Just few clicks – and containers start to move 
Eurogate Intermodal (Egim) is launching the cloud-based, all-in-one booking platform railmybox to simplify rail-road combined transport. The end-to-end product digitalises the entire transport process from capacity planning and pricing to booking and billing. The... more
100 for Fercam
After a difficult year in 2020, the South Tyrolean company Fercam returned to pre-pandemic heights in 2021. Its EUR 943 million turnover was generated in 21 countries with more than 100 company-owned branches. While the full truck-load (FTL) business contributed a 52% share to... more
K+N elects Hansjörg Rodi to management board
The board of directors of Kuehne + Nagel International has appointed Hansjörg Rodi to its management board, effective 1 August 2022. Rodi will assume responsibility for road logistics and thus succeed Stefan Paul, who will become the new CEO of the Kuehne + Nagel Group on the... more
13 million boxes too much?
The transport time is the secret. The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the data provided by Hapag-Lloyd, looking at the development in both the size of the equipment fleet as well as the number of transported containers over the past... more
Maastricht at Flexport’s crossroads
The San Francisco-based forwarder Flexport has teamed up the US capacity provider Jet One X to offer Boeing B747F flights from Hong Kong to Maastricht, as well as from the same Dutch airport to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). The technology platform and digital forwarder Flexport... more
Strong growth for the railway industry
The German railway industry registered a new record turnover of EUR 12.9 billion in 2021. It stood 3% above that for the previous year, according to the Verband der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland (German rail industry association, VDB). Domestic business increased by about 2.5%... more
Maritime transition to new energies
The maritime transport sector is continuing its transition to new sources of energy for ship propulsion, according to data from the analyst Clarkson Research Services. Newbuilds are leading from the front. 63% of the GT tonnage ordered in 2022 belongs to ships that can be... more
Warehouse well-being for Kneipp
The Geis Group has commissioned the second building of its logistics centre near Schweinfurt (Germany). Geis uses the main part of the 20,000 sqm facility for its customer Kneipp. Since it was founded around 130 years ago Kneipp has distributed more than 1,200 articles - and... more
Intermodal automotive service launched
Gefco has introduces a new road-rail service für Toyota in Europe. The intermodal solution helps the car manufacturer to reduce its CO2 emissions and it’s carbon footprint. The company transports automotive parts in reusable containers from Spain to the north of France in... more