More sustainability with leased Euro Dual 
Germany-based rail transport company BBL is adding a new Euro-Dual locomotive to its fleet. The young leasing company European Loc Pool (ELP) will deliver the unit before the end of December. BBL will use the Euro Dual mainly for transporting building materials, particularly... more
European money for Port of Genoa
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has decided to grant a EUR 300 million framework loan to Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea) to contribute to financing the ongoing renewal of the Ligurian port area. The EIB... more
Deugro India wins Mala award
Deugro Projects (India) has won the 2021 all India maritime and logistics award (Mala) as the “best freight forwarder of the year” in the “project cargo” category. Deugro received the award during the 11th edition of the ceremony in Mumbai, India. This is Deugro India’s... more
Ground breaking for Group 7's fifth site
The managers of the Munich-based freight forwarding company Group 7, members of the construction management and representatives of the general contractor have broken ground for a new logistics centre in Hamburg. After the hubs in Frankfurt, Munich-Parsdorf, at Munich... more
Caen: Port bridge back in service
After 15 days of closure for works, the Bénouville Bridge in the Port of Caen - part of Ports of Normandie - was reopened to the traffic again, despite the difficult weather conditions of the past week and the nature of the manual work carried out. Two of the six hydraulic... more
Eurasian intermodal service introduced
Russian transport group Fesco is launching a regular intermodal container service from countries of the Asia-Pacific region to ports in Europe via Vladivostok and Kaliningrad (both Russia). The offer includes marine shipment by regular Fesco lines from the Asia-Pacific... more
Pfenning Logistics selects Marco Hamacher
Heddesheim-based contract logistics company Pfenning Logistics has appointed Marco Hamacher as its new head of business development in Northern Germany. The newest member of provider’s management team brings 26 years of logistics experience. After gaining degree in economics... more
USD 3 billion for a future in logistics
The Marseille-headquartered CMA CGM Group is opting for the American lifestyle and buying a majority share in California-based Ingram Micro’s commerce and lifecycle services activities (CLS), including the company’s technology forward logistics businesses in North America,... more
Cargo One and Cargowise announce new agreements
Latam Airlines Group and digital sales platform Cargo One have announced details of a new strategic relationship: Freight forwarders can look forward to booking the Latam Cargo carriers’ capacities from Europe and North America instantly on cargo.one from Q2/2022. Cargo One... more
Maiden flight for world’s first A320P2F
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, has completed the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. The flight took place at ST’s facilities in Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore and follows the conversion... more