Partnership for hydrogen trucks 
Daimler Truck and Total Energies are collaborating in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen. The partnership includes hydrogen sourcing and logistics, supplying hydrogen at service stations, developing hydrogen-based trucks, establishing a... more
A good season for Hapag-LLoyd
Higher freight rates and rising transport volumes have the cash registers ringing at Hapag-Lloyd. In the first nine months of 2021, revenues rose by an outstanding 70% to EUR 15 billion, while ebitda stood at EUR 6.8 billion and ebit at EUR 5.8 billion. At the same time, group... more
Bpost doesn’t get an A
The Belgian Post, or Bpost, has reported its Q3/2021 results. While group operating income stayed more or less stable in comparison with the same period last year (–0.5% to EUR 977 million), ebit almost halved to EUR 39.1 million (–EUR 30.4 million). Revenues in the mail and... more
Maindeck cargo soars in Munich
From January to October 2021, around 55,000 t of freight carried by cargo-only aircraft was processed at Munich airport. This is an increase of nearly 40% compared with 2019, the last year before the crisis. Cargo-only flights now no longer accounts for around 10% of the... more
Tool to drive decarbonisation of supply chains
In accordance with the current EU climate programme "Fit for 55", emissions trading will also apply to the logistics sector as from 2026. The digital freight platform Transporeon has developed a new technical solution to measure and assess greenhouse gas (GHG)... more
Liebherr's cool choice
Liebherr Hausgeräte has chosen one of its existing partners for the transport and logistics of its refrigerators and freezers in central and eastern Europe. Since the beginning of this year, Austrian group Gebrüder Weiss has been operating an exclusive warehouse for Liebherr’s... more
Hupac adds another P400-Service
Swiss combined transport operator Hupac is expanding its network: As from 13 December 2021, a new shuttle will operate five weekly roundtrips Venlo in the Netherlands and Busto Arsizio near Milan in Italy. The new service is designed for P400 semi trailers. Venlo offers many... more
Zurich Airport finally above pre-pandemic volumes
39,132 t of freight were transported at Zurich Airport in October 2021, 51.3% above the level in October 2020. Compared to October 2019, freight volumes increased by 1.3%. This means that for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, cargo throughput was above the... more
Expanding into eastern Switzerland
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is augmenting its services between Vorarlberg (Austria) and eastern Switzerland. At the beginning of 2022, the railway is launching a three weekly transfer train linking the Wolfurt terminal in Austria with the two Swiss terminals in Frenkendorf near... more
HHLA rising
Terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) benefited from the extraordinary circumstances in deep sea shipping in the first nine months of 2021. A temporary peak in storage fees as a result of longer container dwell times at HHLA’s terminals in Hamburg also left... more