Röhlig partnering on data highway 
Bremen (Germany)-based Röhlig Logistics has made digital initiatives a part of its global strategy programme "Blue Star", focussing on digital customer service (including quoting, booking, track & trace), supply chain visibility and customer-specific reporting... more
Medical supplies from Switzerland to India
An aircraft of Swiss International Airlines carrying over 13 t of medical supplies, valued CHF 3 million, left Zurich for New Delhi last Thursday, 6 May 2021. The consignment contained 600 oxygen concentrators, purchased by Swiss Humanitarian Aid from private sector... more
Port of Lübeck expands intermodal capacities
Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), which operates the German Baltic Sea port of Lübeck, is enhancing its intermodal position by developing a master plan for the area. Lübeck is already something of an intermodal bridgehead on the Baltic Sea. The port offers 50 weekly departures... more
Marexport swallowed by Jenkins
British Jenkins Group is acquiring Marexport UK based in the ports of Felixstowe and Ipswich. Jenkins, founded over 40 years ago, offers stevedoring, container operations, warehousing and road haulage services. The now purchased Felixstowe and Ipswich warehouses will... more
More than USD 1 trillion 
The latest development in the maritime shipping industry must be like a balm for many a melancholy shipowner, after years and years of operational losses. The margins earned for goods transported as well as the value of ships have both risen distinctly. more
Othman the new man at the top
Aramex has named Othman Aljeda as its new CEO, replacing Bashar Obeid who submitted his resignation to the board on 29 April, saying that it had been his "pleasure and privilege to be part of the Aramex family for the past 28 years". Obeid will work closely with Aljeda... more
Albatros-Express runs to Milan
As from July 2021, TFG Transfracht is expanding its Albatros Express network to include Milan and Verona. Up ten trains per week will then run between northern Italy's industrial belt and the German seaports and provide links to the western ports as well. The services to and... more
CBP acts against forced labour
In March, the USA’s Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) instructed staff to seize gloves produced by the Top Glove Corporation in Malaysia at US ports of entry. Now personnel in Cleveland have seized 3.97 million Top Glove disposable gloves, due to information... more
Divaca-Koper railway to be completed in 2025
Project manager 2TDK can now go ahead with the building of the new railway track between Divaca and Koper in Slovenia, after having signed a contract with the contractors chosen for the main construction works. With this signing, which took place just outside Koper, the work on... more