A crane with "shark skin" 
Lufthansa Cargo's D-Alfa, the world's first freighter to be equipped with "Aeroshark", took off for the first time on 3 February 2023, connecting Frankfurt with Bengaluru (India), from where it flew on to Chengdu (China). The innovative surface film that mimics the... more
Rough times for Post Nord
The Swedish Post Nord is going through difficult times. It generated revenues of SEK 10.95 billion (EUR 970 million) in Q4/2022, 2% below the figures of Q4/2021. All in all, parcel volumes declined by 4%, while mail volumes dropped by 13%. At SEK -20 million, operating... more
Thomas Gries to take over 4Flow
SAP logistics expert and entrepreneur Thomas Gries has been elected to head the newly founded company 4Flow digital. The start-up will provide consulting and support for its customers with regard to the digitisation of their supply chain and logistics. It will accompany... more
A big building project in Basel
Rhenus Port Logistics is investing in a trimodal transhipment terminal at the Port of Switzerland in Kleinhüningen. The terminal 4 is scheduled to be completed by December 2023.A photovoltaic system is being installed on the roof to generate around 2.4 million KWh of green... more
Norlink Ports and Strasbourg close ranks
Ports of Strasbourg and Norlink Ports have inked an agreement to jointly develop the "Northern Axis" or "Northern Corridor" in France. The partnership aims to further expand multimodal transport services between Hauts-de-France and Strasbourg. Today,... more
Westbound transatlantic air cargo in January
Despite high inflation and falling US retail sales, westbound air cargo volumes between Europe and North America rose 6% year-on-year in January but overall global air cargo demand continued to fall, down -8%, as an earlier Chinese New Year and economic headwinds subdued other... more
Hardis Group's clients in Poland
Hardis Group Polska has experienced strong growth since it was founded in 2021. The group specialises in IT and cloud services for supply chains. The turnover Hardis achieved in Poland in 2022 is 22% above the objective set in early 2021. The company intends to continue this... more
Seko Logistics picks Richard MacLaren
Seko Logistics, a specialist for global end-to-end logistics solutions, has appointed Richard MacLaren as its new senior vice president, global e-commerce. MacLaren will oversee the enhancement and execution of the overall strategy and structure of the company’s e-commerce... more
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