LTG to test alternative route to Ukraine 
The Lithuanian railfreight company LTG Cargo has launched a test run from Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) in Lithuania to Ukraine via Poland. This is the first time in LTG’s history that freight from Ukraine is to be transported by rail to Lithuania without going through... more
Making dangerous goods transport safer
The international freight transport insurer TT Club is calling for more security and safety in lithium battery supply chains. This statement follows a number of recent fire incidents affecting container transport, ro-ro ships and air cargo movements allegedly involving lithium... more
Gruber picks Felix Kunath
Gruber Logistics recently appointed Felix Kunath from Berlin as its new director for the Full Truck Loaded (FTL) business unit, the provider’s most important segment in terms of turnover. The South Tyrolean company recorded a turnover of EUR 420 million in 2021, of which around... more
ATSG chooses Safran’s brakes
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), the world’s largest lessor of freighter aircraft and provider of air cargo transportation services based in Wilmington, Ohio (USA), has selected Safran Landing Systems for the retrofit of more than thirty Boeing 767 freighters operated by the... more
Davies Turner names new senior management
UK-based independent freight forwarding group Davies Turner has made several important additions to the board of directors at its surface freight and logistics subsidiary Davies Turner & Co. Head of ocean Tony Cole (left), who leads Davies Turner & Co’s ocean freight... more
No Russian impact on Port of Gothenburg
In Q1/2022, the Swedish port of Gothenburg handled with 212,000 teu, 4% more containers than in the same period in 2021 (204,000 teu). While the total number of ro-ro units amounted to 147,000, a 5%-rise compared to Q1/2021, the number of new cars handled declined by 7% to... more
Shifting car transports to the railways
In partnership with Fret SNCF/Rail Logistics Europe, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) despatched a test train for the first eco-friendly rail transport of new vehicles for Hödlmayr from Barcelona (Spain) to St. Valentin/Schwertberg in Upper Austria. A second test train is already... more
"Evaporated" cognac, rerouted honeybees
In the US District Court in Pasadena, American Airlines is being sued by Bacardi USA over the mysterious disappearance of six of 24 pallets containing 1,680 cases of cognac flown on 20 September 2021 from Paris to Los Angeles. According to Bacardi, the missing alcohol was worth... more
Christian Biesecke joins Vacad board
Christian Biesecke has been elected as treasurer and new member of the board of Vacad, the German association of air cargo handlers. The division manager for cargo and logistics at Port Ground replaces Stefanie Jelinek. Biesecke’s appointment expands the board's expertise in... more
Food giant switches to renewable fuels
Nestlé’s products will now be delivered around UK and Ireland by trucks which emit up to 95% less carbon. This significant reduction in emissions comes after the company switched 75% of its own fleet of trucks from diesel to bio-LNG. Over the next two years, the remaining... more