Brussels Airport awards airlines 
Brussels Airport Company continues its annual tradition of presenting the Brussels Airport Aviation Awards this year. The airport bestows these awards to honour those airlines and partners that have distinguished themselves during the preceding year in terms of network and... more
Ziegler returns to the port of Brussels
After an absence of four years, the Beligian logistics services provider has returned to the port of Brussels. The company moved into a facility with 3,000 sqm of office space, conference rooms, a 5,700 sqm goods warehouse and a 700 sqm workshop. Overall, the facility will... more
Atlantic One takes the next step
The multi-user hall „Atlantic One“ planned by the Bremen company Peper & Söhne Projekt GmbH in the Güterverkehrszentrum Jade Weser Port (GVZ) will be built by Goldbeck NORD GmbH, Bremen office. A corresponding general contract has already been signed and the necessary... more
AB Texel Group acquires Van Leendert agricultural transport
As of 1 March 2020, AB Texel will take over Van Leendert's agricultural transport activities. "Changing market conditions and the lack of succession have led to this step,” said owner Eric van Leendert. Van Leendert transports bulk agricultural products through the... more
Cargolux to throw plastic overboard
Cargolux Airlines has signed IMS (inspiring more sustainability), Luxembourg’s "Zero Single-Use" plastic pledge, a formal commitment to eliminate single-use plastic within the company by the end of the year. Moa Sigurdardottir, head of corporate communications and... more
European railway award for Lineas CEO
Lineas has announced that its CEO, Geert Pauwels, has won the 2020 European railway award. He is the first CEO of a railfreight company to receive this prize. At the 13th annual presentation of this award in Brussels (Belgium), European railfreight companies gathered to honour... more
IDS: volumes and turnover continue upward trend
In the financial year 2019, IDS Logistik continued its strong growth on a consistently high level. The German general cargo cooperation carried 14.7 million consignments in FY 2019, up 6.4% from FY 2018. Turnover grew by 10.4% to EUR 2.3 billion. This positive business... more
IRU and ETF urge EU to address driver shortage
The European transport workers’ federation (ETF) and the international road union (IRU) have renewed their commitment as social partners of the EU road transport sector to further improve working conditions for truck drivers. Unfavourable working conditions are an undeniable... more
Exporting country sounds alarm bells
According to ADV, the association representing the interests of the German airports, its members' freight volumes dropped to 353,997 in January 2019, a downswing of 7.5 % compared to the same period last year. Unloaded cargo receded by 6.2% to 177.333 t, and loaded cargo... more
Tiaca kicks off new cargo event series
The international air cargo association has launched a new event series: the "Tiaca 4Cargo" conferences and workshops, designed for subject matter experts and opinion makers in specialised cargo domains. As part of its modernisation programme, the association has been... more