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
E-trucks for Sweden’s largest charging hub
Scania is delivering an e-mobility solution including five battery electric trucks and 1.6 MW charging equipment to Falkenklev Logistik as part of the Swedish haulier’s plan to set up a 22-vehicle electric charging station at a new company depot in Malmö. The site, which... more
More capacity for a tight market
Hamburg-headquartered Dships has taken delivery of the last out of four newbuilds. The F-500 "MV Charlie" follows the multipurpose heavy lift vessels “MV Mick”, “MV Keith” and “MV Ronnie” as part of the fleet expansion programme initiated back in 2018. In the... more
Hub for green battery logistics in operation
DB Cargo and Mercedes-Benz have opened an automotive logistics centre near the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen in Germany. It is to serve as a climate-neutral hub for transporting the battery systems of the new Mercedes EQ model EQE. DB Cargo is now using carbon neutral trains... more
Clark promotes Natalie Dunleavy
Natalie Dunleavy took up her new position as regional manager for the support and coordination of Clark Europe’s sales activities in UK and the Republic of Ireland on 1 January 2022. Dunleavy worked as sales manager at Clark dealer Knightsbridge Mechanical Handling for 15... more