Industry pioneer renews GDP certification 
Cargolux Airlines, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of operations in 2020, has successfully passed its GDP renewal audit, attesting that the company’s management system fulfils the requirements of the EU directive "guidelines on good distribution practice of... more
Intermodal networks carry 23% more goods
Europe’s intermodal transport services were able to compensate the 2.7% downswing reported in 2017 by an equal increase of 2.7% in 2018. These figures are based on the most recent statistical report «Facts and Figures 2019» published by the deutsche Studiengesellschaft für den... more
P & O Ferries: new ferries on the horizon
P&O Ferries, a subsidiary of DP World, has released the first official images of the EUR 260 million new ferries to connect Great Britain and the Continent. The largest vessels ever to sail between Dover and Calais will be operational by 2023. The new ferry will cut... more
New sales director Europe for Topsystem
Topsystem, a German provider of voice logistics solutions, has chosen Frank Rissler as its new sales director Europe. In this role, Rissler will be in charge of sales and determine the company’s focus and strategies for the future. This task involves the encouragement and... more
Driverless transport system at Arvato facility
Arvato Supply Chain Solutions continues to advance the automation of its locations. Recently, a driverless transport system (DTS) was introduced to handle all floor-level pallet transport jobs for the healthcare sector at the Harsewinkel (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)... more
Truck manufacturer redifines its strategy
By separating its operational business from its fellow affiliate Volvo Trucks in Germany and by appointing a new management, Renault Trucks has changed its event strategy as well. The company aims to present its new products and services to clearly defined target groups and in a... more
Drone system spreads its wings worldwide
Tiaca sustainability award winner, the Dutch start-up Wings For Aid has developed an innovative approach to the "last-mile" problem of reaching people in inaccessible areas to provide them with life-saving supplies, designing self-landing delivery boxes for unmanned... more
Jubilee year ends with record performance
By consistently expanding its product portfolio and improving its services, TFG Transfracht, Germany, was able to hold its own in 2019 despite difficult market conditions. The sea port hinterland specialist even managed to top the 1 million teu mark in 2019, the year in which it... more
DB Schenker implements driverless forklift truck
DB Schenker has put an autonomous forklift truck into regular operation, following the successful completion of a pilot project. The transport system of the Austrian supplier Agilox transports empty containers over a distance of around 150 m at the Eching site near Munich... more
More LNG operations in the port of Barcelona
Over the full year 2019, the port of Barcelona (Catalonia) supplied about 37,200 cbm of LNG to vessels in ship-to-ship bunkering procedures, where one ship directly provides fuel to another vessel. Overall, the port witnessed a total of 18 operations of this kind. This figure... more