Hellmann got around in 2020 
It is a look back in satisfaction. Despite the well-known challenges last year, Germany-based Hellmann is content with financial year 2020 and Q1/2021. While the first half of 2020 was characterised by declines in volume, especially in air freight, volumes for the year as a... more
Ahrend joins company management
Schunck Group, an insurance broker for Germany's logistics industry, is expanding the existing management team of its own insurance broker, Atralosecur GmbH, founded in 2017, with Daniel Ahrend as of 1 June. Ahrend has been working in the insurance industry for almost 20... more
Kerr promoted to DPD UK's CEO
Today, 1 June 2021, Elaine Kerr assumes her new position of CEO of parcel delivery company DPD UK. She has worked for DPD for over 28 years, joining as a sales executive based in the North West, followed by roles of customer relationship manager and head of CRM before being... more
Woody biomass in MOL's focus
MOL is planning to procure a newbuilding Panamax bulker to transport woody biomass for energy as its main cargo, especially by power companies in Japan. The new vessel’s specifications are in pre-compliance with the energy efficiency design index (EEDI), the environmental... more
Unmanned aviation partners in Ireland
Several partners from the UK and Ireland - Skyports, an air taxi and cargo drone vertiport provider, Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI), drone training and certification body Avtrain, and Shannon Group’s international aviation services centre - have signed a MoU to establish... more
Truck of 2021 enhances fleet
Swiss Ferroflex Group has a truck fleet with 16 tractor units and special trailers which it deploys to deliver steel and construction equipment. Now, three new Man tractor units are expanding the fleet: two TGX 18.470 4×2 BLS and one TGX 26.470 6×2/4 BLS. All three vehicles... more
Change of hands in South Carolina
Pall Corporation, a global manufacturer of high-tech filtration, separation and purification products servicing manufacturing, food and life sciences industries, has acquired a new logistics site from McCraney Property. The so-called "85 Logistics Park", a... more
Specialist with an eye for detail 
The Altishofen-based Swiss logistician Galliker remains on the lookout for opportunities to expand and to specialise – also in today’s difficult environment. Its logistics solutions cover the general cargo, foodstuffs, environment, health and automobile segments. more
First batch of 680 mega trailers ordered
Dachser is purchasing ‘mega trailers’ to convert its fleet. Because of their more generous cargo space dimensions - with otherwise the same length and width – these trailers achieve better fuel economy than standard semi-trailers, especially over long distances, the forwarder... more