Road and rail equally hit by corona crisis 
Freight traffic crossing the Swiss Alps decreased significantly in H1/2020 due to the corona pandemic. Both the number of truck journeys and railfreight transports dropped by around 12%. The rail's share in the total volume of transalpine freight traffic remains unchanged at... more
Geodis launches parcel service
To provide European consumers with reliable delivery at an affordable price from North America, Geodis is launching a new, guaranteed four-to-six-day B2C delivery service from the United States to 27 European countries for companies seeking to develop their international online... more
Setting up new businesses in Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has put a new port complex, called Het Magazijn, on the market. RDM Rotterdam, the former shipyard of the Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, has been redesigned for the settlement of port companies. A multifunctional business complex consisting of... more
Japan Ship Centre welcomes new director maritime
The Japan Centre (JSC), established in London in 1965 as a joint office of the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA) and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), has appointed Hirotaka Mori to the role of director-maritime, succeeding Takanori Maeda. In this central... more
Alha and Emirates warming up again
On 15 July 2020, Emirates restarted regular flights to/from Rome FCO, and its cargo operations are now back on track as usual, with a primary focus on controlled-temperature services for pharma products. Alha, as the airline's local cargo handling partner, is providing... more
Captrain restructures management
Jan Läzer joins the management of the companies Dortmunder Eisenbahn and DE Infrastruktur, which are both members of the Captrain Deutschland Group and Dortmunder Hafen AG. The economist most recently worked for thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions. He succeeds Marcel de la Haye,... more
Sievert Logistik joins Logcoop
Sievert Logistik is now part of Logcoop's B2B/B2C forklift truck network. By joining this cooperation, the logistics services provider is responding to changes in the end consumers' purchasing behaviour. Currently, customers are ordering ever-bulkier goods to be delivered... more
New services bear first fruits
In H1/2020, Russian FTL company Globaltruck operated an average number of 1,319 trucks, 41 or 3% less than in H1/2019. Average monthly distance per truck grew by 3.1% y-o-y to 16,300 km in H1/2020. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 0.1% and reached 129... more
Equipment at the SCT
The South Italian terminal operator Salerno Container Terminal (SCT), member of the Eurokai Group and active in the port since 1977, is enhancing its equipment. The terminal has five mobile cranes, three of them post-Panamax. SCT currently operates 11 Liebherr machines,... more
Pall-Ex appoints operations director
Pall-Ex has promoted talent from within and appointed a new operations director to steer through the changing logistics landscape during the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Paul Pegg has taken up the role at Pall-Ex’s central hub, having originally joined the logistics giant in... more