Turnaround at the Port of Long Beach 

Signs of relief are on the horizon: in May, cargo shipments rose again at the Port of Long Beach as the economic effects of anti-pandemic measures started to subside. The port handled 628,000 teu over the month, a 9.5% increase from May 2019. Imports grew 7.6% to approx.... more
50 million medical gloves from China to Germany 

Geodis is ensuring the safe transport of the cargo from China to Germany. The company's freight forwarding unit in Germany won this major contract of 275 t in a public tender from the German government. Around 50,000 boxes of gloves will be transported in five shipments from... more
Sanitary containers now available at GVZ Bremen 

New sanitary containers with showers and toilets for truck drivers are now available in the service park in the GVZ Bremen, Germany. The containers were supplied by the industry initiative #Logistikhilft, and the rents are financed by donations. About 6,000 to 7,000 trucks... more
Finnlines' latest vessel generation 

Finnlines' newbuilding programme continues as planned. The construction of the shipping company's most recent ro-ro vessel was started on 8 June 2020, with the steel cutting in the Chinese Nanjing Jinling shipyard. All three ordered hybrid ro-ro vessels will be built with... more
Another member for Swiss Post's board of directors 

At a recently held extraordinary annual general meeting, Swiss Post elected Corrado Pardini to its board of directors. He succeeds Michael Gobet, who passed away in mid-February this year. Pardini is the second of two staff representatives on the board, which is now... more
Conroute Logistics gains AEO-F certificate 

Six years after Conroute Air & Sea, the Swedish partner of the U-Freight Group (UFL), was certified by the Swedish Customs authority as an authorised economic operator (AEO-F), its sister company Conroute Logistics has achieved its own AEO-F accreditation. Eva Westling,... more
Rhenus opens new office at Liège airport 

Exactly one month ago, on 11 May 2020, Rhenus Air & Ocean moved from Herstal in Belgium to its new location some 20 km away at Liège airport (LGG). Now even more strategically positioned, the company plans to offer multimodal solutions and expand its global airfreight... more
Latam's "Solidary Plane" equal to the challenge 

Due to its commitment and effort during the pandemic, Latam's "Solidary Plane" transported over 400 health professionals to address Covid-19 needs, enabled more than 300 people to receive medical treatment or urgent surgery and also carried out five special flights to... more
Isabella Niklas elected to the supervisory board 

Hapag-Lloyd's shareholders have approved the supervisory board's proposal to elect Isabella Niklas as a shareholder representative. She is managing director of the HGV (Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH), the asset management and holding... more
Large logistics project in Romania 

After a project phase lasting over two years, Quehenberger Logistics is implementing the last steps for the full utilisation of an integrated logistics concept for Brico Depôt in Romania. Warehousing and transport are handled uniformly, meeting the requirements of two different... more