Lübeck – Herne shuttle several times a day 
Germany's Ruhr area and destinations in the country's federal states on the Baltic Sea are coming closer: Kombiverkehr is responding to growing cargo volumes at the terminals of the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) and introducing another daily connection between Herne in the... more
Hybrid units for Finnlines rolling
The newbuilding programme of Finnlines, the Baltic Sea operator, continues. The liner's second hybrid ro-ro vessel was launched recently, and the keel laying ceremony for the third vessel has just taken place. The three ro-ro vessels are being built at the Chinese Jinling... more
New representative for Deutsche Bahn
Changes at Deutsche Bahn in Basel: As of today, 1 September 2021, Marcus Bayer will become the German railway company's new group management representative for the Swiss rail network. Bayer replaces Jürgen Lange, who is retiring after more than 20 years of service. Bayer has... more
A surprising year for A. Hartrodt
A. Hartrodt exceeded expectations with its result in the difficult year of 2020. At EUR 112.1 million, the gross forwarding profit (gross profit) was only 0.9% below that of 2019. Andreas Schrön, chief financial officer, commented: "At the beginning of March 2020, I had... more
Freight forwarders add air cargo capacities
While Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics, a subsidiary of global logistics provider Dachser, is announcing that over 85% of its customers have utilised the weekly Frankfurt - Chicago - Frankfurt service more than once since it began a year ago, yet another logistics services... more
20 DAF trucks to support UK e-truck trial
Daf truck manufacturer Leyland is to participate in a project designed to help UK operators make the transition to battery electric trucks. Twenty Daf LF Electric 19 t rigids, together with the required charging infrastructure, will be fitted with data logging equipment and... more
More volumes, revenues and vessels for CMA CGM
Fleets around the world are growing. That's also the case for CMA CGM, which recently reported its results for Q2/2021. So far, 14 new owned vessels and 32 second-hand vessels were added to the fleet in 2021. Out of these, eight new owned vessels, including the last five of its... more
GLX Global Logistics expands warehouse
GLX Global Logistics Services has now taken over the completed extension of its warehouse in Grünheide, Brandenburg, Germany. Real estate developer Panattoni added 4,300 sqm of usable area, of which 4,188 sqm are warehousing space, to the existing 17,000 sqm facilities. The... more
Mail on passenger seats already 60 years ago
The fact that letters and parcels are regularly placed on aircraft passenger seats is not a novelty caused by the corona crisis. Sixty years ago today, on the night of 1 to 2 September 1961, Lufthansa launched its overnight airmail network, using passenger aircraft to transport... more
Green fleet keeps growing
Hoyer is gradually adding more and more LGN tractor units and CNG trucks to its fleet. The latest addition was a CNG truck in the middle of August to be used for short distance transports in the greater Hamburg area. The specialist for mineral oil logistics is currently... more