Kuenz: new basis for Asia-Pacific expansion 

The agreement has been inked: Melbourne-headquartered Port X Group will exclusively represent Austria-based Kuenz container handling cranes in Australia and New Zealand. A new office will be opened in Singapore to support its Asia-Pacific operations. Managing director David... more
Rail has highest market share in 25 years 

In Switzerland, the opening of the Ceneri base tunnel and the 4 m corridor in H1/2021 enabled the railways to expand their position in transalpine freight traffic. Rail now accounts for a share of 74.4%. This is the highest value in 25 years. The number of truck journeys... more
Upturn for Xpediator 

UK-based freight forwarder Xpediator has reported its interim results for H1/2021. Group revenue amounted to GBP 126.6 million (EUR 147.7 million), up 27.1% from GBP 99.6 million (EUR 116.2 million) i H1/2020. Adjusted profit before tax remained low at GBP 3.6 million (EUR 4.2... more
CMA CGM: cross-Channel plans 

Marseilles (France)-based CMA CGM Group is investing EUR 25 million in Brittany Ferries. This includes EUR 10 million in quasi-equity. The French shipping group will use available cargo space on board of Brittany Ferries’ services to UK, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula and... more
JD lands in Europe 

JD launched an all-cargo charter flight between China and UK on 8 September 2021, the Chinese e-commerce giant’s first regular cargo flight to Europe. The route further expands JD’s international transport logistics network, in addition to the cargo flights to USA (Los Angeles,... more
Electronic consignment note passes last hurdle 

The law on the electronic consignment note has passed the German Bundesrat (federal council). The so-called e-CMR Protocol of 20 February 2008 supplements the 1956 convention on the international carriage of goods by road (CMR). It stipulates that the consignment note, which... more
New deputy director for federal roads office 

The Swiss federal department of the environment, transport, energy and communications has appointed Erwin Wieland as new deputy director of the federal roads office (Fedro). He will take up his new position on 1 October. Wieland, from the canton of Graubünden, has been... more
Precision and Zela ink strategic agreement 

Cyprus-based Zela Aviation, which has been active in the aircraft chartering and sales business for the last 16 years, is adding a deal to its portfolio. At the end of last month it signed a strategic partnership agreement at Precision Air’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam,... more
Long-distance sea transport to Stockholm 

Cargo arriving by sea on a new route via the Ports of Stockholm has environmental advantages. Recently, the cargo that the shipping company Thorco Projects’ cargo unloaded at Frihamnen Port came all the way from Asia. 400 t of Thorco Projects cargo that arrived at this port in... more
Bawat Technology Services picks Todd Zyra 

Bawat Technology Services (BTS), a Danish joint venture between Green Swan Partners, a sustainability venture builder and Bawat, a ballast water treatment technology company, has appointed Todd Zyra as lead executive. Todd Zyra was formerly president and CEO of Silipos Holding... more