Duisport pulls out of Belarus 
The Port of Duisburg, i.e. its executive board, supervisory board and shareholders, have decided to terminate all business activities in Belarus with immediate effect. The reason given is Belarus' support for the war in Ukraine. Duisport will specifically say goodbye to two... more
Swiss family-run company invests in fleet
Dreier, a Swiss transport company, has added five new Man TGX 18.470 4×2 LL carrier vehicles for swap bodies to its fleet. The vehicles were recently handed over to the haulier in Vétroz in the canton of Valais and will be used to transport parcels to Western Switzerland on... more
Bluebird Nordic selects Nordic GSA in Denmark
Bluebird Nordic, which belongs to the Avia Solutions Group, has picked Nordic GSA in Denmark as its GSSA. The responsibilities of the ECS Group member, which was founded in 1996, cover five weekly flights between Billund and Keflavík, with import distribution operations to... more
The fall-out of skipping ports
"Lost capacity" is the key issue. The MDS Transmodal (MDST) research, commissioned by Global Shippers Forum (GSF), recently measured the total number of container ship slots that were expected to be available at the port but did not materialise because either the port... more
Rhenus Group picks Tobias Bartz
Tobias Bartz will take over the position of CEO and chairman of the management board of the Rhenus Group on 1 April 2022. He will succeed Klemens Rethmann, who will then concentrate on his responsibilities on the executive board of Rethmann SE. Bartz began his professional... more
Pallet network’s family is growing
Blacks Haulage in UK has joined the Pall-Ex network as a shareholder member. The haulier has been a successful family run business for over 48 years. As a shareholder member of Pall-Ex, the company now has access to a network of over 90 independent hauliers, providing pallet... more
Takeover in Switzerland
On 1 May 2022, Camion Transport (CT), a haulier headquartered in Wil in the eastern part of Switzerland, is taking over the transport operations of Willi Schärer Transport, which is based Pratteln near Basel. Camion Transport is one of country’s largest transport and... more
DHL and Singapore Airlines expand partnership
International express service provider DHL Express, has entered into a crew and maintenance agreement (CM) with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to deploy five Boeing 777 freighters. Based at Singapore's Changi Airport and serving DHL's South Asia hub there, the freighters, which... more
Deugro: new sustainable energy division
Deugro has launched a new sustainable energy division, providing a dedicated global team to lead Deugro’s long-term investment and commitment in delivering innovative logistics solutions to support the global energy transition. “Deugro already has an impressive track record... more
Former services to Russia re-assigned
Finnlines is no longer serving Russian ports. On 9 March 2022, it decided to unilaterally interrupt its traffic to Russia, although it was not legally obliged to do so. Thus, the holding Grimaldi Group, which operates these routes through Finnlines, cut four services to Russia... more