Covid-19's impact on the transport industry 

In Switzerland, road haulage proved to be the most robust. The trucks' transport performance totalled 16.99 billion net tonne-kilometres in 2020, 0.9% less than in 2021. Railfreight's transport performance, on the other hand, decreased by 2.7% to 9.8 billion net tonnes, the... more
Senior appointments for Asia Pacific 

Contract logistics provider DHL Supply Chain, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has announced two senior appointments in Asia Pacific. Steve Thompsett (left), currently CCO, DSC Asia Pacific, will assume the role of CEO, DSC Australia & New Zealand and life sciences &... more
Investment in hinterland networks in Poland 

Contargo, a hinterland logistics network for container transport, has founded a national subsidiary in Poland. Contargo Intermodal Poland offers repositioning of empty containers, container transports per rail from Poland to other European countries and container trucking to sea... more
New equipment for Rostock 

An increase in bulk volumes has encouraged Euroports Germany, a major cargo handler based in Rostock's overseas port on the German Baltic Coast, to put another crane, a LHM 280, into operation - at short notice. In order to further expand handling capacity and provide a... more
Fiata begins to reshuffle presidency 

Fiata, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, reports changes in its presidency. Robert Keen (photo) has been elected secretary general, thus replacing Robert A. Voltmann, who has held the position since 2015. Keen joined the British International... more
More Bauhaus products in Czech warehouse 

German DIY retailer Bauhaus has renewed and extended its e-commerce logistics contract with FM Logistic. The expanded range of services offered has doubled the size of the Lovosice fulfilment centre in Czechia, close to the German border, from 30,000 to 60,000 sqm. The... more
Fedex Express boosts freight capacity 

Fedex Express, a subsidiary of Fedex Corp and the world’s largest express transportation company, has boosted its intra-Europe air network capacity with the addition of three new flights and four flight capacity upgrades, adding a total of almost 210,000 kg of weekly capacity on... more
CMA CGM looks back in joy 

The results for the French carrier CMA CGM and its logistics affiliates in Q3/2021 follow the current trend. While consolidated revenues amounted to USD 15.3 billion, almost doubling the figures of the same period in 2020, consolidated ebitda grew to USD 7.1 billion and net... more
Over 1,000 CNG trucks for European operations 

Iveco has signed another deal with Amazon: the USA-headquartered online dealer recently placed an order for 1,064 trucks. Amazon has already taken delivery of the first 216 Iveco s-way CNG trucks to be operated by its partners in Europe. Deliveries of the remaining 848 units are... more
Laurels for technology in logistics 

Founded in 2016, technology company Insta Freight has reached seventh place in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 2021. With this award, Deloitte honours the 50 growth champions in the tech industry, based on their percentage revenue growth over the past four financial years. The... more