UPS expands healthcare logistics network 
Bomi Group, a multinational healthcare logistics provider with Italian roots, has become the next target of UPS's expansion strategy. The takeover will add temperature-controlled facilities in 14 countries and nearly 3,000 Bomi staff members to the integrator's healthcare... more
Swiss transport group expands in Turkey
Interrail, a rail transport services provider headquartered in St Gallen (Switzerland), has opened an independent operating company in Turkey. The new company is registered under the name InterRail Uluslararası Nakliyat ve Lojistik Hizmetler T.A.S. and is based in Istanbul.... more
Qatar Airways augments Berlin services
The capital city of Germany, Berlin, is set to benefit from enhanced connectivity by Qatar Airways. The company will raise the number of Berlin services from daily to ten weekly flights, starting on 12 August 2022, and increase them to eleven weekly flights on 6 September 2022.... more
Chinese ports coming back
In June 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) grew to 126.1 points from 124.9 points (seasonally adjusted) the month before, according to the latest flash... more
Fully electric medicine transport
Georges Riederer is driving decarbonisation forward. The Swiss transport company has taken delivery of three fully electric E-Tech Masters from Renault. The vehicles will be used primarily to transport medicines over the last mile to pharmacies and drugstores in Switzerland.... more
Rijeka gains significance as European gateway
A new direct cargo rail service has been launched with the creation of the first regular train connection between the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) in Rijeka, Croatia, and Paskov in Czechia. The Maersk rail service runs up to two times per week. It is operated by... more
Fire in the cargo hold
50 years ago, on 14 August 1972, Germany witnessed its deadliest plane crash to date. All 156 people on board were killed when an Il-62 of the GDR airline Interflug crashed near Königs Wusterhausen to the south of Berlin. The cause was a fire in the rear underfloor cargo... more
Construction activity impacts combined transport
Traffic on Hupac's network amounted to 575,000 road consignments in H1/2022, representing a small increase of 1% compared to 2021. After a lively development in Q1/2022, traffic slumped in April and June due to route closures and capacity restrictions caused by extensive... more
TT Club picks EeLain Ong
EeLain Ong has taken over as CFO of international freight transport and logistics insurer TT Club. Charles Fenton, CEO of TT Club: “TT is fortunate to have recruited an executive of vast and varied experience so suited to the Club’s structure and nature of its business.... more
Seriously low water levels on the Rhine
According to data from the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, the Rhine River has dropped below a critical depth of water. The depth of the main fairway, which is decisive for shipping, was only 1.59 m on Thursday last week (4 August 2022) - lower than in any... more