Boom of logistics real estate unbowed 
MLP Group, which owns and manages logistics, commercial and industrial parks in Germany, Austria, Poland and Romania, saw its figures improve in H1/2022. Its 2.1 sqm investment property is now worth more than EUR 905.6 million. This corresponds to an increase of 25% compared to... more
Ex-DHL CEO to chair Proglove’s supervisory board
Proglove has appointed former DHL Express CEO Ken Allen to chair its supervisory board, effective 1 August 2022. He brings extensive experience of leadership in the logistics and e-commerce industry. Allen was with the Deutsche Post DHL Group for over 37 years in various... more
Capacity for 200 LNG trucks per day
The German transport company Elflein has joined forces with Shell and BMW to open another LNG filling station in Rosenhof (Germany). For Elflein this expansion of the LNG network is another step towards decarbonisation.Together with BMW, Elflein is going a step further and has... more
Energy transition for Astre network
Because of rising energy prices and fuel shortages, Astre Dach Grieshaber Logistics and Moeller Transporte are converting their heating systems to oil- and gas-free technologies. The aim is to ensure storage quality in the network for temperature-sensitive goods. Grieshaber... more
Wilhelmshaven building LNG platform
The new LNG jetty in Wilhelmshaven (Germany) should become operational by winter this year. Three floating work platforms from the construction company Depenbrock are being used for the work so that the heavy working equipment, materials and containers for the construction teams... more
Marc Canalda promoted to CEO
Marc Canalda has been appointed CEO of Grupo Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea. Formerly financial director of the group, he replaces Fernando Val in this role. With the new president Antonio Armas Mead, son of the recently deceased Antonio Armas Fernández, he will aim at... more
Hydrogen factories 
Studying the production of e-kerosine in Europe. Europe’s manufacturers of sustainable fuels could produce 1.83 million t of e-kerosine by the year 2030. Lawmakers haven’t yet provided the concomitant incentives, however, as Transport & Environment has established. more
Regular Balkan train launched
The port of Thessaloniki (THPA) has launched a new regular intermodal service between Thessaloniki (Greece) and Nis (Serbia). The first block-train carrying containers from CMA CGM recently departed from THPA’s container terminal and arrived at the Mbox terminal in Nis on the... more
Sharing the dream of rebuilding AN-225
Ukrainian technology company Awery Aviation Software has pledged its support for an initiative, launched yesterday, the nation's 31st Independence Day, aimed at the protection and development of the country's aviation industry, including the rebuilding of the Antonov... more
Analysts expect seafreight volumes to fall
Copenhagen-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence sees reasons to assume that the demand-led spikes seen during the pandemic that propelled container shipping to record earnings might be over. Sea-Intelligence has gone over the numbers on supply and demand from February... more