Danny Hakker joins Swissport 
Swissport has appointed Danny Hakker as chief financial officer (CFO) for Continental Europe, effective 1 February 2022. He is a senior finance executive with an excellent track record in leading change and building high-performance teams. Hakker joins Swissport from RGF... more
First modernised loco to be ready in 2023
CZ Loko has won the tender for a complete modernisation of all 14 Class 742 locomotives in the fleet of Czech Railways (CD). The contract is worth more than CZK 684 million (EUR 28 million) and was signed by representatives of both companies. The national carrier will... more
All-cargo flights: two major peaks each day
Flights by all-cargo aircraft complement passenger flights in a couple of ways. First, they carry 50% of the world’s air cargo, while the rest travels in the holds of passenger aircraft. What is less well known is that cargo flights have two busy periods, just before the... more
New loop for dual-fuel road-railway ferry
Russia's first dual-fuel road-railway ferry, named after the Polish-Russian Marshal Rokossovsky, is preparing for its next trip. After having successfully completed its voyage from the seaport of Tuzla, Istanbul, to the seaport of Kaliningrad, the ferry will be put on the... more
More Netherlands for Movianto
By opening a new branch in Weert, the Netherlands, Movianto, a logistics service provider specialising in the healthcare industry, is doubling its warehouse capacity in this country and gaining 11,000 pallet spaces. The logistics centre, which will start operations in... more
Czech carrier adds Balkan services
Czech carrier CD Cargo has begun transporting containers between the Croatian port of Rijeka and Belgrade in Serbia. The new service includes four pairs of trains per week and is operated specially for Maersk. The containers are carried in CD Cargo wagons and for the time being,... more
Envirotainer and Swiss Worldcargo: new product
Envirotainer, a specialist for secure cold chain solutions for the air transport of pharma products and Swiss Worldcargo, a major player in time sensitive and care intensive pharma logistics, are intensifying their collaboration with the launch of the Envirotainer Releye RAP, as... more
Lithuanian haulier banks on rail
Girteka’s intermodal railfreight division shipped twice as many full truckloads in 2021 than in the previous year. The Lithuania-based haulier transported over 16,100 fully-loaded trailers travelling on rail tracks, saving more than 14.4 million kg of CO2 emissions, as the FTLs... more
Duisport: C. Hinne joins executive board
Carsten Hinne joined the Duipsort Group’s executive board on 1 January 2022. Prior to that, he had worked for Deutsche Bahn for 20 years, most recently as senior vice president of DB Cargo. While Hinne (right) will head the international network division with responsibility... more
Danish fleet expands
The fleet of ships sailing under the Danish flag continues to grow. A political strategy initiated more than a decade ago has increased the total tonnage of Danish vessels by 43%. As recently published by the Danish Maritime Authority, December 2021 saw vessels with 23.2... more