Pay road assistance services with DKV card 
In Germany, the DKV card can now be used to pay for road assistance offered by ADAC Truckservice. Breakdown services, repairs, technical faults, spare parts, flat tires and towing can therefore be billed and paid via the DKV card. Payments are then settled with the DKV... more
Gone with the wind
Thanks to Storm Ciara, several airlines operating on the North Atlantic route reported a night of speed records. With 5:13, a B787 of Norwegian chronicled the fastest ever flight between New York and London. According to Flightradar24, British Airways set a new subsonic... more
From Etihad Airways to PA Consulting
PA Consulting has announced that Peter Baumgartner, formerly CEO of Etihad Airways, will join its specialist aviation team, which includes the 2017 acquisition Nyras. The Swiss citizen has had a prolific career to date. Baumgartner will serve as a senior advisor and establish... more
Rhenus acquires the Spanish logistics specialist LTK
The Rhenus Group has taken over the Spanish company LTK. Founded in 2002, the integrated supply chain specialist is headquartered in Madrid and has warehouse capacity at three other business sites in Spain: Álava in the Basque region and Seville and Cádiz in Andalusia. Overall,... more
Rail service Koper - Austria has new operator
The regular rail service between the Slovenian port of Koper and the Austrian terminals of Enns and Salzburg is now operated by Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik (SETG). The container train has been running continuously since May 2019. With the take-over of the... more
Intervest buys logistics site in Venlo
As part of the strategic expansion of its logistics portfolio in the Netherlands, Intervest Offices & Warehouses has acquired a portfolio of three existing buildings and an option for an additional plot of land in Venlo. This real estate can be used to develop a logistics... more
Clive's first monthly market analysis raises questions
The global air cargo market saw a 4% year-on-year decline in the four weeks to 2 February 2020, according to the latest "dynamic load factor" market intelligence from Clive Data Services, consolidates data shared by a representative group of international airlines.... more
Cooper ‘triples-up’ with iPort Rail in Doncaster
Cooper has made a major advancement into the railfreight sector with a contract to triple the amount of reach stackers at a major UK railfreight hub. The contract, concluded with iPort Rail in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), will also see Cooper occupying a ‘purpose-built’... more
A good year for the Port of Trois-Rivières 
In 2019 the volumes in the Canadian Port of Trois-Rivières clearly surpassed the level of goods handled in 2018. A total of 4.2 million t represented a rise of 10% in comparison to the record of 3.8 million t of the year before - which was a record year. While solid bulk traffic... more
CCS-UK: new ro-ro solution to help avoid border delays
CCS-UK User Group and CCS-UK (operated by BT) have jointly developed a solution to assist in the smooth movement of imports to the UK via ro-ro ports or the Channel Tunnel. The solution was approved by HMRC and Border Force at the end of January 2020, for use if there is no deal... more