175 candles on the cake 
These are early congratulations, since the first founding of the future Hapag-Lloyd took place on 27 May 1847 – almost exactly 175 years ago. Shipowners and merchants in Hamburg created the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (Hapag) that day. It was not... more
Logistics associations fear chaos on the roads
The Austrian federal state of Tyrol has again announced block customs clearances for this week. Daily so-called block-handling days have been ordered until and including Friday, 27 May 2022. The situation is likely to become particularly acute this week with the Ascension Day... more
Cargo is worth the risk of congestion
Is it due to its experienced cargo GSA Kales Group, that soon to be launched Norse Atlantic Airways has changed its initial plans? The low-cost transatlantic start-up headquartered in Arendal, Norway, will operate its first commercial flight from Oslo to New York on 14 June... more
The return of the idle fleet?
According to the Swedish maritime platform provider Xeneta, carriers are starting to "balance demand and capacity to protect rates." A capacity reduction of 517,300 teu - or 25% of the initial capacity offering - was witnessed on the Far East to US West Coast corridor... more
Next senior partner for SSY
Stanko Jekov, head of dry cargo at Simpson Spence Young (SSY), will be taking over as senior partner following Mark Richardson's announcement that he will retire at the end of this year. Jekov, who has been with SSY since 2002 and was made partner in 2010, has led the dry... more
Geopost/DPD Group picks Yves Delmas
Yves Delmas has been appointed CEO of Geopost/DPD Group and executive vice president of La Poste Group, member of the executive committee. Delmas has a 30-year track record within La Poste group, having held multiple management positions within the company’s parcel and... more
Freight wagons wanted - on loan
In Ukraine, millions of tonnes of grain are waiting for transport. Freight wagons will be urgently required for this purpose in the coming weeks. In its newsletter, the Swiss Association of Shippers (VAP) is therefore calling for free rolling stock to be made available for... more
More containers down the Rhine
In Q1/2022, throughput at the Swiss Rhine ports was just under 1.2 million t, 7.8% below Q1/2021 (1.26 million t). The big winner was the container sector with almost 37,000 teu (+31%). Export traffic recorded an uptick of 13.2% to 243,292 t, while import traffic, which is... more
Wincanton's best year since 2011
In advance of its results for the financial year ending 31 March 2022, UK-headquartered Wincanton has issued a preliminary outlook. While full year revenue is expected to be up 16.3% to GBP 1.4 billion, with 19.4% organic revenue growth y-o-y excluding the Cygnia Logistics... more
Fleet expansion with two Volvo trucks
UK-based Builders’ merchant Frank Key has added two new Volvo FL 250 4x2 rigid trucks to its delivery fleet. The 16 t FLs will be used for multi-drop deliveries across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire. The two new FL rigids offer two-step entry and are... more