MSC: the Dragon is back 

The new Dragon service from the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is returning to Hutchinson Ports Best. After a change of route since Covid-19, MSC decided to reintroduce the Dragon service linking the Asian continent with the Mediterranean Sea: it will have a new weekly... more
Streck invests in general cargo segment 

Streck Transport is strengthening its position in the border triangle of Germany, France and Switzerland and acquiring the groupage division of forwarder Spedition Fecht in Meskirch, Baden-Würtemberg, on 1 June 2023. In addition to the groupage business with 28 employees,... more
Peter Weber returns to ITA Consulting Group 

Peter Weber returned to the ITA Consulting Group as the new chief digital officer on 1 May 2023. His task will be to continue the company’s digitalisation programme. With his many years of experience in the digital development of companies, he will be a key player in planning... more
Saving almost 1 t of CO2 per trip 

LkW Walter and Imtron, a Media Markt Saturn Group company, are partnering to offer transport services between Germany and Italy. To date, Imtron has organised deliveries of its private label items from Germany to northern and southern Italy by road. The partners have now... more
GAC Ireland and GBF UK: a first joint milestone 

GAC Ireland, a global provider of integrated shipping, logistics and marine services, and Green Biofuels (GBF) have completed the debut lifting of biofuels from Ireland’s first clean fuels terminal. It is a major milestone in their cooperation: GAC operated and maintained... more
Reverse logistics - a booming business 

With the introduction of its new circular economy logistics product line, DB Schenker is investing in the take-back, repair and reconditioning of electronic equipment, thus further expanding its position in the reverse logistics segment. In this case, DB Schenker has opted for a... more
SR Technics initiates “Sustainable Engine Alliance” 

At the MRO Americas 2023 conference which was held in Atlanta, Georgia last month, SR Technics joined forces with Kuehne + Nagel and Atlas Air, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings to launch the “Sustainable Engine Alliance”. Together, the alliance members pledged to set... more
Holger Schmidt heads technical innovations at VTG 

Holger Schmidt assumed his new position as VTG’s head of technical innovations on 1 May 2023. He will oversee current and new innovation projects relating to concepts for modular freight wagons, sensor technology and telematics, as well as technical developments for the new... more
A boost for H2 trucks 

At the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, Germany this week, Paul Group and GP Joule formed a partnership to promote the energy transition. Special vehicle construction specialist Paul will contribute and maintain fuel cell-powered trucks and offer H2 training, while... more
AI combined with P & P 

Robot systems for airfreight pallets. Speedcargo, a Singapore tech start-up, and Güdel, a Swiss manufacturer of high-precision machine components, are teaming up to develop what they claim is “the first end-to-end automatic material handling solution of its kind for... more