Hapag-Lloyd weathers H1 well 
The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd improved its financial result significantly in H1/2020, but lost volumes. While revenues rose by 2,5% to EUR 6.4 billion (EUR 6.2 billion in H1/2019), earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) surged by 14% to EUR 511 million, thereby... more
Successful apprentices at Acito Logistics
The southern German company Acito Logistics has seen three of its apprentices from the Weil am Rhein and Efringen-Kirchen branches complete their training with aplomb. Acito has offered all three of them a permanent job.David Bischoff successfully passed his exams to become an... more
Weekly Tarros Line East Med service
The Tarros Group has added the Italian port of Ravenna as a new node in its network, making the hub part of the new Tarros container service to and from several Eastern Mediterranean destinations. The shipping group has thus returned to Ravenna after a number of years of... more
China rail service now direct to UK regions
As bookings on its weekly fixed-day rail option from China to the UK are continuing to increase, the English forwarder Davies Turner is adding direct services from China to destinations in the UK. The weekly service leaves the Hefei rail hub (China) for Neuss (Germany), from... more
Multi-user facility in Moosburg
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is pushing ahead with its activities in the greater Munich metropolitan region. The Hamburg-based project developer is creating a multi-user property for Union Investment covering 8,400 m2 of halls on a 16,700 m2 property in the town of Moosburg an... more
Swiss Worldcargo further expands summer timetable
Swiss Worldcargo will expand its summer timetable until the end of October 2020. The cargo division of Swiss will add new destinations to its network in the coming weeks, connecting Switzerland to Canada once again with the launch of flights to Montreal, beginning 14 July.... more
Air bridge between Shenzhen and Vatry completed
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Geodis recently completed a large charter programme to deliver urgent supplies of facemasks and PPE to France, operating a series of 48 x AN-124 flights within a 90-day period between April and June 2020. The French ministry of solidarity and health... more
On track to improve performance
Despite a sharp fall in transport volumes because of the corona crisis, the Swiss railfreight company SBB Cargo maintains its plans for restructuring and further development, said Désirée Baer, who assumed the position of CEO at SBB Cargo 100 days ago. Deploying various... more
Air Canada to introduce Istanbul
Starting tomorrow, 11 July 2020, Air Canada Cargo will serve Istanbul twice a week operating a cabin-loading A330-300, with one flight each from Montreal and Toronto. New or additional flights have also been launched to Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, Dublin, Geneva, London,... more
Spain: 21 new freight locomotives ordered
Captrain in Spain and Alpha Trains have signed an agreement to lease up to 21 new build Euro 6000 Stadler locomotives. An initial order for eleven of these locomotives has already been confirmed. Five Euro 6000 will have standard gauge and will be certified for the Spanish,... more