Hong Kong airport as double hub 
Last weekend Hong Kong airport cooperated with government departments and business partners to handle the first batch of Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccines flown from Frankfurt to Hong Kong. The hub also transhipped a batch to Macao across the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.The Cathay... more
New president for Penske subsidiary
Phil Peck, the chief operating officer of Epes Transport since 2019, has been promoted to president. He succeeds Richard Kuehn, who is retiring, having helped to lead Epes for 23 years. Epes Transport is a business unit of the USA’s Penske Logistics, and is celebrating its 90th... more
Foodstuffs logistician modernising fleet
The vehicle rental enterprise Fraikin is receiving 30 units (D18/D14 Wides) and six tractors (T480s) from Renault Trucks in Q1 of this year.Fraikin, which is headquartered in Echandens in western Switzerland, will operate the trucks under its fleet management scheme, but lease... more
Loxxess ready for more hazmat logistics
The logistics and fulfilment service provider Loxxess is expanding its capacities in the field of hazardous materials logistics. The firm, based in Tegernsee in Bavaria (Germany), has thus responded to the reorganisation of production processes for key goods in the pandemic,... more
Hamburg Süd sells entity
Hamburg Süd is continuing to focus its business on its container transport and logistics activities, in line with the Maersk’s policy. Thus the London-based ATPI Group, which offers corporate travel management services, has now taken over the line’s travel agency subsidiary... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The largest living organism in the world is a fungus; it lives in Oregon (USA), covers 890 hectares and is still growing. more
Direct connection to Eurasian trains
In response to increasing demand, the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has increased the frequency of its intermodal TransFER service Trieste–Vienna–Linz–Trieste to two round trips per week. These three-way round trips for FCL (full container load) and FTL (full truck load)... more
K+N takes advantage in 2020
As he presented Kuehne + Nagel's annual results for 2020 at a virtual press conference recently, CEO Detlef Trefzger spoke of a year characterised by "organic and inorganic growth, especially towards Asia.” The takeover of Apex International marks the end of a... more
Seasonal upgrade for PAD
CMA CGM and Marfret will enhance their joint Europe-Australasia Panama Direct (PAD) as from the end of March. The frequency will be increased from fortnightly to weekly, with CMA CGM providing eleven vessels and Marfret one unit. The rotation will remain the same. Ports of... more
La Poste and Geo Post's golden year
For 2020, La Poste reported revenues of EUR 31.2 billion, a rise of 20.0%, boosted by the e-commerce boom during the pandemic. Operating profit jumped by more than 250% to EUR 3.1 billion from EUR 889 in 2019, the operating margin was 10.1%. The parcel business witnessed a... more