Liège's inland port on the rise 
Belgium’s Port of Liège handled 15 million t of goods on the waterway in 2021, an increase of 7% compared to the previous year. It also reported an 1% increase in overall traffic (water-rail-road) compared to 2020, amounting to 19.5 million t handled in all of the 33 port areas.... more
Vessels Value welcomes Alexander Adamou
Online valuation and data provider Vessels Value has appointed Alexander Adamou to the board of directors. As an experienced mathematician and modeller in the shipping industry, he will oversee the scientific research that underpins the company’s products in his new role as... more
West-east service via Moscow
Fesco is launching a regular rail service from St. Petersburg to Chita and Blagoveshchensk via Moscow. With the new train, customers now can deliver their goods to the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Amur Region via the capital of Russia as part of a single logistics service.... more
Logistics park in border triangle
Panattoni is building a new warehouse, the Park Freiburg Süd, on a brownfield site in the border triangle between Germany, France and Switzerland. The speculative object is being designed in two self-sufficient hall sections. Companies from the light industrial and logistics... more
Scandlines’ CFO to step down
Scandlines' CFO Per Johannesen Madsen will leave the company by the end of August 2022 at the latest. He has been CFO and has served on the executive board since 2012, responsible for the group's overall financial management and reporting. In his position as CFO, Johannesen... more
AXS Marine and Baltic Exchange join forces
The Baltic Exchange, an affiliate of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) since 2016, is integrating the access to its indices via AXS Marine's chartering and analytical SaaS platforms. This combination enables charterers, shipowners, shipbrokers and freight analysts to deliver... more
E-trucks taking root on Europe's roads
The international trucking industry is undergoing a transformation towards more sustainable transport as sales of heavy battery electric trucks are starting to pick up, with Europe in the lead. Statistics from the market analysis group IHS Markit show that during 2021 a... more
Farewell to a great Spanish forwarder
Spanish logistics provider Transnatur is mourning the death of its founder, who passed away on 14 January 2022 at the age of 84. José Pagés Riera will be remembered by the industry in Spain as well as beyond the country’s borders for his creativity and his great entrepreneurial... more
Train service links Rotterdam with Northern Italy
Belgium-based operator CLDN Cargo has been offering intermodal transport services between Northern Europe and Italy with its own fleet of 5,500 trailer and container units for more than five years. The operator is now taking further steps to expand its Italian portfolio. CLDN... more
Deugro restructures management
Deugro has set up a new C-suite executive level management team with five members: Thomas C. Press - chairman and co-CEO, Klaus Strahmann - co-CEO, Simon Wasum (left) - COO, Tim Killen (right) - CSO and Felix Schneider - CFO. The company has also appointed eight presidents... more