UK: flexibility sustains NHS supply chain 
While transport and distribution businesses across the UK are doing all they can to support those working on the medical frontline during the crisis, Dachser is proving its flexibility of service. Its Dartford branch has been providing Alsico, a manufacturer and distributor... more
Baxter Freight picks UK operations manager
Baxter Freight has appointed Luke Braddow as its new UK Operations Manager. Braddow’s new role involves working with Baxter Freight’s extensive network of long-term partners and suppliers for the UK and Ireland. Over the next few weeks, he will be spending time getting to know... more
Jade Weser Port electrifies hinterland connection
The environmental management in Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s deep-water container port, has gained Pers certification for the third time since 2015 and 2018. Pers is the acronym for port environmental review system, a special tool that used for the comprehensive... more
Hermes raises turnover to EUR 3.5 billion
In the financial year 2019/20, which ended on 29 February, the Hermes Group once again recorded profitable growth. The trade and logistics service provider, which specialises in the B2C and C2C segments, increased its consolidated turnover (adjusted for exchange rate... more
RCG augments its European intermodal services
The Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is strengthening its intermodal network with two new rail services. Firstly, the group has launched a non-top TransFer service between Budapest in Hungary and Ploiesti in Romania to expand its already established weekly roundtrip connection... more
Special trailer for fragile goods
Transuniverse Forwarding in Wondelgem, Belgium, recently introduced a very special type of trailer for Nitto Belgium. It is a temperature-controlled box trailer where the sidewalls open completely to load and unload long and very fragile rolls of film. The films are... more
Hapag-Lloyd holds its course in 2020
Hapag-Lloyd's transport volumes of passed the threshold of 3 million teu in Q1/2020 (3.053 million teu), a 4.8 % increase compared to Q1/2019, freight rates went up by USD 15 per teu from USD 1,079 to USD 1,094. Altogether, the first quarter of 2020 was friendly to the... more
Prologis looks back on a good Q1/2020
Real estate developer Prologis has assessed its operating performance in Europe for Q1/2020. While the company posted higher rental revenue than expected in the first quarter, it forecasts falling growth rates in this segment for the full year. On 31 March 2020, Prologis'... more
Humanitarian hubs and depots around the world
The UN Word Food Programme (WFP) has chosen Guangzhou in southern China and not the Alibaba metropolis Hangzhou (see ITJ 19-20/2020, p 14) as the place to set up one of its eight global humanitarian hubs. These locations form a hubs-and-spokes system that will route medical... more
Eurokai group feels blank sailings
In Q1/2020, the Eurokai group recorded handling volumes of 2.67 million teu, a significant decrease of 10.2% compared with the 2.98 million teu in the same period of the previous year. The Contship Italia group generated a throughput of more than 421,000 teu, 9.2% below the... more