Sunny side up for Hamburg 
The port of Hamburg witnessed an upswing in seaborne cargo throughput in Q1/2021, above its forecast. A steep increase in March, especially, led to higher volumes in total (+0.4% to 32,1 million t) compared to the same period last year. Container handling performed even... plus
A woman to head HR at Hellmanns
Christa Stienen has been appointed chief human resource officer at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics with effect from 1 August. She will succeed Claudio Gerring, who died in December 2020 after nineteen years in the HR unit. Stienen brings 30 years’ experience in various senior roles... plus
2050 à la vitesse grand V 
Les ports mondiaux sont absorbés par des planifications à l’horizon 2025 ou 2050. Merce Conesà, présidente du port de Barcelone, en a discuté avec Christian Doepgen. plus
On the box ships' renaissance
The shipyards are busy again. According to Clarksons, the order book for container ships is also on the rise. Since 2010, when 30% of the global order book were container vessels, their share of the operating fleet worldwide saw a constant downward trend to the low of 8.8% in... plus
Space for 45,000 vehicles in Koper
The Slovenian Port of Koper has opened a petrol station for the supply of working machines and vehicles in the port, a new gate for trucks, and a new multi-storey garage for cars. The new gate for trucks is already the third entrance to the port. It will be intended mainly... plus
A new giant in Southampton
The first unit in a new generation of HMM ships has docked at DP World’s container terminal at Southampton. The HMM “Nuri” is the first of eight 16,000 teu class mega-ships to sail the Asia and North Europe trade lanes. This vessel’s port rotation includes Busan, Shanghai,... plus
Saudia Cargo's first commercial service to Denmark
Utilising Saudia Airlines B777-300 passenger planes with 140 t payload capacity per flight, Saudia Cargo kicked off its "preighter" flights to Copenhagen. Chief cargo officer Teddy Zebitz, who is from Denmark: "We believe that Copenhagen, as a central location... plus
CN, not CPR, will combine with KCS
Canadian National Railway (CN) and Kansas City Southern (KSU) have entered into a definitive USD 33.6 billion merger agreement to create the premier railway. The agreement was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors. This combination of the two railways’... plus
Geodis: support for automation
Antoine Pretin joins global supply chain operator Geodis as its new vice president engineering group, where one of this responsibilities will be to accelerate the automation of Geodis’ services. Pretin started his career in 2007 as a project manager at Sidel Cermex, first in... plus
Heinemann Americas contracts logistics partner
A new partnership in the Americas: Heinemann Americas (HAI), the Florida-based affiliate of the international duty-free company Gebrüder Heinemann, and Bolloré Logistics have extended their ongoing cooperation to the new world. Since HAI opened its Miami office nearly seven... plus