Frequency on Cologne–Trieste route increased 
Kombiverkehr has expanded its services to and from Turkey and Greece with immediate effect by adding a fourth departure per week and direction between Köln-Eifeltor in Germany and the port of Trieste in Italy. Containers and semi-trailers with a P400 profile need only one... more
Digitec Galaxus: more space and service
In Switzerland, Digitec Galaxus has found a new permanent warehouse solution to house its products. "Our business grew enormously during the Covid-19 pandemic. We therefore leased an owner-operated temporary storage facility in Nebikon, Lucerne,” said Michael Stolle, the... more
Two hubs expanded in Spain
Palletways Iberia has moved two of its hubs to larger facilities to increase capacity in the Palletways Group’s operations in UK and Europe. The Iberia network has more than a decade of experience in the Iberian Peninsula and Islands. Despite worldwide challenges, it has... more
New clients for Craiss
Craiss Logistik, an owner-managed medium-sized provider based in Germany, almost tripled its turnover in the consumer goods transport segment as an existing customer reorganised its deliveries to shops in southwest Germany. Craiss is aiming to commission a larger logistics... more
New licensed player in Croatia
CD Cargo Adria has received all the necessary authorisations to operate railfreight services in Croatia. This 100% subsidiary of the Czech carrier CD Cargo opened in October last year. The company now expects to start operating transport services under its own licence in a... more
65 million Covid test kits from China to Australia
Over the past six weeks, aircraft charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged over 65 charter flights carrying 3,000 t from China to Australia. Each flight had more than one million Covid test kits on board, which are provided free to all Australian... more
Bluebird Nordic appoints Audrone Keinyte
Bluebird Nordic, an Icelandic ACMI leasing and airfreight company and a member of the Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Audrone Keinyte as its CEO. Keinyte is also taking over as CEO at BBN Cargo Airlines Holdings, Bluebird Nordic’s holding company. Keinyte joined the... more
First place in quality ranking
Freight forwarder Hans Geis from Kürnach in Germany has won first place in the quality ranking published by the general cargo cooperation IDS Logistik. As in the previous year, the Noerpel depot in Kempten came in second. Geis Eurocargo in Satteldorf is among the top three for... more
Dwell times in Europe on the rise
Chicago-based intelligence provider Four Kites has reported that ocean dwell times for exports and transhipments in Europe have increased from mid-February to mid-April. Currently, dwell times are up by 10% and 22% for exports and transhipments, respectively. Especially in... more
For new technology in the air
Lufthansa Cargo and Kuehne + Nagel have jointly taken a practical step to implement the use of power-to-liquid technology in aviation. On 14 April, the Lufthansa Cargo freighter with the identification D-ALFK took off for the first time under flight number LH8406 in the... more