SAS re-starts long haul routes 
More and more countries are easing their travel restrictions, which enables SAS to resume flights to many destinations from this month onwards. This primarily includes domestic flights within and between the Scandinavian countries, but flights to New York EWR and Chicago ORD... more
Chinese masks for Berlin's hospitals
Hellmann has developed a flexible logistics concept using various modes of transport to guarantee continuous and reliable deliveries of medical products and equipment, thus making an important contribution to supplying hospitals in Berlin during the corona pandemic. In a... more
Lean Marine chooses Jonas Persson as sales director
Lean Marine Sweden, which specialises in ship propulsion optimisation and performance monitoring, has appointed Jonas Persson to the role of sales director. In this position, Persson will hold overall responsibility for the global expansion of the customer base for fuel opt,... more
EMS Chartering opens branch office in St. Petersburg
German logistics company EMS Chartering continues to grow: it has now opened a branch office in St. Petersburg. Since the beginning of June, senior representative/chartering manager Alexey Yemtsov has been in charge of the Eastern European market. "With our new office in... more
Volumes and sailings keep slipping
Carriers worldwide announced another 521,000 teu of blank sailings in the course of the calendar week 23, said Copenhagen-based maritime consultant Sea Intelligence, which is a 15% increase over the announcements made the week prior. Accordingly, the six-week plateau during... more
Cargohub launches "Trucking CDM" platform
Congestion at large airports has become a major cause of delays, increasing pollution and cost. The Dutch portal Cargohub recently launched the innovative "collaborative decision making" (CDM) trucking platform that offers transparency, predictability and a slot... more
Awarding efforts to protect the environment
K Line recently hosted the environmental awards ceremony 2020. The awards were established to honour and give recognition to outstanding efforts made by both executives and employees to further the preservation of the environment. Seagate Corporation received the grand... more
New China train en route to the Netherlands
A freight train left Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Saturday 6 June 2020), heading for Tilburg in the Netherlands for the first time, according to the Chinese state council information office. The train, carrying 82 teu of cargo, will travel around 15 days... more
Linde takes Europa sky high
Europa Warehouse has partnered with Linde Material Handling UK (Linde MH UK) to supply materials handling equipment (MHE) at its new GBP 60 million 3pl warehouse in Corby, Northants. The Corby warehouse comprises 66,500 sqm dedicated to logistics, on a 101,175 sqm site. To... more
UECC plans to run on biofuels
Words are followed by actions. After their three month biofuel trial, short sea operator UECC (United European Car Carriers) and the Good Shipping Program are cooperating with car manufacturer BMW Group to continue to test marine bio fuel-oil (BFO) on UECC’s ro-ro car carrying... more