Bright future forecast for road haulage 
In spite of the predicted slowdown in economic growth, the German federal office for freight transport (BAG) expects the steady increase in freight traffic to continue until 2021. For the current year, the BAG predicts a 0.9% rise in freight volumes and a 1.2% growth in... more
T-Link puts facility in Thun into operation
The Swiss company T-Link has been specialising in industrial export packaging and freight forwarding logistics for 30 years. It continues to expand its network and has now opened an office in Thun in the canton of Berne, where a new packaging facility came on stream at the... more
An "A-mark" for the Swedish Club
The Swedish Club reports that S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its 'A-' long-term insurer financial strength and issuer credit ratings. The ratings agency commented on The Swedish Club’s sturdy operating performance, driven by disciplined underwriting and strong risk controls... more
Double decker logistics hub in Hamburg
In Hamburg, project developer Four Parx and investment and asset manager AEW are building Germany’s first logistics facility with two levels that offer equal options for use. The facility is expected to be completed by August 2021. Four Parx is developing this project... more
DP World Inland strengthens its management
The logistics services provider DP World Inland is strengthening its team in Germany. Kai Hansen has assumed his role as senior commercial manager and is continuing to expand DP World Inland’s sales activities in Hamburg. Martin Neese, managing director of DP World Inland,... more
Chapman Freeborn takes Los Angeles on board
Chapman Freeborn OBC has expanded its global network of offices to Los Angeles, California to help provide dedicated support for customers in the US market. The on board courier (OBC) specialist delivers time-critical consignments of manufacturing components, prototypes, and... more
M&M expands in Serbia
Militzer & Münch (M&M) has founded a joint venture with the Serbian logistics company Invictus. With this move, the transport company that is headquartered in Switzerland intends to expand its existing network in the Balkans. The partners plan to develop the JV into... more
UECC snaps up award for sustainability
The Greenports award for the most eco-friendly vessel was presented to “Auto Energy”, a UECC vessel, when she called at Bremerhaven (Germany) in September. The Greenports award 2019 to the vessel was announced at the sustainable shipping 2019 conference in Bremen (Germany) on 24... more
Japan – Europe over land in just 23 days
Nippon Express recently introduced "NEX Ocean-Solution China Land Bridge", a multimodal transport service from Japan to Europe that uses cross-border rail transport between China and Europe via Xiamen in China. This service combines marine transport from major... more
Chad Call steps up as CFO of Zeamarine
Zeamarine has announced that Chad Call will succeed Michael Dumas as CFO with immediate effect. An experienced financial executive, Call has nearly a decade of financial leadership experience within the maritime industry, most recently as vice president of finance for Zeamarine.... more