More units on Venice-Bari-Patras service 
Naples-headquartered Grimaldi Group has added another vessel to its Venice-Bari-Patras service. The “Eurocargo Cagliari” will join the “Eurocargo Alexandria” and “Eurocargo Genova” on the ro-ro line from 4 May 2022. The “Eurocargo Cagliari” has a transport capacity of 3,850... more
New ranking of warehouse developers in Europe
In a ranking recently published by "Property EU”, which was founded in 2006, the industry evaluates Europe’s largest developers of logistics real estate according to the amount of their respective constructed space volume from 2019 to 2021. Projects currently under... more
More agricultural deliveries from Ukraine
From March to April 2022, the Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) organised grain trains from Ukraine to Germany every second day, transporting a total of 60,000 t of grain during this period. Currently, RCG is running grain trains three times a week from Cierna (Slovakia) to Brake... more
Russians let Let go
The company Aircraft Industries - LET Kunovice, Czechia’s largest manufacturer of civilian transport aircraft, is returning to Czech ownership after 14 years. On 21 April, the Russian owner Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company and the Omnipol Group agreed to sell 100% of... more
European road freight in all-time high
The Upply Ti IRU European road freight rates index (Erfri) for Europe hit an all-time high in Q1/2022. The benchmark index rate stood at 110.9, which is 4.3 points over the previous quarter and 7.5 points over Q1/2021. The Q1/2022 Erfri is the seventh consecutive quarter of... more
World trade in March: the calm before the storm?
The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) went up in 2022, rising by 1.6 points to 119.2 points (seasonally adjusted), according to the latest flash estimate.... more
Takeovers pay off for ID Logistics
In Q1/2022, France-based ID Logistics saw its total revenues grow by an impressive 23.7 % to EUR 539 million (+15.1% like-for-like). In France, ID Logistics recorded a 12.9% increase in revenue to EUR 204.2 million, which included the consolidation of Colisweb. Without Colisweb,... more
Europa Road picks Andrew Darroch
Europa Road’s Northeast sales branch has welcomed Andrew Darroch as its new branch manager. The company employs a team of 15 and offers a comprehensive road haulage service for import and export to and from Europe. Sales and branch network director at Europa, Adrian Redmile... more
Cargo-Partner: stronger foothold in UK
After forming a joint venture with Aztek International Freight in 2021, Austria-based Cargo-Partner has now acquired the remaining two-thirds of the shares and will fully integrate the partner company into its own organisation. Two new offices, one in East London and one in... more
60% less CO2
HHLA subsidiary Metrans switched all rail transports to sustainably generated electricity last year. Although the volumes transported increased, maritime transports in the Metrans network between European ports and their hinterland generated around 60% less CO2 in 2021, the rail... more