Joining forces for more green trucks 
In Germany, the energy transport company Hoyer is taking a 25.1% stake in the business of Paul Nutzfahrzeuge. The companies believe that this participation creates a win-win situation for vehicle production, energy partnerships, logistics and transport. The capital increase... more
Celebrating 20 years of cargo flights
Qatar Airways Cargo took off with its first freighter at the end of September 2003. Assembled twelve years before, the A300-600, which was a converted passenger aircraft previously operated by Korean Air, first flew to Amsterdam and Chennai, and shortly thereafter, to New Delhi.... more
Booking services via Cargo One platform
Silk Way West Airlines, a cargo airline based in the Caspian and Central Asian region, has launched a new offer making services bookable via the Cargo One platform. The airline now provides a user-friendly interface that simplifies booking processes and optimises capacity... more
Bifa names regional representative
Paul Cunningham has been appointed as a regional representative of Bifa – the British International Freight Association, covering its South and South West Region. Cunningham joins a number of other regional representatives who support and engage with Bifa members in the UK... more
Autonomous delivery for DHL Express Estonia
Clevon’s Autonomous Robot Carrier (ARC) has been a part of DHL Express Estonia’s vehicle fleet since 2022. In the project’s first stage, the carrier transported DHL Express internal packages between three offices in Tallinn. ARC soon moved on to serving business and now private... more
IAG Cargo launches constant climate in Cincinnati
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), reports that Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky International Airport has become its latest station in the USA to be approved to transport time and temperature-sensitive healthcare products. This brings the total... more
Genoa: a new port government commissioner
By decree n. 217, Italy’s infrastructure and transport minister Matteo Sa lvini officially appointed Paolo Piacenza as government commissioner of the Western Ligurian sea port authority on 8 September 2023. Piacenza was also elected government administrator of the Savona Cable... more
Lulu Group opens facility in Milan
Lulu Group has officially opened its sourcing, food processing & export hub in Italy. Located at the World Trade Centre near Malpensa Airport in Milan, the facility will focus on sourcing, processing, storing, packaging, and exporting of food products from Italy to more than... more
Like a fish out of water 
Swiss lake-hopping. Trucks don’t cross the waters and ships don’t travel over land. Sometimes, however, this logic is undermined. For example, when a shipping line operating on one Swiss lake, the 24 km2 Walensee, buys a unit from a shipping line active on another one, the 38... more
Three roundtrips between Brwinow and Rotterdam
The Swiss intermodal provider Hupac is expanding its business by increasing the number of direct services from its Brwinow terminal near Warsaw, Poland to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. With easy connections to/from the UK, Ireland and Portugal, the shuttle train will run... more