Dakotas: more celebrations ahead 
Only days before reviving the Berlin airlift of 1948-1949, several of the more than 800 Douglas C-47 Skytrains (Dakotas) which participated in “D-Day”, when almost 160,000 Allied troops stormed the Normandy beaches, will come back to the place where they made history on 6... more
Dachser maintains sustainable growth
Dachser posted substantial growth once again in 2018. The logistics provider increased its consolidated net revenue by 5.5% to EUR 5.57 billion. Shipment volumes grew by 2.5% to 83.7 million; tonnage rose by 3% to 41.3 million t. With 30,609 employees in total, up 1,511 from the... more
Airlines deepen cooperation with pharma logistics providers
Ahead of the Logipharma event in Montreux (Switzerland) from today, 9 April 2019, until next Thursday, CSafe Global, a US provider of active and passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for pharmaceutical products, has reported that American Airlines is the latest... more
Tigers expands UK operations
Tigers has opened a new facility in Thurrock, near London Gateway, to continue with long-term UK investment plans and to meet growing e-commerce demand, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit. Tigers has moved its existing Basildon facility to the larger location... more
Arpin picks Sebastian Sommer to manage German branch
Sebastian Sommer has been hired as managing director for Arpin Germany. Sommer will manage all activities for Arpin Germany’s area in EMEA. “Sommer has an impressive CV and has continued to take on additional responsibilities throughout his career,” said Hans Oelze, director... more
E-trucks for Paris, Frankfurt and Stuttgart
DB Schenker and Fuso are intensifying their collaboration in the field of all-electric light commercial vehicles. The German logistics provider recently acquired four additional Fuso e-Canter trucks for urban distribution services in Paris (France), Frankfurt and Stuttgart... more
IDS adds 50th warehouse to its network
IDS’s general cargo network is growing. At the beginning of April, Geis Lichtenfels was the 50th warehouse to join. Since the beginning of 2018, IDS has added six new locations to its map of storage facilities. “With the significant increase of storage space and major... more
Coal shipment volumes surging in Russia
Russian Railway has reported that the volume of goods moving on its network to seaports in Q1/2019 was 5% higher than in the same period in 2018. The Q1/2019 tonnage exceeded 80.6 million t, due to an 11.7% increase in coal shipments, a 6.5% increase in oil, a 23.1% increase in... more
Finnair Cargo continues to grow
Finnair's available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 18.4% year-on-year in March 2019. Revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres rose by 19.6%, predominantly driven by the strong positive cargo market development in Japan and the Nordic countries. Year-to-date,... more
Fewer trains hauling more timber
The Swedish forest company Holmen has taken a new step in its sustainable strategy. Holmen is located in northern Sweden, but much of its industrial production takes place in the south. To ensure supplies of timber, the company has decided to haul its wood on Green Cargo trains... more