GBRf launches Felixstowe - Midlands rail service 
A new intermodal railfreight service connecting the port of Felixstowe with Birch Coppice terminal in the UK Midlands has been launched by GB Railfreight (GBRf). The first train departed Birch Coppice on 23 January and arrived at Felixstowe six hours later, passing Hams Hall,... more
Columbia Shipmanagement appoints finance and commercial MD
Joachim Brack has been recruited as finance and commercial managing director of Columbia Shipmanagement (Germany), with effect from 1 February. Brack succeeds Mads Soerensen who left the company to pursue new challenges. Brack’s appointment is in line with the company’s... more
Prologis burgeoning throughout Europe
The property developer, Prologis Europe, closed new leases for 205,000 sqm and renewed the leases for 385,500 sqm last year. The company let out a total of 3.06 million sqm in the full financial year 2018. Chief investment officer Ben Bannatyne observed: "We completed... more
New marketing director for Gefco Spain
The national subsidiary Gefco Spain has nominated Antonio Fernández as its new director for trade and marketing. Fernández is a mining engineer and has a master’s degree in business management. He boasts 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and customer services. He worked... more
PSI delivers WMS to Asmet
Asmet has contracted PSI Polska to implement the warehouse management system PSIwms in the new logistics hub in Moszna-Parcela near Warsaw. Asmet delivers fastening elements for machines and plants for the construction, energy, petrochemical, and automobile industries as well as... more
Eurowag increases market share on the Iberian Peninsula
Eurowag has taken over the majority interest in ADS. ADS is a leading provider of petrol cards for motor vehicles in the Iberian markets. The takeover of ADS extends Eurowag’s market share in Spain and Portugal to 50%. Customers of both companies will profit from the unique... more
Svitzer appoints two new cluster managers in Europe
Svitzer, a provider of harbour and terminal towage to the global shipping industry, recently appointed Fred Jeeninga as cluster managing director, Continental Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia) and Maurice McKeating as cluster managing director, UK South. Jeeninga has... more
Circle supports EU project
Circle, an Italian company specialized in process and management consulting services and in providing innovative technological solutions for transport and Circle, an Italian company specialising in process and management consulting services and in providing innovative... more
Two UK hauliers join forces
Maritime Transport has launched the new division “Maritime Intermodal” which will initially contract four dedicated services out of Felixstowe and Southampton (both UK). Furthermore, the road haulier will cooperate with DB Cargo UK to increase railfreight capacity and... more
ID Logistics grows at home and abroad
Logistics revenues for 2018 came to EUR 1.41 billion up 9.3% year-on-year. The pace of the French company’s growth picked up in Q4/2018, with revenues rising to EUR 374 million, up 12.8% y-on-y. In France, growth accelerated during Q4 to 10.7% and revenues grew by 8.4% over... more