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
Dokasch hires VP for sales & marketing
Martin Kraemer joined Dokasch, a German manufacturer of air cargo equipment and related services, as vice president sales & marketing on 1 January 2024, working from the company’s headquarters in Staudt, Rhineland-Palatine. "We are pleased to welcome Kraemer, a... more
Piloting H2-vehicles in Wales
Manufacturer First Hydrogen will run the test with the gas distribution network Wales & West Utilities (WWU) later this month. Its hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle (FCEV) will operate from WWU’s Swansea depot, as part of the business’ fleet of 1,300 vehicles, which are... more