belgium and Italy. It will open Piadena as a new gateway to Italy for intermodal trains and comes on top of the successful Ghent-Segrate connection that was launched a year ago. The daily... more
Air cargo security tolerates no mistakes
The German Federal Aviation Authority (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, LBA) may ban inspectors from continuing to work if they have committed just one serious breach of due diligence in inspecting freight consignments, according to a recent ruling of the administrative court of... more
Fraikin picks Yves Pétin
The Fraikin Group, a lessor of commercial and industrial vehicles in Europe, has appointed Yves Pétin as group managing director as of 1 July 2022, succeeding Philippe Mellier, who has decided to retire. Pétin brings many years of experience and expertise in the... more
Logista catches a big fly
In Spain, the Logista group is taking over 60% of the shares of Transportes El Mosca. The Spanish company specialises in the shipment and storage of frozen or refrigerated goods and in the transport of large cargo volumes, mainly for food industries. Transportes El Moscaalso... more
Bernt Hellman steps down as CUO of TMS
Bernt Hellman is stepping down as chief underwriting officer for Thomas Miller Specialty (TMS) to focus on the expansion of the company's offshore business. He joined TMS in 2016 and helped grow the business’ extensive range of insurance solutions to the marine industry and... more
A new site in Zagreb
After more than 25 years of operational presence in Croatia, Cargo-Partner has opened a new warehouse with 12,900 sqm of storage space in Zagreb. Located ten minutes from the Franjo Tuđman Airport, the newly built warehouse will be used for distributing goods within the... more