Pitto elected president of Fedespedi 
At its recent general assembly, Fedespedi, the Italian business organisation that represents and protects the interests of international freight forwarders, elected its former VP Alessandro Pitto, CEO of Casasco & Nardi, as its president for the next three years (2022-2025).... more
P3 in Northern Germany
European logistics real estate developer P3 Logistic Parks, a subsidiary of the sovereign wealth fund Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC), is investing in Wilhelmshaven. The company is buying a 210,000 sqm site in the centre of the Jade Weser Port freight... more
Medicargo: developing drone logistics
ADAC Luftrettung and the German Red Cross blood donor service of Baden-Württemberg - Hesse will be working in close cooperation to develop drone logistics for transporting blood, medicines and tissue in future. More than 100 drone flights have been performed between the DRK... more
Bigger hybrid vessels to come
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is supplying its hybrid propulsion system for a new generation of ferries. The three new ro-pax vessels currently being built will be run by Stena RoRo. Two of the ferries will have a battery capacity of 11.5 MWh, making them the marine... more
Bifa adds youth to national council
Kyle Lawrence and Laura Hobby have been selected to join the British International Freight Association’s national council. Both are important members of Bifa’s Young Forwarder Network (YFN). Hobby, who works for F.S Mackenzie, started her freight career in 2015 and took over... more
A brake on electricity costs for CT traffic
In Germany, the mega hub Hannover Lehrte and Mortara transport services are boosting transport volumes: Kombiverkehr shifted a total of 937,959 truck consignments or 1.88 million teu to rail in 2021, 9.3% above 2020 levels. With this improvement, the company has achieved a... more
Integrated hub in the making
The steel frame of a GBP 28 million single site logistics hub that is being built for the aerospace engineering company Leonardo in Yeovil, Somerset (UK) is now complete. The property will have a surface of 65,000 sqm and is scheduled to be finished by Q4/2022. The... more
Testing a third CO2-neutral option
A truck that emits only water vapour, generates the required electricity in the vehicle itself and has a range of up to 1,000 km: hydrogen-powered fuel cells will soon make this possible. Volvo Trucks has already started testing such vehicles in a protected environment. They are... more
Carbon neutral transport of semi-trailers
All services offered by Cargo Beamer and the company itself are carbon neutral retroactively since the beginning of 2022. TÜV Nord Cert has now issued the necessary certificates. On average, rail transport with Cargo Beamer saves about 85% of CO2 emissions compared to road... more
Big business with the Taliban?
Ariana Afghan Airlines, Afghanistan’s state-owned carrier, whose fleet currently comprises an A310 and three B737, is looking to add widebody aircraft. Further to tender documents, the Taliban-controlled airline is planning to buy three A330-200s including one dedicated... more