Noerpel to quit Munich 
The Noerpel Group is building a modern freight forwarding centre in Odelzhausen, some 30 km northwest of Munich. Work is due to start this spring. The company, which expects to invest around EUR 25 million in the entire project, will move its forwarding office – now in Munich... more
New contacts in Romania
Kögel customers have two new contact partners in Romania. The first is Luigi Meclea, who is responsible for Kögel’s strategic development in the country and who reports directly to Kögel’s CEO Massimo Dodoni. The second new contract is Marius Popescu, who manages key... more
More trains on the Basel – Antwerp corridor
The Swiss railfreight operator, Schweizerzug, is raising the number of services and capacity between Frenkendorf, near Basel (Switzerland) and the port of Antwerp (Belgium) from three to four round trips per week, from 2 February 2019. The company’s trains run to the Antwerp... more
Channel Tunnel freight traffic sets new records
Eurotunnel’s Le Shuttle Freight business set a new all-time record with over 1.693 million trucks travelling via the Channel Tunnel in 2018, 3% more than in 2017. Le Shuttle Freight confirmed its position as market leader with a 40.9% market share over the year, a gain of... more
New VP for Germany's goods transport office
Christian Hoffmann has been appointed as vice-president of Germany’s federal office for freight transport (BAG). He was selected by the country’s ministry of transport and digital infrastructure. Hoffmann has worked for BAG since April 2005, and was head of the BAG’s control... more
Giant box terminal growing even bigger
The German port operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), has expanded its largest container terminal in the port of Hamburg. The rail terminal at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB), already one of Europe’s largest box terminals in Europe before this latest... more
WFS achieves Iata CEIV Pharma certification in Amsterdam
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has gained Iata CEIV Pharma certification for its pharmaceutical handling facilities at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s leading air cargo hubs for healthcare and life science products. Handling more than 220,000 t of cargo a year at... more
Ole Ingrisch to chair Port-Safety board
Ole Ingrisch is to take on the role of Port-Safety board chairman in February 2019. Ingrisch has more than 30 years’ experience in the maritime and offshore industry. Currently serving as CEO of the port of Esbjerg (Denmark), he previously worked for companies such as... more
Circle growing rapidly
Circle, an Italy-based developer of software solutions for logistics processes, grew strongly in 2018. Sales rose by around 20% to EUR 4.9 million, and ebitda jumped by 30% to EUR 1.3 million. Luca Abatello, president and CEO, stated: "We are very pleased with last... more
Haropa growing globally, but lifting lighter boxes
Haropa, an entity formed by the three French ports Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, is continuing to grow. This week in Paris, Haropa’s three director generals (from l.) Nicolas Occis (port of Rouen), Régine Brehier (port of Paris) and Hervé Martel (port of Le Havre) told the ITJ... more