GW stays pushy in Bavaria 
The shopping spree continues. Transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has added yet another location to its network in southern Germany. It is taking over the operations of Wolf Internationale Spedition and Air System Luftfracht Spedition in Straubing, Lower Bavaria.... more
Nelt terminal extends outreach from Belgrade
Forwarding, intermodal and logistics distribution company Nelt has invested EUR 2 million in increasing capacities at its intermodal terminal in Belgrade (Serbia). The facility's usable area has been expanded to 30,000 sqm. With the upgrades, the hub can now receive and handle... more
"Connecting Europe Express" in Switzerland
On its journey through Switzerland yesterday (Tuesday, 28 September), the EU's special train for the "Year of Rail" also made a stop at the Basel Wolf container terminal. At this occasion, the federal office of transport, the Swiss association of public transport... more
64 locomotives purchased in three years
European Loc Pool (ELP) is further expanding its fleet of state-of-the-art 6-axle hybrid locomotives: The Switzerland-headquartered leasing company has again ordered ten EuroDual locomotives of the Germany and Austria configuration and four EuroDuals for Norway and Sweden from... more
Walker Logistics chooses Adrian Skirrow
Online fulfilment and supply chain solutions specialist Walker Logistics has appointed Adrian Skirrow as its new head of operations. With over 20 years of leadership experience, Skirrow has held a number of senior operational positions in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.... more
Global container flows better than expected
The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) increased by 3.2 points (seasonally adjusted) to 126.6 points in August, according to the current flash estimate. The value of the... more
Lufthansa Cargo in digital research project
Lufthansa Cargo has joined the "digital test field air cargo" initiative, a new federal research project commissioned by Germany's ministry of transport and coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics. The aim is to increase the... more
Iván Nash Vila named CFO
Iván Nash Vila will be joining Swissport International as CFO on 1 October 2021. He succeeds Alexander Gradow, who has been acting as interim CFO since August. "We are pleased to have Nash Vila join Swissport as CFO," said Warwick Brady, president & CEO of... more
Reverse logistics becomes a fashion
Global logistics company Geodis is adding returns management to its range of e-commerce services. Retailers and e-merchants can now make use of the group's end-to-end technological and logistical solution covering the entire value chain, from order orchestration to product... more
Wilhelmshaven finds new investor
The rumours have come to an end: Hamburg carrier Hapag-Lloyd is set to acquire a 30% stake in Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and 50% of the shares of Rail Terminal Wilhelmshaven (RTW) at Jade Weser Port. Terminal operator Eurogate, founded in 1999, continues to hold the... more