Testing new Mercedes electric semitrailer truck 
DHL Freight has put a Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 Tractor to the test over several days in practice in Germany. The battery-electric truck transported an average of 12 t of production material from the DHL Terminal in Hagen near Dortmund to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Kassel,... more
Hydrogen and e-trucks - also for long hauls
Electric and hydrogen technology will help to significantly reduce general CO2 emissions and thus achieve the European goal of becoming carbon neutral / climate neutral by 2050. The European Commission sets up co-partnerships with the sectors’ stakeholders to define innovation... more
Manhattan Associates expanding base in Germany
Manhattan Associates, which specialises in technology for supply chains and omnichannel commerce, is growing its business in Germany. Since the beginning of 2022, the number of employees in the office in Düsseldorf has increased from originally 24 to 38 today. New staff has... more
A shuttle barge service on the Seine
Hapag-Lloyd, a global container liner shipping company, has launched a barge shuttle service for import and export containers from Le Havre, via the Parisian suburbs of Gennevilliers and Bonneuil-sur-Marne. The vessels use the Seine, one of France’s longest rivers and a... more
Shifting truckloads to the railways – every week
DHL Freight has launched an intermodal service between Germany and Denmark for full truck-load shipments. The freight trains offer three round trips a week between Duisburg (Germany) and Padborg (Denmark), with the rail transport taking about 12 hours. DHL Freight also offers... more
Preparing the fair after the fair – on the day before TL in...
On 8 May, the day before the long-awaited opening of the 2023 edition of the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, Messe München gave a presentation outlining how and why it will be hosting ‘Transport Logistic and Air Cargo Southeast Asia’ in Singapore in November, its first... more
The many facets of air cargo in Q1
The chargeable weight flown as air cargo worldwide in the first quarter of 2023 ended up 11% below that of the equivalent period last year (Q1/2022), according to market data released by World ACD. But there is tremendous variation globally, depending on factors such as... more
‘HyBarge’ project for new propulsion technology
Earlier in May HGK Shipping, Europe’s largest inland shipping line, signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) with the companies Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies to promote the ‘HyBarge’ project from 2024 onwards. LOHC stands for liquid-organic... more
Automated battery warehouse set to open
Maersk has teamed up with the German project developer Bauwo to build a 20,000 sqm logistics centre to store and handle electric car batteries and components needed to produce them. In addition to storage and repacking, the services offered in the automated battery warehouse... more
Short-haul blocktrains work too
Blocktrains can also be a better choice than HGVs over the relatively short distance of 150 km. This is proven by a seaport pre-feedering concept over such distances implemented by the intermodal service provider Robert Kukla. The concept includes two weekly round-trips by... more