Rotterdam back on track 
Europe's first port in terms of volume, Rotterdam, is back on the growth path after a difficult 2020. Volumes surged by 3% in Q1/2021, to 115.8 million t. The hub’s terminals handled a rising number of containers, namely 3.7 million teu or 4.5% more than in the same period of... plus
Tapping into the potential of Prague
The Atlanta-based US infrastructure investment firm Ventus, which was founded last year and which focuses on Europe and North America, and the Singaporean company Sky Logistica have acquired Skyport. The central European air cargo infrastructure company is the leading cargo... plus
RZD and KTZ create a roadmap
Russian Railways (RZD) and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) have agreed to develop a roadmap for the transition to the digital registration of export-import transportation. The two partners also discussed the further development of the activities of the United Transport and Logistics... plus
Retailer Vox exports from Segro Logistics park
The Vox company, an interior design brand from Poland, has signed a lease for 7,700 sqm of warehousing space in the Segro Logistics Park Poznań, in Gądki (Poland). Vox interior design has been present in the Polish market for more than 30 years. It has a network of interior... plus
Bengel promoted at VTG
Hamburg-based VTG AG, a leading international wagon hire and rail logistics company with more than 94,000 railcars in its fleet, has promoted Sascha Bengel to head of its activities in the western hemisphere in the business unit Silk Road and project logistics. Bengel,... plus
Latam Cargo continues solidarity efforts
Latam Airlines Group will continue to transport vaccines at no cost in the countries where it operates in 2021, thus carrying on with a measure it first introduced after the arrival of the first shipments of vaccines to the region in December 2020. To date its ‘Solidarity Plane’... plus
P&O reclaiming the Channel
P&O Ferries is returning to pre-pandemic times and bringing its fifth ro-ro ship back to the Dover–Calais route in the English Channel. The ‘Pride of Burgundy’, a 28,000 t vessel that can carry 120 trucks, will sail again in June. The unit will operate in freight-only... plus
Record turnover despite sharp drop in orders
The German railway industry association (Verband der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland, VDB) has concluded an ambivalent bottom line for the 2020 financial year. With sales of EUR 12.5 billion, the railway industry achieved a record figure last year, which increased by 7%. Domestic... plus
Takeover fortifies Rhenus Switzerland's results
Rhenus Alpina’s sales in Switzerland leapt by 20% in 2020, despite the pandemic. Total revenues of CHF 410 million (CHF 341 million in 2019) were largely due to the integration of Interfracht’s activities into the group.The firm didn’t report its adjusted revenues, and doesn’t... plus
Treats that contravene regulations
On 14 April US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists working at Dallas Fort Worth airport intercepted a shipment of prohibited and restricted treats for pets that was manifested as men’s sweaters. The shipment didn’t contain any clothes, but... plus