Boeing: three new freighter conversion lines 
As global demand for freighters continues to soar, Boeing is planning to add three conversion lines for the 737-800BCF in North America and Europe. The company has also signed a firm order with lessor Icelease for eleven of the freighters as the launch customer for one of the... more
Ban on noisy freight wagons pays off
Noise pollution from railfreight traffic in Germany has decreased significantly with the ban on loud freight wagons, according to checks carried out by the German federal railway authority (Eisenbahn-Bundesamt, EBA). Between May 2019 and September 2021, the proportion of... more
For Barsan Global in Nuremberg
Panattoni is building a new extension for Barsan Global Logistik in Nuremberg, Bavaria (Germany). The company, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, offers transport solutions, warehousing, customs and supply chain services. Within the framework of a sale and lease-back model,... more
More capacity for temperature-controlled goods
P&O Ferrymasters has expanded its fleet of reefers - refrigerated trailers - to enable more customers to benefit from the end-to-end logistics company's expertise in solving supply chain challenges for temperature-controlled goods. The 25 new specialist trailers are being... more
Second Euro Dual increases flexibility
Raildox is expanding is fleet with a second Euro Dual locomotive supplied by European Lok Pool (ELP). The new traction unit increases the German rail company's service flexibility. Amongst others, Raildox transports timber, fertiliser, grain, sand/gravel, steel and hazardous... more
130 e-trucks keep e-scooters moving
Sustainable micro-mobility provider Tier Mobility has signed a framework agreement with Man for the delivery of up to 130 electric vans to various European countries. The first Man eTGE to replace the e-transporters' batteries without local emissions. For Tier Mobility, the... more
Hegele Healthcare in Singapore
Simon Hegele Healthcare Solutions is establishing a presence in Singapore to offer on-the-spot maintenance services for OEMS of large medical devices for customers in the Asean region. In order to further expand its business in the Asia Pacific market, Simon Hegele will base... more
High rates well into 2024?
Starting out from the China Containerized Freight Index, the Copenhagen-based shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has defined five periods each of sustained rate decreases and of sustained rate increases, specially the average percentage point drop per week over the full... more
Hapag-Lloyd chooses Donya-Florence Amer
Hapag-Lloyd's supervisory board has appointed Donya-Florence Amer to the executive board. She will join the company as chief information officer (CIO) on 1 February 2022. Amer began her professional career at IBM in 1999, holding various management positions. She has served... more
Transporting 50 t of whey to China
RZD Logistics (RZDL) operates multimodal transports with its Agroexpress service. Now the subsidiary of the Russian railways has expanded its network and carried 50 t of dried milk products for Kosmos, a major producer of agricultural products, from the Russian republic of... more