Packing centre for Volkswagen is ready 
Panattoni Europe has finished building the multi-brand packaging centre for exporting the Volkswagen Group’s car parts according to the requisite deadline. The German vehicle manufacturer will use the centre in the Jade Weser port in Wilhelshaven to send around 7,000... more
150 more roads than railtracks
For every new kilometre of railtrack, 150 km of roads are built. Germany’s road network has been expanded by 250,000 km since 1994, which amounts to an average of 192 km per week. In contrast, an average of only 1.3 km of new railtracks are put into operation over the same... more
"Teesport Express" marks extended Scotland service
PD Ports in UK, based in the north east, has celebrated the success of its second daily rail freight connection to Scotland, with an official locomotive naming ceremony at Teesport. Five years after the launch of the company’s intermodal rail terminal at Teesport, the... more
Bolloré Transport & Logistics opens first B.Lab centre
Bolloré Transport & Logistics has officially opened its B.Lab center in Puteaux (France). The new 500 sqm location aims at developing new solutions to accelerate the digitalisation of the supply chain by involving company customers in the process from creation ideation to... more
Joint efforts on the Eurasian rail route
Russia-based UTLC ERA and Lithuanian Railways have signed an agreement to manage postal container traffic from China to Lithuania. The partners intend to jointly develop the shipment of postal packages (deliveries and e-commerce goods) by cargo trains on China – Europe – China... more
United Cargo names two new European GSA
Effective tomorrow, 1 May 2019, Brainway Airline Services will act as United Cargo’s new sales partner covering Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The US carrier thanks its outgoing sales partners in these locations, Air Logistics... more
Zeaborn group takes full ownership of Zeamarine
The Zeaborn group has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining ownership interests in Zeamarine held by New Mountain Capital. The Zeamarine JV was formed in August 2018 when New Mountain Capital and Zeaborn agreed to combine the commercial activities of Intermarine, Zeaborn... more
B&H Worldwide signs contract with AOG-247
B&H Worldwide has signed a multi-year deal to provide the aircraft and engine components supplier AOG-247 with warehouse and inventory management services at both London Heathrow (UK) and Frankfurt (Germany). Under the terms of the contact B&H will supply full... more
China trains boost trade through the port of Duisburg
Duisport, the port of Duisburg (Germany), is intensifying its cooperation with the Chinese city of Chongqing. The port’s administration and the Chinese company YuXinOu have signed an agreement to that effect. YuXinOu organises railfreight services to and from Chongqing.... more
Air Charter Service strengthens board of directors
Air Charter Service has appointed Richard Carrick as a non-executive director to the company’s group board. Justin Bowman, ACS’s Group CEO, commented: “We are looking at our growth over the coming years – by expanding our global network of offices, by investing in technology -... more