Valais selects board member for BLS 
Switzerland: the government of the canton of Valais has delegated Stefanie Zimmermann to the board of directors of the railway company BLS. The new cantonal representative succeeds Viola Amherd, who has been elected to the country’s Federal Council. Zimmermann has been... more
Swift delivery service for horse breeders
To mark the start of the breeding season, Night Star Express is offering a weekend delivery service to horse breeders and stud farms. If required, horse sperm that is shipped on a Saturday reaches its consignee before 08.00 on Sunday. The company’s experts know that the... more
Port of Virginia pushing intermodal in depth
The port of Virginia was the first US port to accept megaships from China in 2016, after they passed through the newly-widened Panama Canal. As the country's competing ports have since caught up, the commercial channels in the port of Virginia’s inner harbour and the... more
Lufthansa Cargo reports positive trends in 2018
In 2018 revenue in the logistics segment of the Lufthansa group rose by 7% to EUR 2.713 million, particularly due to a strong rise in yields. Total revenue increased by 7% to EUR 2.770 million. Capacity at Lufthansa Cargo (13.555 million ftk) increased by 5% in 2018. Belly... more
Kögel reinforces team in Benelux
Mark Engelen has taken on the newly-created position of director and key account manager for northwestern Europe at Kögel Benelux, located in Zwolle (Netherlands).Engelen is primarily responsible for key accounts in northwestern Europe and reports directly to managing director... more
Switzerland: fewer trucks crossing the Alps
The volume of goods that were transported across the Swiss Alps rose to 39.6 million t in 2018, 2% more than in 2017. The upsurge is primarily due to more railfreight. A record 19 million t of goods stowed in containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers were hauled by rail as... more
Bolloré and CLS Logistics sign MOU in Ethiopia
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering the creation of a joint venture has been signed by Bolloré Transport & Logistics and CLS Logistics, its partner for over eleven years. The pact was inked in Addis Ababa in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French minister... more
Mixed bag of results for European ports in 2018
Last year, the EU’s 15 most important container handling ports grew by 4.8% in teu terms (2017: 4.6% after 2% in 2016). Among the top 15 ports, Gdansk recorded the highest increase (+23.3%), followed by Piraeus (20.9%) and Barcelona (15.3%).The teu throughput remained solid in... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The planet Uranus was called "Georgium Sidus" from 1781 to 1850 in honour of King George III of England. more
Land transport ramps up results
Gebrüder Weiss (GW) generated net sales of EUR 1.67 billion in financial year 2018, 8.3% more than in FY 2017. The road transport sector once again proved to be the mainstay of the Austrian logistics company. The organic growth rate amounted to 7.5% in a competitive environment.... more