Chinese cargo carrier opens first international route 
Tianjin Air Cargo, a subsidiary of HNA Group with a fleet of four B737 freighter aircraft, launched its first international all-cargo route exactly one week ago, on 8 January 2020, as it commenced a once-weekly B737-800F service from the central Chinese city Zhengzhou to... more
A trio for battery hybrid LNG powered PCTC
United European Car Carriers (UECC), which is jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, recently gathered with representatives from Japan Marine Science, MUFG Bank, DNV GL, SDARI, CSSC and CSTC at the Jiangnan Shipyard 2020 in Shanghai (China) to... more
Electric start to 2020
In UK, Menzies Distribution is hailing an electric start to 2020 as it unveils the expansion of its zero-emissions delivery fleet to more than 120 vehicles. The company already has the UK’s largest all electric vehicle fleet as well as the largest commercial charging... more
Transinvest shareholder celebrates 80th birthday
Werner Albert, long-time president of the board and one of the main owners of Transinvest Holding, celebrated his 80th birthday on 4 January 2020. Albert is regarded as one of the major architects of today’s railway services between Europe and China. In the transport and... more
Drugstore chain dm relies on Loxxess
The German health and beauty retail chain dm is expanding and increasing its e-commerce services portfolio with the assistance of its partner, the logistics and fulfilment provider Loxxess. The logistics company operates a multi-user-campus that specialises in... more
Terminal de Flandres starts "cold ironing" operations
At the port of Dunkirk, the “APL Singapura”, a container ship belonging to CMA CGM, was the first vessel to use the cold ironing facilities at the port of Dunkirk’s Terminal des Flandres. Present at the inauguration ceremony were Christine Cabau Woehrel, CMA CGM group... more
Swiss interest group shares know-how
For the first time IG Air Cargo Switzerland offered professional air cargo training in cooperation with Spedlogswiss in Q4/2019, welcoming nine participants mainly from the forwarding business. Building on this initial success, the interest group decided to offer a second... more
Another bridgehead on the north-south axis
SBB Cargo International has founded SBB Cargo Nederland, a wholly-owned subsidiary which will further strengthen the company’s position in the European network. Subsidiaries already exist in Germany and Italy. Service quality will be improved thanks to cross-border... more
Marc Fürstner joins advisory board
About 20 years ago, Marc Fürstner was a founding shareholder of the company MHP Software. Now the expert in dispatch logistics software is withdrawing from the management and joining the advisory board of the MHP Solution Group. Among other things, Fürstner developed and... more
Freight forwarders benefit from apprenticeship service
The British International Freight Association (Bifa) says that the recent announcement that the UK government is expanding access to the apprenticeship service to employers that are not one of the existing 22,000 apprenticeship levy-payers already using the service, will be of... more