Panattoni's biggest site so far 
In Germany’s fashion sector, Panattoni has completed its largest project development to date for its client Horn in Bedburg. Horn, which owns various properties used by the Peek & Cloppenburg Group in Germany and Austria, has leased the new building, which was completed in... more
Port of Vienna’s 60th anniversary 
Hupac and Terminal Sped top partners. The port of Vienna’s good results encourage it to look to new projects for more space in its 2022 anniversary year. more
New shuttle to link Gliwice with Pordenone
Swiss combined transport specialist Hupac is offering new opportunities for climate-friendly road-rail transport between Italy and Poland. Next Monday, 10 October 2022, a direct shuttle train will start in Gliwice (Poland), in the centre of one of Europe's most important... more
Honours for the pioneers of the pallet's triumph
Oliver Richter (1920-2014), an Australian who, as trade manager of Brambles in the 1960s, discovered the potential of a closed rental pool for load carriers and successfully established today's Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (Chep) system, and George Raymond Sr.... more
Fast diversification
On 28 September AFG Aviation Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany, completed the acquisition of a Boeing 757-200 freighter aircraft and a Rolls-Royce RB211 engine from a subsidiary of ASL Aviation Holdings for its customer Airline Geo Sky. Two days... more
Which is the cheapest sustainable marine fuel?
A study commissioned by SEA-LNG, a UK-based industry foundation, has found that liquified bio-methane (bio-LNG) offers real opportunities for maritime decarbonisation. Conducted at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), the study points out that bio-LNG can be... more
Wascosa elects new executive committee
Wascosa has appointed Iris Hilb as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective 1 January 2023 and restructured its executive committee. The current members of the executive board now are: Peter Balzer (CEO until 31 December 2022), Iris Hilb (Nominee CEO until 31... more
Methanol-Maersk is on
In March 2022, A.P. Moller - Maersk entered into strategic partnerships with six companies involved in methanol production. By the agreements with Cimc Enric, European Energy, Green Technology Bank, Orsted, Proman, and Wastefuel, the aim is to source at least 730,000 t/year... more
Joining forces to augment intermodal services
MSC and FS Group have signed a MoU to create synergies in logistics. The agreement will initially aim at checking the opportunities and mutual interest to implement a commercial and operational partnership project to develop intermodal services. FS’s Polo Logistica... more
An e-parcel boat on the Spree
In Berlin, DHL has put an electrically powered solar ship into service. The vessel is 10.50 m long and 2.50 m wide. By using photovoltaics on the ship's roof, sufficient electricity can be generated for propulsion and on-board power. For times without sunshine, the energy is... more