Hummelbrunner follows Preschern 
Roland Hartwig, CEO of Schwarzmüller, a European provider of towed commercial vehicles based in Austria, has announced that current CFO Georg Preschern will leave at the end of June 2021, after having worked for the company since 2014. Starting in the group’s finance... more
RST and Kramer do a swap
Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals (RST) and Kramer Group have agreed to swap certain areas of their port concessions at the City Terminal Rotterdam. RST will take over the area generally known as ‘Kramer Site’, which is of strategic importance for inland navigation, amongst others,... more
New unit for healthcare logistics
With the establishment of a specialised unit for pharmaceutical logistics, Trans Pharma International (TPI), headquartered in UK, the Walden Group, a specialist in healthcare logistics in Europe, aims to expand and improve its range of international transport services. The... more
More responsibilities for Polychronakos
Owner-managed logistics company Röhlig appointed Andreas Polychronakos as global director effective 28 May 2021. The sales expert joined Röhlig Germany as director sales in 2018. In January 2021 he was named global air freight director, based at the Röhlig head office in... more
Scandlines finds new CEO
The supervisory board of ferry company Scandlines has appointed Carsten Nørland, senior vice president international at the Royal Unibrew Brewery, as new CEO, effective 1 September 2021. He replaces Søren Poulsgaard Jensen, who will leave the German-Danish cooperation after ten... more
100+ cool reefers on the road
THT New Cool has manufactured and delivered its 100th fully electric reefer. It was delivered to Van Straalen De Vries Transport (VSDV) in Zwaagdijk, the Netherlands. VSDV has repeatedly ordered New Cool reefers since it received its first New Cool trailer in 2018. With this... more
Turkish and German partners to cross borders
Kargomkolay, Turkey’s largest online logistics platform, has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Heyworld, Lufthansa Cargo's cross-border eCommerce logistics subsidiary. Both aim to create a dynamic, satisfaction-oriented and competitive structure in the sector, by... more
SATA and Cargologic continue with Champ
After having operated Champ's Cargospot handling application on an in-house licensed basis for over 13 years, Cargologic, a Swiss ground handling service provider, has upgraded to the IT provider's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of the cargo management solution. With... more
Reinstalling Serbia – Hungary rail link
The government of Serbia, Serbian Railways Infrastructure and a consortium comprising Karin Komerc and RZD International have signed a contract for the reconstruction and modernisation of the railway line leading from Horgos (Serbia) via Subotica to the Hungarian state frontier,... more
Logistics park sold before its development
It is a big sale. The St Francis Group and the Richardson family have executed the forward sale of its soon to be developed 122,000 sqm Spectrum Logistics Park to Tristan Capital Partners. The new owner will let St Francis Group continue to manage the project development and... more