Collecting milk without much noise 
Swiss haulier J. Meier Grüt has taken delivery of a new Renault Truck D Wide P6×2 three-axle truck. Every day, from 23.00 h to 09.00 h, the vehicle is on the road collecting milk from local farmers in the Zurich Oberland. The 460 hp of the new truck are required to transport the... more
Spain to test bio-fuel trains
Maersk, Renfe and Cepsa are preparing to test rail transports powered by second-generation bio-fuels between Algeciras and Madrid in Spain. The partners will use renewable diesel fuel on the non-electrified section between Algeciras and Cordoba and renewable electricity on the... more
Bolloré Logistics appoints Jérôme Petit
After a thirty-year career with the Bolloré Group, Jérôme Petit has been appointed deputy managing director of Bolloré Logistics. He brings extensive international experience to the role. Petit assumed his new role on 1 June 2023. Alongside CEO Thierry Ehrenbogen, his task will... more
Leonardo takes stakes in Italian cargo drone start-up
By exercising an option stipulated in 2021 and linked to the achievement of pre-established objectives, Leonardo, an Italian high-tech company which operates mainly in the defence, aerospace and security sectors, has acquired a stake in the start-up Flyingbasket and appointed a... more
CMA CGM Group buys stakes in Spain
The CMA CGM Group, headquartered in Marseille, is acquiring shares in Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain) Holding, (CSP) from TPIH Iberia, corresponding to an indirect stake of 49% in CSP’s Iberian Valencia Terminal, and an indirect stake of 38% in CSP’s Iberian Bilbao Terminal.... more
DSV launches internal carbon fee
The Danish logistics company has launched a global funding programme to invest in sustainability initiatives in its organisation. The internal carbon pricing fee is charged to all DSV subsidiaries, and their contributions will be based on the level of CO2 emissions within their... more
A big investment in Liverpool
Peel Ports Group, one of the largest port groups in UK, has earmarked GBP 28 million for a new facility at the Port of Liverpool in its biggest single investment in warehousing this year, a project expected to be completed by April 2024. The project will be led by the... more
EFW redelivers 50th Airbus P2F freighter
Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), centre of excellence for Airbus passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions and joint venture by ST Engineering and Airbus, has just redelivered the 50th passenger-to-freighter (P2F) converted aircraft of its new generation Airbus P2F family... more
Sascha Nauck to head new NEO division
Frankfurt-based NEO Air Charter – an air cargo charter and aviation services provider – has appointed Sascha Nauck as airfreight business development manager to head up its neutral airfreight solutions division. Nauck has spent his entire 24-year career in air logistics, holding... more
Contract logistics specialist expanding in Germany
As a long-term strategy, GXO is planning to significantly increase its activities in Germany, Europe's largest logistics market, in the coming years. In a first phase, GXO is investing in a new 36,000 sqm state-of-the-art warehouse in Dormagen in the Düsseldorf region.... more