Booking rail and truck transport online 
Box2rail, an online booking platform for SMEs, has augmented its portfolio by adding a capacity display for HGV transport services. In addition to the existing capacity indicator for the railway, Box2rail 2.0 now offers a complete overview of capacities along the entire... more
Contract logistics for textile producer
DHL Supply Chain has signed a five year contract with the Seidensticker Group, a family-run company based in Bielefeld (Germany). Seidensticker has been one of Europe’s most renowned shirt and blouse manufacturers for almost a century. The group is currently represented in... more
Mikko Tainio is Finnair Cargo’s new MD
Janne Tarvainen, managing director (MD) of Finnair Cargo, will leave the carrier at the end of July and take on the role of MD of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) in August. Mikko Tainio has been chosen as his successor and a member of Finnair Operations’ leadership team.... more
Light air vehicles for Thyssenkrupp's daily business
Only a few weeks after its first official demonstration flight on 21 May 2019, a drone designed by doks.innovation is ready to make Thyssenkrupp's shipment of laboratory samples faster and safer while also reducing traffic on the plant premises. The autonomous drone... more
New direct train between Rhine-Ruhr and Bavaria
Tomorrow (12 June 2019), Kombiverkehr will launch a new train link between Neuss and Munich (Germany). The service will be open to all freight forwarders and logistics companies. Load units can be dispatched in both directions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If... more
Belgium launches digital customs platform
Belgium wants to substantially simplify the import and export of goods. To further this aim, a customs platform named BE-Gate has been developed and officially launched. The portal, which was especially designed for the growing e-commerce market, ensures that cross-border goods... more
Role swapping at Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo Group is making a series of changes to its management. Thomas Sonntag will take over the management of Jettainer, the international service partner for outsourced ULD management, as of 1 July. He will replace Carsten Hernig as managing director. Hernig will... more
Trieste - Nuremberg shuttle with two roundtrips per week
The port of Trieste will introduce a new rail service linking Trieste (Italy) with the Nuremberg hub in northern Bavaria (Germany). The service will go on stream at the end of July with two trains per week, and circulation will increase by the end of 2019. The rail service... more
Galliker takes over Jeanmaire
Switzerland’s logistics landscape is undergoing a radical change. The transport company Jeanmaire SA, based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, is handing over its storage and transport activities to Galliker Transport on 1 August. A new branch office bearing the name Jeanmaire Transports... more
Champ & Co win ECS Group challenge
Champ Cargosystems has won the ECS Group #NexGenLeaders 2019 Challenge alongside Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and Dropslab. The consortium won the award for their augmented reality for air cargo warehouses project. The project increases efficiencies in ground handling... more