'Sider Harmony' joins Nova fleet 
Nova Marine Carriers, a Swiss Lugano-based shipping company, has added the 'Sider Harmony’' a 38,593 dwt handymax vessel, to its fleet. Originally built in 2019 and previously named 'Iris Harmony', this vessel was acquired from a Japanese group. Measuring 180 m in length and... more
Detq: full speed ahead
After doubling its worldwide workforce in the seven years between 2016 and 2023, Dteq Transport Engineering Solutions is now hiring new executives in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the USA. Hagen Hennig (left), technical director and Boris Dykiert (right), commercial... more
A pledge to simplify tracking
Jaguar Freight Services is adopting a new emissions measurement and reporting platform to provide its customers with more precise freight footprint data. Pledge’s solution enables users to comply with scope 3 emissions reporting regulations by monitoring and communicating... more
Railfreight’s future 
Concerns about passenger traffic; opportunities in the Swiss market. Ongoing developments in the railfreight segment worry European logisticians, as passenger transport continues to be prioritised, for example. Innofreight’s Peter Wanek-Pusset nevertheless sees railfreight... more
Weapons or POWs? Shot down or accident?
Uncertainty surrounding a Russian Air Force Il-76 that crashed yesterday, 24 January 2024, in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine and was completely destroyed: Russia spoke of an "act of terrorism by Ukraine", which had shot down the military transport plane... more
Quantron to supply FCEVs for UK trial
The manufacturer is providing 14 vehicles in various weight classes and categories for the first large-scale deployment of fuel cell electric commercial vehicles (FCEVs) in the UK’s Tees Valley region. The EUR 8.2 million project involves at least 20 fuel cell trucks and the... more
A JV to elevate digitalisation
In Germany, airport operator Fraport and software provider Dakosy have created the 50/50 joint venture Allivate to set up, operate and develop cargo community systems (CCS) for airfreight. The aim is to further advance the digitalisation of air cargo processes both at Frankfurt... more
Matthias Köfler to drive intermodal portfolio
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has recruited Matthias Köfler to the newly created position of product manager rail Eastern Europe to oversee the further development of rail and intermodal services, especially between Southern and Eastern Europe. Köfler has many years of... more
More business in Estonia
LDZ Cargo expects to increase its transport volume within Estonia in 2024, having won several public tenders in the country at the end of last year. In November, the Latvian carrier was awarded a public contract to transport bio-based woodchips of the Estonian state-owned... more
End-to-end solutions for 2024 challenges
Challenge Group can look back on a successful 2023, despite the many challenging conditions of a soft market coupled with yield decline. With the introduction and deployment of its B767 fleet, it not only uplifted more tonnage than ever before, but also increased its... more