100,000 pallets in one week 
EV Cargo’s Palletforce in UK has just set new weekly and daily records for network volumes after successfully implementing a range of measures and member support to protect and grow its business amidst the Covid-19 challenges. In the last week in June Palletforce volumes hit... more
CFL multimodal strengthens sales team
Sven Löffler has joined CFL multimodal in Luxembourg as general sales manager, alongside CCO Alain Krecké. With 20 years of experience in the railway and logistics industry in Germany and France, Löffler will be in charge of managing the sales teams – rail, intermodal and... more
More ULCV, more handling troubles
The recently published tenth WPSP-IAPH Covid19 port economic impact barometer gives a first indication of the development of container handling in ports located in countries where lockdown restrictions are being eased. The report is based on the figures of ninety ports... more
Pamyra partners with CTL
Effective immediately, logistics start-up Pamyra has formed a strategic partnership with logistics services provider CTL Cargo Trans Logistik as part of the new business customer segment Pamyra Pro. CTL’s national general cargo network will be a key component of the platform’s... more
Dues suspended to boost traffic on Kiel Canal
Low bunker prices not only pave the way for shipping companies around the Cape instead of the Suez Canal. The same development has led to a considerable decline of traffic on the North German Kiel Canal compared to the detour around the cape of Skagen. The route around Denmark... more
Southern European Flag carriers re-nationalised
On 29 June 2020, Alitalia was officially relaunched with new management (Francesco Caio, an executive with a background in telecoms and banking and who led the postal service Poste Italiane to an IPO in 2015, as president, and Fabio Lazzerini, a former general manager of... more
DB Schenker expands ocean freight team
DB Schenker has appointed two executives to lead the sea freight business in the DE/CH cluster. Hans-Thorsten Lanfermann will manage the ocean export segment. He has been working for DB Schenker for almost 20 years. His most recent position was head of sea freight north of... more
Increasing safety and capacity on rail network
Canadian National Railways (CN) plans to invest over CAD 10 million (EUR 6.54 million) across the province in eastern Canada, Nova Scotia, in 2020. The investments will focus on the replacement of rail and ties, rebuilding road crossing surfaces as well as maintenance work on... more
Hellmann joins forces with Geodis
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is changing its partner for its French trade and will work with Geodis as from 1 September 2020, thus ending the longstanding cooperation with Heppner and placing its groupage services between Germany and France on a sustainable footing with a new... more
CNCo improves data exchange ship-to-shore
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) is cooperating with Dualog, a Tromsø (Norway)-based maritime digital platform provider, in the use of Dualog Drive, a maritime-optimised file and folder replication service that is designed to simplify the collection and distribution of large... more