British naval airship plans drown in Humber 
Exactly 100 years ago, on 24 August 1921, during its fourth trial flight, the R38 (ZR-2) rigid airship, purchased by the US Navy from Britain's Royal Air Force, broke into two parts and fell into the Humber River at Hull, England. The airship with a payload of 46 t, the... plus
DFI Real Estate expands team in the south
Düsseldorf-based DFI Real Estate, which develops commercial and logistics properties in Germany, has appointed Sandra Schwendner as business development manager. She will support Alexander Hund, regional director south, in the acquisition, commercial management and marketing of... plus
Special fleet for bitumen transports
UK-based Puma has extended its bitumen logistics contract with Hoyer for another five years. Under this agreement, the German dangerous goods specialist is responsible for loading and unloading at customer sites, planning capacity utilisation and scheduling drivers and fleet.... plus
Hornbach chooses Panattoni development
Do-it-yourself chain Hornbach Baumarkt has signed a contract to lease Panattoni Park Speyer, a logistics property located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The facility will be handed over to the new tenant in November this year. Based in Bornheim (near Landau,... plus
Hupac invests in Viennese terminal
WienCont and the Swiss intermodal operator Hupac have been cooperating for years. Now Hupac has acquired a 4.16% stake in the WienCont container terminal to expand its transport services and strengthen the land bridge from southeast Europe as far as Turkey. By the end of... plus
Italian network grows
Kombiverkehr is extending its intermodal offering on the European transport corridor through Switzerland. Train services between Mortara (Italy) and Krefeld (Germany) and Mortara and Rotterdam CTT (the Netherlands) will be expanded to a total of five round trips per week from 6... plus
La Compagnie to carry transatlantic cargo
La Compagnie has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to support its first-ever venture into the air cargo market. The French 100% business class airline has awarded WFS a three-year contract to handle cargo on board its A321LR between Paris Orly and New York EWR which will... plus
JAS Worldwide targets Nordic countries
Freight forwarding services provider JAS Worldwide, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), is acquiring Greencarrier Freight Services International, the freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain management division of Greencarrier Group. The company is headquartered... plus
Heppell to become CFO
Richard Heppell has been appointed as chief financial officer designate for Tindall Riley & Co and Britannia P&I. Heppell joins in exactly two weeks from today, on 6 September, having recently served as CFO for Neon, the specialist insurer and Lloyd’s managing agent.... plus
Second PCTC runs on LNG and battery
UECC's second LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) has hit the water. It is also the second out of three LNG battery hybrid sistership newbuilds at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China. Hull number H2664 was launched at the Shanghai yard on 16 August. Time is up:... plus