Partnering for heavy and sustainable solutions 
At the Breakbulk Europe exhibition in Rotterdam earlier this month, Bolloré Logistics and Flying Whales signed a MOU on the transport of exceptionally heavy or oversized loads. The companies agreed to use the airship LCA60T for lifting and/or transporting abnormal loads of up to... more
More logistic solutions for wood transports
Timber holding Segezha Group has signed an agreement with the Fesco transport group on the joint development of logistics services for both the domestic market and exports. The agreement covers transportation from Russia’s Northwest, Central, Volga and Siberian regions to... more
DP World wins coveted sustainability award
DP World has won the prestigious ‘Sustainability Company of the Year’ award at the logistics industry’s flagship event in K. The logistics business also picked up the ‘Port Company of the Year’ award for the second time in three years at Multimodal 2023, the industry's... more
A cargo ship with 100% wind power
Vela, a designer and owner of cargo sailboats, has unveiled the design of its new vessel. It is a first-of-its-kind trimaran cargo ship that will allow the French company to transport goods across the Atlantic Ocean using 100% wind power. The trimaran also enhances stability... more
Quite a performance despite challenging conditions
For Freja, 2022/23 was marked by a market dominated by volatile energy prices, rising inflation and interest rates, and difficulties in relation to freight and storage capacity. But despite these challenging market conditions, Freja can look back on a record year. The... more
Ambrogio opens seventh intermodal terminal
The new EUR 12 million terminal is located in Domegliara near Verona in Italy in a strategic position on the Brenner route. Currently, the terminal offers an intermodal connection with Neuss, Germany, with three departures per week in each direction. This link makes it... more
Fast-tracking to decarbonisation
Rhenus is receiving twelve hybrid trucks that can run on B100 biodiesel. These new units will bring the logistics provider one step closer to fully decarbonising its road fleet in France by 2030. The use of B100 biodiesel, which is made from rapeseed oil and completely... more
Swissport reshuffles finance and procurement team
Swissport, a global provider of ground services for the aviation industry, is reorganising its finance and procurement team: Manon Capel (centre) will be group head of tax, Viktor Mura (right) group head of corporate finance, overseeing accounting and treasury, and Miklos Takacs... more
RCG secures 19 million t logistics package
The Austrian carrier has signed a logistics agreement with Voestalpine and Logserv for the inbound transport of raw materials and the outbound transport of finished goods. The agreement, valid until 2025, includes the transport order for around EUR 9.5 million t of freight... more
First Hapag-Lloyd vessel in Wilhelmshaven
On 13 June 2023, the almost 20,000 teu "Al Zubara" made the first-ever call of a Hapag-Lloyd-owned vessel in the FE2 service at the Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW). It is part of the regular rotation of the "FE2" service in the sailing schedule of the... more