Hupac increases train frequency 
The Swiss Intermodal Operator is expanding its shuttle services between Germany and Italy: as of 7 February 2022, the company will be offering three round trips per week on its Duisburg – Proderonone line. With the extension, Hupac provides a stable intermodal service between... more
Alexander Granderath to chair supervisory board
The supervisory board of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, a European wagon hire and rail logistics company, has elected Alexander Granderath as its new chairman. He succeeds Jost A. Massenberg, who served on VTG’s supervisory board for over fifteen years and as its chairman since the... more
Digital service provider starts CO2 cooperation
As from February 2022, the users of "startracking", an airport-to-airport tracking solution provided by the Italian company Cargo Start, can benefit from special conditions to access a Swiss solution for the certified calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions... more
Freight rates: price hike expected to continue
The European road freight rate benchmark for Q4/2021 shows that prices ended 2021 at historic highs in Europe. The index stood at 108.3, 1.1 points higher than in Q3/2021 and 3.2 points higher than in Q4/2020. Q4/2021 is the 6th consecutive quarter of rate increases in Europe.... more
80 biodiesel trucks join fleet in Bolzano
For Gruber Logistics in South Tyrol (Italy), sustainability and environmental conservation have been an integral part of its corporate philosophy for decades. The haulier invested in an additional new Scania R 450 4x2 biodiesel trucks in December 2021. All in all, the truck... more
Royal Brunei Airlines extends GSA partnership
ECS Group has secured a two-year contract extension with Royal Brunei Airlines and will represent the airline’s cargo division at a variety of online and offline destinations across nine territories: S.E Asia, Australia, China, Middle East/Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, India, USA... more
Ermewa welcomes Vincent Metz
Ermewa has appointed Vincent Metz as its new chief technical officer (CTO), effective 1 February 2022. The Dutch national will lead the company's newly combined central technical team. Metz brings a broad range of experience in the organisation and digitalisation of... more
Gothenburg: rail traffic at all-time high
The upward trend in rail traffic at the Swedish Port of Gothenburg looks set to continue, with a new record for rail-borne freight passing through the port last year. Some 458,000 teu were handled in 2021. This throughput is 9% higher than in 2020 and the highest annual... more
ABC’s digital bookings soar by 200%
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC), a major air cargo carrier and part of Volga-Dnepr Group, posted a 274% increase in digital bookings in 2021 as opposed to 2020 levels. The carrier was one of the first air cargo market players to join online booking platforms back in 2019,... more
Reimer Logistics: new tandem takes charge
Marc Soupart has been promoted to the new dual leadership team of Bremen-based Reimer logistics alongside managing director Heike Nickel. The business graduate, who studied economics at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), came to Reimer Logistics in 2016 as... more