100,000,000 mouth masks so far 
DSV Belgium has profound experience in the transport of pharmaceutical products for different customers. A lot of expertise and know-how has been built up in the pharma hub based at Brussels Airport over the years. Now DSV has handled one hundred million mouth masks, an... more
United Cargo increases capacities
United Cargo's inaugural cargo-in-cabin flight flew from London to Chicago (ORD) last week, with almost 2 t of mail in the passenger cabin, plus a full payload of freight in belly. Initially, cargo-in-cabin shipments will be loaded on B777 and B787 cargo-only flights, which... more
Alfredo Scalisi to lead Spezia Container Terminal
La Spezia Container Terminal’s board of directors has appointed Alfredo Scalisi as new managing director. Scalisi joined the terminal as general manager on 1 July 2019. "On behalf of the board of directors, I wish Scalisi to successfully continue developing the La... more
New warehouse for wine and spirits
Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new 27,000 sqm warehouse in Oppeano in the province of Verona, Italy, ideally located to serve the northern Italian ports of Trieste and Venice. The hub in Verona offers time and cost efficient rail connections to the European market. The fully... more
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