More roadside facilities for HGV drivers 
HGV drivers in UK will benefit from GBP 20 million (EUR 23.9 million) to improve roadside facilities. The funding will go specifically towards improving security, showers and eating facilities as well as exploring plans to increase parking spaces for lorry drivers. Roadside... more
Leaving Basel after almost ten years
AFG Aviation Ireland has sold a B747-8JA (serial number 40065) to Boeing. The wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany ferried the aircraft on 15 April 2022 from Basel, Switzerland to Marana, Arizona, where it will very probably be scrapped. Yet the wide-body aircraft... more
Fedex Express expanding at Newcastle Intl Airport
Fedex Express, a subsidiary of Fedex Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, has expanded its operations at Newcastle International Airport, to serve growing export and import demands in the region. Fedex Express has moved into its own modern facility at... more
Antwerp growing in all segments but one
In Q1/2022, the Belgian Port of Antwerp’s throughput declined slightly by 1.5% compared to the same period last year, amounting to a total of 58.3 million t. The container segment was particularly hit, its volume going down by 11.6% in teu. This is "partly the result of... more
Almost 200,000 transports in 2021
The transport company Asstra increased its turnover by 30% year-on-year to EUR 460.4 million in 2021. Gross profit improved by 21% to EUR 39.9 million. Almost 196,000 transports were handled on the company’s network via 1,000 destination trade lanes, with full load transports... more
Stefan Hütten moves to HSL
Stefan Hütten is joining the Haeger & Schmidt Logistics Group and support further expand the group’s activities in his new role as chief business & corporate development officer. Hütten has worked for various logistics companies in his career and gained in-depth... more
Technology to improve efficiency
Atir Rail, a specialist for the rental and management of railcars for freight transport headquartered in France, will leverage Nexxiot technology for fleet visibility and efficiency. The aim is to improve fleet utilisation, maintenance scheduling, repairs, operational... more
Thor's hammer now part of the fleet
“Thor” has joined the fleet of Harren & Partner, a German shipping and logistics group. It is a 2010-built dynamic positioning (DP2) jack-up crane vessel designed to carry out maintenance projects at offshore wind energy plants as well as wind turbine installations. With... more
New service to link Rotterdam and Stuttgart
DP World has enhanced its European Inland Network with the introduction of a new rail service between the Upper Rhine region and the Netherlands. The new train connects the Dutch port of Rotterdam with two roundtrips per week with calls in Germersheim and Stuttgart (both... more
Diamondo Earthrounding to conclude green mission
When Matthias Niederhäuser and Robin Wenger, two Swiss pilots, land this morning, 22 April 2022, at Zurich airport (expected at 11:20 h local time), arriving from Frankfurt, they will have achieved a circumnavigation with net-zero carbon emissions through green initiatives and... more