Road haulage: operators must have a choice 
The International Road Union (IRU), the European Shippers’ Council and Fuels Europe are demanding a long-term solution for the decarbonisation of transport. In a joint letter sent to the EU executive vice president, the partners have called for the full and equal recognition... more
Zeus hires Cambridge sustainability expert
Zeus is to take on Christopher de Saxe, currently senior research associate at the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, University of Cambridge, to further develop Zeus’s plans to provide true sustainable freight. De Saxe will be Zeus’s first head of sustainability... more
Aercap to lease Four Big Twins to Fly Meta
Aercap Holdings has signed lease agreements for four Boeing 777-300ERSF aircraft with Hong Kong-based global air cargo charter company Fly Meta. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in 2024 and 2025. The Boeing 777-300ERSF, also known as 'The Big Twin', is the first... more
Highly automated truck on public roads
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco and autonomous driving specialist Fahren Plus are starting to test their jointly developed, highly automated truck on public roads in Germany. The trials will be extended to Austria, Italy and Switzerland in the coming months. The test... more
More traffic between the British Isles
Austria-based freight forwarding company Cargo-Partner is strengthening its intermodal freight services on the British Isles. With its enhanced road haulage network, it aims to support customers importing and exporting goods to and from UK and Ireland. The portfolio also... more
Dachser Turkey: an urgent shipment to Abidjan
At the end of last year, Dachser Turkey’s air & sea logistics team operated a charter flight from Turkey to West Africa. The task was to transport an urgent, high-volume shipment from Turkey to the Ivory Coast. Dachser’s team in Hamburg, which knew the customer and its... more
Paolo Bettazza to head customer service
After more than 29 eventful years at Renault Trucks, most recently as director of customer services, Rudolf Fricker was able to say goodbye to his partners and colleagues at the kick-off meeting of Renault Trucks (Schweiz). As of this year, Paolo Bettazza will assume... more
Driver facility in Southampton to open this year
DP World in UK is leasing a 7,500 sqm site next to its Southampton container terminal to develop state-of-the art facilities for lorry drivers from Port of Southampton owner ABP. The GBP 15 million (EUR 16.8 million) project will deliver driver welfare facilities – including... more
DSV: a full war chest for 2023
The Danish freight forwarding group DSV is looking back on a successful 2022. Financially, gross profit increased by 33%, while ebit grew by 48%. DSV also completed the integration of Agility GIL within a year of the acquisition and ranks itself as one of the "top three... more
IAG Cargo flies the dinosaur
The British Natural History Museum (NHM) confirmed IAG Cargo as its official exhibition logistics partner for its upcoming exhibition "Titanosaur: Life as the biggest dinosaur" back in November 2022. Now, the cargo division of International Airlines Group has... more