New end-to-end service from Austria to Scandinavia
The OeBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is establishing a four times per week rail service between Vienna and Scandinavia, thus linking Austria to Northern Europe. From the central shunting station in Vienna, the non-stop service is routed via Rostock (Germany) and the Baltic Sea.... more
Davies Turner: haulage capacity less tight
In response to recent reports that available road haulage capacity in Europe is at its highest level in a decade, UK-based Davies Turner says it agrees with the survey results showing that the strong growth in European freight volumes in recent years could be slowing down in... more
CTS mourns its founder Herbert Jaixen
CTS Container-Terminal is mourning the death of its founder Herbert Jaixen. The logistics manager passed away in Cologne (Germany) at the age of 91. Jaixen founded the CTS Container-Terminal at the end of 1983 in Cologne. Because the container business grew... more
New facility in northern Germany
The Raben Group’s northernmost branch in Germany went into service at the beginning of May. The logistics service provider will use the facility, located in Neumünster, to distribute customers’ goods throughout Schleswig-Holstein. Some 130 shipments per day are distributed from... more
Ceva appoints new chief human resources officer
Ceva Logistics has appointed Pierre-Olivier Landry as the company’s new chief human resources officer. Landry will report directly to the company’s CEO and will be based in Marseille (France). He succeeds Pierre Girardin, who has been Ceva’s chief human resources officer... more
GAC UK opens offices in Harwich and Ramsgate
GAC UK has opened new branches in Harwich and Ramsgate, to meet the increased demand in oil, gas and renewables work in southern England. The port of Harwich is fast becoming a hot spot for renewable projects with development underway on a state-of-the-art operations and... more
First train departs new KSW terminal
A thrice weekly direct rail service is now available between the new Kreisbahn Siegen-Wittgenstein (KSW) terminal in Kreuztal (Germany) and Verona in northern Italy. The transit time is a mere 38 hours. The first train departed from Kreuztal last Tuesday night (6 – 7 May).... more
Champ's solution remains DB Schenker's choice
Building on a relationship of more than 25 years, DB Schenker has renewed its agreement with Champ Cargosystems for its "Traxon cargoHUB" solution. The global player on the air freight and ocean freight market will continue to deploy the host-to-host solution for... more
Hupac: more subsidies for intermodal traffic
Two years after the opening of the Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland, it is now obvious that only some of the expected productivity improvements for transalpine intermodal transport can be achieved despite enhanced train parameters. The Swiss intermodal service provider... more
40th bookable parking location in Europe on stream
Truck Parking Europe has reached a new milestone. With eight new locations in the last two months, the platform is quickly growing, from fifteen locations at the end of 2018 to forty locations in April 2019 across thirteen European countries. Truck Parking Europe offers... more