Mesa's first cargo flight for DHL Express 
Phoenix, AZ-based Mesa Air Group operated its first revenue cargo flight for DHL Express last week from its crew and maintenance base at Cincinnati airport. Under a previously announced agreement, Mesa will operate two B737-400F aircraft on behalf of DHL for a five-year... plus
Logwin takes business with China to the streets
11,000 km through China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland to Germany. The 235 boxes of bicycle parts from a Chinese plant in Dongguan, which Logwin, based in Luxembourg, transported for the first time by truck to Koblenz in Germany instead of by rail or sea freight, were... plus
DF Industrial Partners grows
DFI, a project developer of commercial and logistics property based in Germany, is founding two new offices in Stuttgart and Hamburg and therefore also strengthening its sales team. In order to make local exchange easier with the municipalities and the partners, DFI is now... plus
90 years ago today: the Graf at Basel’s first airport
On 12 October 1930 LZ 127, the most successful airship in the history of aviation, which transported more than 100 t of cargo on 1.7 million km between 1928 and 1937, landed at Basel's Sternenfeld airport, which had been inaugurated exactly one year and one month earlier, on 12... plus
Bright Industrial invests in Hamburg
In Hamburg, yet more areas are being developed for the logistics industry. The real estate company Bright Industrial Investment has acquired the site of Rofin-Sinar Laser, a Coherent Group company, in Hamburg. Under the sale-and-lease-back contract, Coherent will remain on... plus
Bergé emphasises its offshore business
Logistics operator Bergé is promoting its “offshore” business with the Canary Islands as a global hub for the repair of oil rigs. Currently providing ship agency and logistics services to several offshore rigs and support vessels, Bergé has now made the Canary Islands the... plus
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The dust in the atmosphere of Mars spreads sunlight differently than on Earth; sunsets on the 'red planet' are blue. plus
100 natural gas HGVs for Argentina
Demand for utility vehicles powered by natural gas is increasing worldwide. In South America, NRG Argentina, a supplier for the oil and gas industries, has ordered 100 Stralis Natural Power trucks powered by CNG drive from manufacturer Iveco. The tractor units make full use... plus
Schmitz Cargobull picks managing director
Schmitz Cargobull Danmark, the Danish subsidiary of the German commercial vehicle manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull, has appointed Flemming Laasholdt as new managing director. He will succeed Tim Warmeling, who has moved to the Schmitz Cargobull production site in Vreden. ... plus
Le forcing du fret
Les mois passent et les transitaires de fret aérien continuent de se disputer la place à bord des avions. De plus en plus de carriers ayant pris conscience des chances lucratives sur le pont principal, l’avionneur US Boeing accroît ses lignes de conversion d’avions. plus