New partner for Heppner 
Heppner has transferred a cooperation agreement for sea and air freight transport services from Hellmann Worldwide Logistics to Gebrüder Weiss. The new deal is set to be implemented by the end of 2019. more
Japanese logistics provider orders 500 Street Scooters 
A major order from the Far East: Japan-based Yamato has ordered 500 electric light utility vehicles from Street Scooter, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group, to offer more environmentally friendly services. As part of the close development partnership between the two... more
Bernhard Schulte Cruise: full speed ahead
Bernhard Schulte Cruise Services (BSCS) has won a contract to provide technical management for Jalesh Cruises’ new vessel, the “Karnika”. The 70,285-tonne, 2,000-seater crown princess-class cruise ship is presently undergoing comprehensive refurbishment at Sembcorp’s marine... more
Dnata expands into Belgium
Dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, is increasing its global footprint again. The company has launched operations in Belgium by opening a new cargo centre at Brussels Airport. The expansion into the Belgian capital represents an investment of EUR 8 million... more
CEO quits Jan de Rijk Logistics
Jan de Rijk Logistics announced that CEO Sebastiaan Scholte has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities. Scholte will be available to assist with the transition until 1 July. The outgoing CEO said: “It has been a great place to work and the decision to leave... more
New shuttle warehouse for fashion logistics specialist
The Osnabruck (Germany)-based fashion logistics specialist Meyer & Meyer is to focus more closely on automated solutions and has built a new, automated shuttle warehouse to fulfil that target. A storage and retrieval system, costing some EUR 11 million, has been... more
Emirates to add cargo capacity to Cairo
Launched in April 1986, Emirates' current thrice-daily service between Dubai and Cairo will be augmented by four additional flights when the timetable changes on 28 October 2019. The four new flights, which will be operated by a B777-300ER like the current services, will... more
CCCC signs a contract with the port of Trieste
The port of Trieste (Italy) and the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) will join forces to facilitate the development of infrastructure in central Europe. Zeno D’Agostino, president of the port system authority of the eastern Adriatic, and Song Hailang, the... more
US class I railroad digitalising further
Kansas City Southern (KCS) is to deploy the Cloud Moyo Crew Management (CCM) solution in the USA. The cloud-based CCM is already in place in Mexico. The solution enables KCS crews in the USA and Mexico to work more effectively and securely across geographical locations,... more
Bigger slice of freight cake for Swiss railway
The Swiss rail service provider BLS Cargo said it boosted its revenue by 15.8% to CHF 235 million and grew its profit by CHF 1.9 million to a total of CHF 5.4 million in 2018. The company operated 17,051 trains in 2018, a modest decrease vis-à-vis the 17,529 trains in 2017.... more