Container train covers 10,294 km in 18 days 
The Russian company Fesco and China-based Zhengzhou International Hub (ZIH) are launching a regular container train from Hamburg (Germany) to Zhengzhou (China) via the Sino-Russian border crossing Grodekovo/Suifenhe. The transit time for the 10,294km long route is 18 days.... more
Ivan de Souza joins Deugro group
Ivan Rodrigues de Souza has been recruited as corporate vice-president – sales & business development by the Germany-based Deugro group, as of 28 January 2019. He shoulders responsibility for the global development of the group’s global mining business and will be tasked... more
New Effi Shunter 600 for Čepro
Czechia-based Cepro has upgraded its extensive rolling stock fleet with the addition a new Effi Shunter 600 locomotive made by CZ Loko. The unit is fitted with a more powerful 709 kW Caterpillar C27 diesel engine, and its main advantages are, inter alia, reduced fuel... more
Promotion on two fronts at Kukla
Robert Kukla, a Munich-based forwarding company, has granted Axel Bohnensteffen and Daniel Comi full power of attorney. The trained forwarder merchant and business economist Bohnensteffen, who has been with Kukla since summer 2016, manages the company’s multimodal transport... more
Railrunner Europe slides into the doldrums
Railrunner Europe, a subsidiary of the US-based company Railrunner, is in financial difficulties. The bankruptcy court of Hamburg has already appointed a preliminary insolvency administrator. The intermodal operator said its financial melt-down was caused by... more
Transatlantic partners moving to new LHR premises
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are to move into the new purpose-built Dnata City East at London Heathrow airport. Scheduled for H2/2019, the move supports the airlines’ growing cargo businesses, enhances their transatlantic partnership for customers and future-proofs the... more
Panalpina strengthens marketing and sales in Europe
Christian Stingl has joined Panalpina as regional head of marketing and sales for Europe. Stingl will be based in Frankfurt and report directly to the regional CEO Europe with a dotted line to the chief commercial officer. Stingl is a results-driven senior executive with... more
Fewer missing links in supply chain
Cargo-partner now offers its own purchase order management service. The Austrian logistics company says it will use it to ensure that customers’ deliveries arrive on time and complete - regardless of whatever transport service providers are involved. If a delivery is delayed... more
Eddie Stobart to extend UK rail offering
Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) intends to launch a new rail service from the port of Tilbury to Daventry (both UK). The new offer will be the only rail operation from the port for inbound traffic – with a forecast capacity of 200 containers a week. Within a matter of weeks... more
Stability in western Med
Marseille Airport handled 56700 t of freight in 2018, 1% more than in 2017. The increase demonstrated Marseille’s position as the leading regional airport for express freight at home in France and in the Western Mediterranean. Sources in southern France said that “thanks to... more