L.I.T. renews contracts ahead of schedule 
L.I.T. (Logistik, Information, Transport) has extended the contracts of its board members ahead of schedule for another five years. All four board members - Fokke Fels, Simeon Breuer, Julian Lachnitt and Ingo Schreiber - will continue to work for the group until 31 December... more
Robots handle 55,000 units
DB Schenker has commissioned one of the largest automated e-commerce facilities for its retail customers in Spain, Portugal and France. Operations began at the 50,000 sqm warehouse in Guadalajara with 150 newly created workstations, more than 200 robots and an optimised... more
Investing billions of francs in road network
Switzerland is planning to spend around CHF 2.8 billion on the construction, expansion, maintenance, and operation of its national road network this year. The federal department of the environment, transport, energy and communications (Detec) approved the "2023... more
Cessation of Covid-19 subsidies leads to loss
Swiss railfreight operator SBB Cargo closed the year 2022 with a loss of CHF 187.4 million, having generated a profit of CHF 1.1 million in 2021. The reason for this downturn is attributed to the cessation of the Covid-19 subsidies which the company had previously received from... more
Maersk provides shipping to Ukraine
The Danish shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk has found a solution to continue the transport of freight to Ukraine, while taking into account safety rules. There will be two routes to go to Ukraine, more specifically to the port of Reni. Vessels will depart from the Port... more
Logista wins Ecovadis silver medal
Logista has received a silver medal from Ecovadis, a global provider of sustainability ratings, for its achievements in corporate social responsibility (CSR) management, placing it above 82% of all companies evaluated and in the top 9% of companies in the transport sector.... more
Eleven new trucks added to fleet
Pallet Plus in UK has recently taken delivery of eleven new MAN trucks and in doing so has strengthened its dedicated palletised goods delivery and collection service. Specifically, Pallet Plus has added one 12 t TGL, seven 18 t TGM, one 26 t TGS rigid and two TGX 44-tonne... more
Dachser opens offices in South East Asia
The new locations in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam are already in service and strengthen Dachser's position in the region to serve growing customer demands, especially from the electronics, and fashion and sports industries. Chiang Mai is Dachser's fourth... more
Acia Aero Leasing enters Canadian market
Acia Aero Leasing (“Acia”), a major provider of regional aircraft leasing and lease management services, announced on the sidelines of the Istat Americas conference that it has leased its first aircraft to a Canada-based airline customer. Bradley Air Services Limited,... more
Key appointments at XL Global Group
XL Global Group, based in Aberdeen, has appointed Derren Reid (left) and Mark Chatwin (right) to bolster its fast-growing integrated engineering support services in UK. Reid joins XL Global Group having supported both product sales and high-value infrastructure projects... more