Port of Basel resilient in 2020 
In the Swiss Rhine ports, goods throughput in 2020 fell by 15.5% compared to 2019. After 2018 with its low water levels, 2019 was a strong year, regaining lost ground and increasing its throughput by an impressive 30%. Therefore, all things considered, the pandemic year 2020... plus
Air cargo information for freight forwarders
Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments aims to facilitate the transport of vaccines, by... plus
Border checks: IRU fears severe damage
In response to Germany's new entry regulations, the Austrian federal state of Tyrol began to control and throttle road haulage traffic already on the Brenner Pass on Sunday, 14 February 2021. This measure is intended to avoid a gridlock in the Inn valley. Because of the... plus
Debut heavy-duty trip a success
A 4-axle heavy-duty semitrailer tractor from the new MAN truck generation was recently used for the first time in a heavy-duty convoy made up of three units. The convoy’s job was to transport a tube-welding line in Germany from Lebach in Saarland to the Saarlouis port to be... plus
Duisport scores in key segment
The major European inland port and hub duisport witnessed segmental growth in a difficult year 2020. Container handling went up by 5% 4.2 million teu (4 million teu in 2019), a new record mark. With a share of around 55%, container handling is the first goods segment in... plus
A stronger Royal Mail
In the first three quarters of its fiscal year, the British Royal Mail Group achieved revenues of GBP 9.3 billion (EUR 10.7 billion), a significant rise of 13.5% compared to 2019. Amongst others, the group has delivered around one billion items of PPE so far. Its... plus
Swissport covers all of UK for Lufthansa Cargo
Swissport in the UK has won a major cargo handling contract from the Lufthansa Group for London Heathrow airport (LHR). The global provider of ground services and cargo handling now takes care of the German airline group’s cargo at all of its UK destinations. In the future,... plus
Best betters position at TFG
With retroactive effect from 1 January, Philipp Best has been appointed as sales manager at TFG Transfracht in Hamburg. The subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn organises daily containerised sea port hinterland transports (2020: 900,000 teu) from Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven as... plus
Intermodal freight traffic gains momentum
Transport performance in goods traffic in Switzerland fell by 2.2% in 2019 compared to the previous year. Road haulage reported a decline of 2.7% and railfreight dropped by 1.4%, the Federal Statistical Office (BFS) said. Transport performance on the Swiss road and railway... plus
CMA CGM serious about air division
A long-held dream has come true. The French shipping group CMA CGM Group is establishing its own specialised airfreight division.The carrier's first move to buy a 30%-stake in the Group Dubreuil, owner of the long-haul airlines Air Caraïbes and French Bee, didn’t materialise.Now... plus