Delta extends ground handling contract in Germany 
LUG aircargo handling has added Delta Air Lines to its customer portfolio at Frankfurt airport. The airline, which serves Frankfurt daily with a mix of A330 (photo) and B767 from its hubs in Atlanta, Detroit and New York, has been a customer in Munich for more than five years.... more
New logistics partner for Bremen's fair organiser
DHL trade fairs & events, a unit of DHL global forwarding, freight, is the new official logistics provider for the brands Messe Bremen, Congress Bremen and ÖVB-Arena. Effective 1 January 2020, DHL will provide all forwarding services on the 40,000 sqm trade fair grounds over... more
Sovereign Speed acquires Businesswings
Sovereign Speed, which was founded in 1998 as a neutral and independent express carrier with headquarters in Hamburg (Germany) and has opened offices in seven European countries since then, now has its own airline. With the 100% takeover of the Kassel-based aviation company... more
Martin Bencher expands in Turkey
Martin Bencher Group, the project logistics expert, is expanding in Turkey. The company is opening yet another Martin Bencher office in Istanbul. Turkey is an important commercial and logistics hub providing access to Asia, Europe and North Africa, for crossing borders between... more
Cologne lifts traffic ban on important truck link
In Germany, the city of Cologne has reopened the Rheinuferstrasse for incoming and outgoing traffic to and from the Niehl port for trucks that fulfil the Euro VI norm. As part of efforts to reduce air pollution, this important link from the Niehl port to the chemical plants... more
Certified in IT security
DB Cargo is the first freight operating company to receive ISO certification for baseline IT security. The baseline IT security certification serves as verification that the railfreight company has implemented the necessary security measures and established an information... more
Special treatment for very special air cargo
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing needed a new challenge after performing three record-breaking pit stops during the 2019 F1 season alone. They found it at an altitude of 10,000 m on board an Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane. Assisted by the Russian space agency Roscosmos, they... more
DNV presents a new system of rules for LNG
The maritime classification company DNV has developed new class rules and a class notation “gas fuelled LPG” for using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel in anticipation of growing industry interest. Except for liquefied natural gas, currently all gases and low-flashpoint... more
European cargo carriers publish first policy manifesto
Some of Europe's prominent air cargo CEOs, united by Airlines for Europe (A4E) in Brussels (Belgium) last week, unveiled a set of key policy questions for the new EU mandate until 2024. The first-ever "A4E air cargo policy manifesto" outlines specific ways in which EU... more
Neil Watkins appointed group sales & marketing director
Trenchard Aviation Group, a provider in aircraft cabin component design, manufacture, repair and on-wing maintenance, has appointed Neil Watkins as group sales & marketing director. The primary focus of his new role will be the development of a single sales strategy for the... more