Maritime expands in Scotland 
DB Cargo UK plans to lease its Mossend EuroTerminal railfreight facility to Maritime Intermodal with effect from 1 October 2021. Maritime Intermodal took over the lease of DB’s intermodal railfreight facilities in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and Trafford Park in Manchester two... more
Freightos for Qatar Airways Cargo worldwide
Qatar Airways Cargo started to roll out "Webcargo by Freightos" across the rest of the world, yesterday, 23 August 2021. Since launching Webcargo in February 2021 in France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain and the Netherlands, the Middle Eastern airline has... more
CHI takes over Frankfurt-based customs expert
Following the takeover of SchüMa Service in May, the CHI Group is now managing the specialist for customs clearance, in particular the presentation and distribution of goods to be declared, under the name “CHI Customs Clearance Services”. Kai Domscheit, CEO, CHI Deutschland... more
Eastern corridor to receive 20 locomotives
Germany-based rail vehicle rental company Railpool has ordered 20 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens. The locomotives will be deployed in eleven countries along the eastern corridor (Germany, Austria, Poland, Croatia, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria,... more
Gothenburg's traffic recovering slowly
Freight volumes are coming back: Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg handled 411,000 containers in H1/2021 – an increase of 2% compared to the same period in 2020. The addition of new rail destinations in the spring supported the growth of intermodal hinterland traffic. In H1/2021,... more
Not Lewis & Clarke, but Lewis & Clipper
Retailer John Lewis & Partners has contracted Leeds-based Clipper Logistics to provide further e-commerce and logistics services for points of sale in UK. The services are based in Clipper's new distribution centre in Bardon, near Leicester. The logistics company already... more
British naval airship plans drown in Humber
Exactly 100 years ago, on 24 August 1921, during its fourth trial flight, the R38 (ZR-2) rigid airship, purchased by the US Navy from Britain's Royal Air Force, broke into two parts and fell into the Humber River at Hull, England. The airship with a payload of 46 t, the... more
DFI Real Estate expands team in the south
Düsseldorf-based DFI Real Estate, which develops commercial and logistics properties in Germany, has appointed Sandra Schwendner as business development manager. She will support Alexander Hund, regional director south, in the acquisition, commercial management and marketing of... more
Special fleet for bitumen transports
UK-based Puma has extended its bitumen logistics contract with Hoyer for another five years. Under this agreement, the German dangerous goods specialist is responsible for loading and unloading at customer sites, planning capacity utilisation and scheduling drivers and fleet.... more
Hornbach chooses Panattoni development
Do-it-yourself chain Hornbach Baumarkt has signed a contract to lease Panattoni Park Speyer, a logistics property located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The facility will be handed over to the new tenant in November this year. Based in Bornheim (near Landau,... more