Isabella Niklas elected to the supervisory board 
Hapag-Lloyd's shareholders have approved the supervisory board's proposal to elect Isabella Niklas as a shareholder representative. She is managing director of the HGV (Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH), the asset management and holding... more
Large logistics project in Romania
After a project phase lasting over two years, Quehenberger Logistics is implementing the last steps for the full utilisation of an integrated logistics concept for Brico Depôt in Romania. Warehousing and transport are handled uniformly, meeting the requirements of two different... more
GAC opens 25th location in UK
GAC UK has opened its newest branch, offering marine and terminal services at the port of Eastham on the River Mersey in Wirral. It is the 25th office in the company’s network of offices covering ports throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Gibraltar. Located at... more
Cargo sous terrain wins big shareholders
Cargo sous terrain (CST) has continued its work on the Swiss project for underground goods transport uninterrupted by the corona crisis. Currently, the main focus is on agreeing and fine-tuning spatial development plans and defining the privately financed basic logistics... more
Signing receipts from a distance
DB Schenker has developed an innovative no-touch signature capture feature for safe documentation of deliveries while everyone involved maintains the required coronavirus distance. The logistics service provider is now using this technology in several European Countries such... more
SAS re-starts long haul routes
More and more countries are easing their travel restrictions, which enables SAS to resume flights to many destinations from this month onwards. This primarily includes domestic flights within and between the Scandinavian countries, but flights to New York EWR and Chicago ORD... more
Chinese masks for Berlin's hospitals
Hellmann has developed a flexible logistics concept using various modes of transport to guarantee continuous and reliable deliveries of medical products and equipment, thus making an important contribution to supplying hospitals in Berlin during the corona pandemic. In a... more
Lean Marine chooses Jonas Persson as sales director
Lean Marine Sweden, which specialises in ship propulsion optimisation and performance monitoring, has appointed Jonas Persson to the role of sales director. In this position, Persson will hold overall responsibility for the global expansion of the customer base for fuel opt,... more
EMS Chartering opens branch office in St. Petersburg
German logistics company EMS Chartering continues to grow: it has now opened a branch office in St. Petersburg. Since the beginning of June, senior representative/chartering manager Alexey Yemtsov has been in charge of the Eastern European market. "With our new office in... more
Volumes and sailings keep slipping
Carriers worldwide announced another 521,000 teu of blank sailings in the course of the calendar week 23, said Copenhagen-based maritime consultant Sea Intelligence, which is a 15% increase over the announcements made the week prior. Accordingly, the six-week plateau during... more