82 t baby in a cradle from UAE to Denmark 
Working with Elite Aviation, Antonov Airlines has successfully completed an AN-124-100 flight to transport a tail shaft packed in a cradle from Sharjah, UAE to Billund, Denmark for repairs and then safely carried it back. The delivered cargo weighed about 82 t. The project... more
More Polish trucks on Germany's roads
The vast majority of Germany’s federal states show a decrease in mileage in July 2022 compared to the previous month. According to the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG), of these 13 federal states, nine show a decrease of more than 1.5%. They are all located in the... more
Flying fish through the desert 
Meat, fish, vegetables via Dubai and Doha. The Arabian Peninsula isn’t really renowned as a big exporter of perishable goods. Its central location, however, between farms, breeders and fishermen on the one hand and consumer markets on the other, makes the region’s airports... more
Mossend rail service introduced
MSC and its partner GB Railfreigt have launched a new railfreight service connecting Mossend in Scotland via Hams Hall, to Felixstowe and London Gateway in England, complementing MCS's two existing weekly calls into the Scottish ports of Grangemouth and Greenock. The Mossend... more
Barcelona is the place to go
Barcelona is the next point on the map: Cargo-Partner will open its first branch in Spain on 1 September 2022. It will be led by Oriol Asturgo, managing director of Cargo-Partner. The team in Barcelona currently consists of six employees and is expected to grow to fourteen... more
Stakes are high on the Rhine
Low water levels of the Rhine and many other rivers currently present a risk for inland waterway freight transport and make it even more difficult to maintain Europe's supply chains. As Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has now reported, a total of 82.4 million... more
Top ranking for Turkish Cargo in Europe
According to World Air Transport Statistics data, published on a yearly basis by the International Air Transport Association (Iata), Turkish Cargo, the logistics brand of Turkish Airlines, ranked the first among the European air cargo companies and fourth among the global... more
The deal is undone
On 27 September 2021, Maersk said goodbye to its subsidiary Maersk Container Industry (MCI), which had been in business since 1991, and to the latter’s Qingdao facilities. Maersk signed and sealed the takeover agreements the China International Marine Containers Group (CIMC),... more
More space for ID Logistics
Segro France is acquiring a warehouse on behalf of ID Logistics. The 49,931 sqm logistics site is located in Plessis-Pâté, part of the former air base of Brétigny-sur-Orge. Around 75% of the property will be occupied by ID Logistics, the rest being rented by a company in the... more
Kuehne + Nagel: changes in the management team
Holger Ketz (pictured left) will join Kuehne + Nagel's global air freight management team in Schindellegi, Switzerland, as global head of network and carrier management on 1 January 2023. In this newly created role, Ketz will oversee the management of the company’s own... more