Cashless payment at LNG service stations 
UTA, a European provider of fuel and service cards, is expanding its supply network to include Liqvis' LNG (liquefied natural gas) service stations. UTA customers can now refuel their vehicles with LNG at this company's service stations without cash using the UTA full service... more
Border triangle sees rise in airfreight traffic
According to its director Matthias Suhr (at the table, between the new head of public affairs & communications Stefan Wyer, left, and vice director Frédéric Velter, speaker), Basel-Mulhouse airport is "carefully optimistic" about the gradual resumption of air... more
Baltic Sea Bridge to expand
Since the end of March, Mukran Port Terminals has been operating, in cooperation with DBO Bahnoperator, a fixed sea route, flagged "Baltic Sea Bridge", as part of the New Silk Road between Asia and Europe. In the first ten weeks of continued operation, with a... more
BLG Logistics shows solid performance in 2019
BLG Logistics reported sales of 1.159 billion in FY 2019, 1.5% up from 2018. Earnings before tax amounted to EUR 37.5 million. Automobile was the strongest division in terms of sales, generating EUR 603.7 million in 2019. Sales revenue climbed by 9.1% compared to the... more
Extending rail connections from Germany to Xi'an
DHL Global Forwarding has launched two new block train connections from Germany to China. Trains departing from the German KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen travel via Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to the destination terminal in Xi'an in the Chinese province... more
40 million Chinese masks en route to Paris
RZD Logistics, SNCF Forwardis, Cosco group and UTLC are organising the delivery of medical devices from Nanchang in East China to Paris in France. A train consisting of 41 forty-foot containers loaded with 40 million medical masks, gloves, gowns, gel dispensers and other... more
New security manager and HR manager in Turku
The Port of Turku in Finland has appointed two women for important positions. New security manager Pauliina Roti has been in the port since 2006. After operating the city ferry, she became deputy of the harbour inspector, and most recently duty officer in the traffic centre.... more
50 million medical gloves from China to Germany
Geodis is ensuring the safe transport of the cargo from China to Germany. The company's freight forwarding unit in Germany won this major contract of 275 t in a public tender from the German government. Around 50,000 boxes of gloves will be transported in five shipments from... more
Sanitary containers now available at GVZ Bremen
New sanitary containers with showers and toilets for truck drivers are now available in the service park in the GVZ Bremen, Germany. The containers were supplied by the industry initiative #Logistikhilft, and the rents are financed by donations. About 6,000 to 7,000 trucks... more
Another member for Swiss Post's board of directors
At a recently held extraordinary annual general meeting, Swiss Post elected Corrado Pardini to its board of directors. He succeeds Michael Gobet, who passed away in mid-February this year. Pardini is the second of two staff representatives on the board, which is now... more