Warehouse well-being for Kneipp 
The Geis Group has commissioned the second building of its logistics centre near Schweinfurt (Germany). Geis uses the main part of the 20,000 sqm facility for its customer Kneipp. Since it was founded around 130 years ago Kneipp has distributed more than 1,200 articles - and... more
Boeing now headquartered near DC
Boeing’s campus in Arlington VA, just outside Washington DC, is set to become the corporation’s new global headquarters. The aerospace and defence firm’s employees in the region, who specialise in airplane development and autonomous systems, already support various corporate... more
Intermodal automotive service launched
Gefco has introduces a new road-rail service für Toyota in Europe. The intermodal solution helps the car manufacturer to reduce its CO2 emissions and it’s carbon footprint. The company transports automotive parts in reusable containers from Spain to the north of France in... more
A team fuelled by the first British SAF
Kuehne + Nagel has entered into a partnership with IAG Cargo to reduce its emissions by using 8 million l of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – the first batch of such fuel to be produced in the UK. Deliveries will take place in 2022. The project will save about 18,300 t of... more
AIA Cargo partners TAP Air Cargo UK
A partnership between the AIA Cargo, a GSSA that is part of the Airbridge International Agencies group (AIA), and Tap Air Cargo took off on 16 May. TAP Air Cargo offers 93 weekly flights from London Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Dublin, with weekly air capacity of 160 t to... more
Grand Master Yo(l)da is on
The digital freight forwarder Yolda, which specialises in less-than-truckload consignments (LTL), now offers its digital booking platform to customers in Germany too. Yolda was founded in Turkey in 2020 by Volkan Özkan and C. Murad Özsert. The aim is to reduce empty runs and... more
Laurels for a green newbuilding
The ‘Auto Advance’, the Norwegian shipping line UECC’s first multi-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC, recently won the ‘Shippax Ro-Ro Technology & Environment Award’. The accolade, a trade award combining the ro-ro, ferry and cruise industries, was awarded at a ceremony that... more
UK P&I Club picks Colin Legget
The UK P&I Club, a leading provider of P&I insurance and other services to the international shipping community, has appointed Colin Legget as a risk assessor in its London office. Legget served at sea for a number of years and has managerial experience, both onshore... more
Delivering pallets even through tight alleyways
The ‘Hop On’, a tiny electric delivery vehicle made by Carit Automotive, from Münster (Germany), has been authorised for road operations by Germany’s Kraftfahrtbundesamt, the federal motor transport authority, for transport in urban traffic areas. The fully electric... more
Emissionless catamarans in Stockholm
The first two routes of a ground-breaking fast electric ferry, the ‘Beluga24’, have been set in Stockholm. Passengers travelling to and from the communities of Täby and Österåker will be the first to benefit from the vessel's high-speed, emissions-free technology The vessel... more