The takeover carousel 
The transport and forwarding industry has particular regional strengths in France. French SMEs with international activities, for example to and from the British Isles, are rounding out their portfolios with targeted prime acquisitions. more
Turkish Cargo landing in Munich and Vancouver 
Turkish Cargo hasn’t let the fact that the Air Cargo Europe trade fair isn’t taking place physically next week dampen its energy and has announced its arrival in Munich (photo). On Friday 7 May the airline is adding main-deck capacities to the southern German destination, which... more
Frankfurt now part of the New Silk Road
A goods train from the Chinese provincial capital Jinan arrived in the container terminal of Contargo Industriepark Frankfurt-Höchst (Germany) for the first time recently, which means the greater Frankfurt region is now also connected to the New Silk Road. The railway transit... more
Poor start for SF Express in 2021
The Chinese Logistics and CEP provider Shun Feng Express (SF Express Holding) has a long and winding road ahead of it in 2021. In Q1 its turnover of CNY 42.62 billion (USD 6.57 billion) was 27% up in comparison with the same period last year. It didn’t make a profit, in... more
First chairwoman for Cargolux
Cargolux has appointed Christianne Wickler as the airline's chairwoman of its board of directors. Wickler is an entrepreneur and mother of four who first managed a petrol station, taken over from her father, in Oberpallen in 1982. She then developed the Pall Center, a group of... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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,... more