Chinese Jinan plans more train routes to Europe ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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A new China-Europe freight train service has been launched between Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, and Budapest, capital of Hungary in Europe in the framework of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. This is the fifth freight train service Jinan has opened to... more
CMA CGM remains southbound ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Marseille (France)-headquartered shipping company CMA CGM, a signatory of the SAILS Charter initiated by France’s ministry for the ecological and inclusive transition, used a recent meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace, Paris, to underline its... more
Changes to Panalpina's executive board ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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CCO Karl Weyeneth, CLO, corporate secretary Christoph Hess, CIO Ralf Morawietz, EVP air freight Lucas Kuehner and EVP ocean freight Peder Winther have resigned from their respective positions on Panalpina’s executive board. The board of directors has also decided to downsize... more
New Eurasian train via Poland/Belarus border crossing ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Jointly with Belintertrans-Germany and with the assistance of the Belorussian Railways, UTLC has introduced an additional container train route via the Kuznitsa/ Bruzgi (Poland/Belarus) border crossing. The first container train departed from the Lodz, Poland, on this route and... more
Marc Henning to manage central hub at 24plus ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Marc Henning has been appointed the new head of 24plus’s central hub in Hauneck (Hesse, Germany). He replaces Steffen Renner, who left the hub operator 24plus hub logistics back at the end of 2018. Henning joins the company from the waste management industry, where he held... more
No aviation without air freight ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The debate on climate change has brought the aviation industry into public focus. For this reason, politicians, economists and scientists gathered at Germany’s first national aviation conference at Leipzig-Halle airport last week to sign a statement regarding the future of the... more
IM Properties and Jaguar Land Rover plan logistics hub ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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IM Properties is working with Jaguar Land Rover to create a new global aftermarket parts distribution centre for the automotive company. The proposed new 273,000 sqm campus in the Midlands between Birmingham and Leicester (UK) would supply around 80 markets worldwide and meet... more
Rhine traffic rises at the Port de Strasbourg ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Port of Strasbourg (France) has reported good figures in river traffic on the Rhine from January to June 2019. Throughput grew by more than 6% and amounted to 3.8 million t, a slight increase of +1% compared to 2017, which was a very good year in terms of river traffic.... more
New general director for Air Bridge Cargo ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Volga-Dnepr Group, which consists of three air cargo carriers – Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC), Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA) and Atran airlines (Atran) - has summed up its H1/2019 results. All three carriers showed a 6% cargo volume decline to 2.58 million ftk, which is 20% below... more
Speedy construction progress ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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About 120 days after the first turning of the sod, construction work on the new logistics halls for Nosta Logistics in Ladbergen, between Münster and Osnabrück (Germany), is proceeding according to plan. The commercial real estate will be finished even before the contractually... more