Virgin Atlantic Cargo promotes Phil Wardlaw 
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has named Phil Wardlaw as its new vice president and managing director. Wardlaw has been working for Virgin Atlantic for 17 years and has held numerous leadership roles in the operations and engineering teams. He was appointed VP engineering &... more
New route starting in January 2022
Logistics service provider Cargo Beamer is expanding its intermodal network with a new lane between Kaldenkirchen in Germany and Perpignan near the French-Spanish border. An environmentally friendly rail service will be in operation on this route from 10 January 2022. The... more
"A strong year for forwarders"
Transport Intelligence (TI), a consultancy located near Bristol (UK), expects 2021 to have been a brilliant year for freight forwarders. According to its analysis, the forwarding market is forecast to have grown by 12% in value compared to 2020. In terms of modes of transport,... more
Reducing traffic jams during roadworks
Maintenance work on motorways usually requires reducing the number of traffic lanes. On main axes, this is only possible at night. However, the time windows for night time work on the Swiss road network are becoming shorter and shorter due to increasing traffic volumes. A... more
Clipper Logistics grows in Europe
Leeds (UK)-based Clipper Logistics has reported its results for the first six months of its financial year which ended on 31 October 2021 (H1/FY 2022). While revenues increased significantly by 33.1% to GBP 406.1 million (EUR 476 million), the group's ebit surged 12.1% to GBP... more
Chipolbrok's newbuilds come into play
Liner Chipolbrok will soon put a number of newbuilds into service. The first newcomer is M/V “Tai Xing” on her maiden voyage from Penglai in the Chinese province of Shandong to Puerto Bolivar in Ecuador. The vessel is the first of four newbuild XL mpp vessels in this serial... more
Augmenting Scandinavia-China train services
Nurminen Logistics and NTEX have signed a letter of intent to jointly increase their current cooperation concerning railway cargo services between China, Asia, Sweden and Norway. The parties will use Nurminen’s Nordic Hub concept in the Finish ports of Helsinki and Kotka... more
Patrizia's latest coup aims at Maasvlakte
Patrizia, a German investor in global real assets, is acquiring a 233,000 sqm distribution centre from Dutch logistics developer DHG. Valued at EUR 230 million, the facility is located in the container hub Smartlog Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The acquisition, which - according... more
Belgium ro-ro specialist orders 156 trucks
Continental Cargo Carriers (CCC) in Belgium is investing EUR 4.2 million in a 42% expansion of its fleet. An impressive 156 brand new trailers will be added to the firm’s vehicle portfolio in the coming months. This represents the biggest single investment since Europa Worldwide... more
Finnair signs with Swissport once again
Swissport will again provide ramp handling services for the wide-body fleet of its long-time customer Finnair at Helsinki Airport, as the airline steps up its long-haul operations to Asia and USA. Swissport and Finnair have a long-standing partnership. Finnair has already... more