Logwin takes business with China to the streets
11,000 km through China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland to Germany. The 235 boxes of bicycle parts from a Chinese plant in Dongguan, which Logwin, based in Luxembourg, transported for the first time by truck to Koblenz in Germany instead of by rail or sea freight, were... more
DF Industrial Partners grows
DFI, a project developer of commercial and logistics property based in Germany, is founding two new offices in Stuttgart and Hamburg and therefore also strengthening its sales team. In order to make local exchange easier with the municipalities and the partners, DFI is now... more
90 years ago today: the Graf at Basel’s first airport
On 12 October 1930 LZ 127, the most successful airship in the history of aviation, which transported more than 100 t of cargo on 1.7 million km between 1928 and 1937, landed at Basel's Sternenfeld airport, which had been inaugurated exactly one year and one month earlier, on 12... more
Bright Industrial invests in Hamburg
In Hamburg, yet more areas are being developed for the logistics industry. The real estate company Bright Industrial Investment has acquired the site of Rofin-Sinar Laser, a Coherent Group company, in Hamburg. Under the sale-and-lease-back contract, Coherent will remain on... more
Bergé emphasises its offshore business
Logistics operator Bergé is promoting its “offshore” business with the Canary Islands as a global hub for the repair of oil rigs. Currently providing ship agency and logistics services to several offshore rigs and support vessels, Bergé has now made the Canary Islands the... more
"Curiosity of the Day"
The dust in the atmosphere of Mars spreads sunlight differently than on Earth; sunsets on the 'red planet' are blue. more
100 natural gas HGVs for Argentina
Demand for utility vehicles powered by natural gas is increasing worldwide. In South America, NRG Argentina, a supplier for the oil and gas industries, has ordered 100 Stralis Natural Power trucks powered by CNG drive from manufacturer Iveco. The tractor units make full use... more
Schmitz Cargobull picks managing director
Schmitz Cargobull Danmark, the Danish subsidiary of the German commercial vehicle manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull, has appointed Flemming Laasholdt as new managing director. He will succeed Tim Warmeling, who has moved to the Schmitz Cargobull production site in Vreden. ... more
Freight a mighty player
Airfreight forwarders are continuing to struggle to find space on aeroplanes for their customers’ cargo as the months go by. Ever more airlines have ascertained how lucrative main-deck opportunities currently are, so Boeing has increased its conversion capacities. more
China to Slovakia train relaunched
Trans Eurasia and Metrans, together with partners from Ukrzaliznytsia, TransContainer and ZSSK Cargo have renewed the regular weekly train connection between Xian in Chian and Dunajska Streda in Slovakia. The first – renewal – train arrived at the Metrans terminal in... more