Relief flight from Switzerland to Venezuela 
An aircraft chartered by Switzerland carrying mainly medical supplies has recently reached Caracas. Nine partner organisations brought the materials to Zurich airport where they were unloaded and transported to Venezuela by the humanitarian aid department of the Swiss Agency for... more
Change in Cargologic’s executive board
Martin Theiler will take over as executive board member for sales and marketing at Rhenus' subsidiary Cargologic, while Markus Schürmann is retiring from the board. He will however assume other responsibilities in Cargologic and Rhenus Alpina. Theiler has been part of the... more
P&O Ferrymasters and Scan Global Logistics join forces
P&O Ferrymasters is partnering with Scan Global Logistics to improve the daily service between the Benelux region and Sweden as it further strengthens its pan-European logistics network. P&O Ferrymasters and Scan Global Logistics will offer daily truck departures for... more
More and more CNG and LNG trucks in Europe
Trucks powered by CNG (compressed natural gas) or LNG (liquefied natural gas) emit up to 15% less CO2 than Euro 6 diesel trucks. With biogas, they are almost climate-neutral. Overall, 14,191 CNG trucks were deployed in the EU and the EFTA states of Iceland, Norway and... more
New cranes at Regensburg
The intermodal operator Bayernhafen, Germany, is enhancing its equipment. As the largest freight transport and cargo handling hub in all of Bavaria, Regensburg is the chosen location of the company that has five more inland port locations: Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Roth... more
Walden finalises acquisition of Movianto
Walden (formerly EHDH) has completed the acquisition of Movianto, thereby becoming one of Europe's largest providers of transport and logistics services for the pharmaceutical sector. Stéphane Baudry, chairman and CEO of Walden, is the majority shareholder of the new group.... more
Hupac terminal to handle 740 m long trains
A new digital interlocking system was recently introduced at the Busto Arsizio-Gallarate terminal near Milan in Italy. The computerised system manages all trains entering and leaving the terminal in the direction of Gallarate station. The new technology will allow the... more
Brussels Airport's cargo director steps down
Steven Polmans, director cargo & logistics at the Brussels Airport Company, has decided to make a career shift by the end of 2020. Polmans has been working for Brussels Airport since 2010 and has been in the lead of the cargo & logistics team since 2011. He will... more
IRU: road haulage will decline by 18%
More than 3.5 million road haulage operators worldwide are facing unprecedented financial losses this year, as a result of transport restrictions and the overall economic downturn caused by the pandemic, according to new research conducted by the International Road Union (IRU).... more
Getlink appoints group environment director
Getlink, which operates the Eurotunnel, has appointed Vincent Ducros as group environment director. A graduate of Lyon Central and Berlin Technical University, Ducros began his career as a nuclear engineer with Areva, before joining Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ major programme... more