Swissport restructures sales division 
Swissport has appointed regional managers for its four newly created regions: Bruno Stefani, leader of Swissport’s Zurich operations, has been head of Switzerland since 1 June 2021; Philipp Frech, previously COO US East, becomes head of Germany & Austria; Jan van Engelen... more
New unit at Bansard International
French company Bansard International, founded in 1963, has formed B-Flexee, a new entity dedicated to emergency transport. The new solution responds to customer demand for emergency assistance in road and air transport by integrating digital developments with real-time... more
Chipolbrok`s great anniversary
Chinese-Polish shipping company Chipolbrok is celebrating its 70th anniversary. In the early 1950s, the People's Republic of China formed a start-up with a newly founded POL Polish-Ocean Lines. Both parties invested in it in equal shares of 50% and the contract of cooperation... more
Joining forces to create locomotives
Rusano, Russian Railways (RZD) and Sinara have formed a partnership to develop trunk and shunting freight locomotives using power plants based on electrochemical hydrogen fuel cells in conjunction with lithium-ion batteries. RZD will act as a potential customer for... more
Hellmann expands in the "Hexagon"
German freight forwarder Hellmann is opening its first direct load branch in France, located in Rennes. The company is thus continuing its growth path in the French market. Hellmann's first fully owned French branch near Paris started operations in September 2019. Before,... more
Fuels haulier receives first LNG trucks
AD Fuels in UK has added four ADR-spec Volvo FH LNG 6x2 tractor units to its fleet, in response to the surge in demand for transporting LNG. The three-year old Worthing-based company hauls for major road transport gas providers. Each vehicle is expected to cover around... more
Riverboat delivery service pilot in London
An NHS trust has become the first in UK to pilot a daily riverboat delivery service. Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with Ceva Logistics and Livett’s Group to trial the service during three months on the River Thames. If the proof-of-concept pilot,... more
First trains to run on vegetable oil
Tarmac and its railfreight partner DB Cargo UK will be fuelling environmentally friendly hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) to all freight trains running between Tarmac’s Mountsorrel site in Leicestershire and its rail-fed asphalt plant in the centre of Birmingham. HVO is one of... more
Crossing the Channel and the Atlantic
Customers of Lufthansa Cargo's special speed company Time Matters now have access to more than 30 additional direct flights per week between Paris CDG and ten US stations (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington).... more
Geodis greening its fleet
Geodis is investing in a fleet of special vehicles for urban deliveries in France. The freight forwarder’s French organisation has ordered 200 units that will be fuelled with biogas. Delivery is scheduled for the end of 2021. "By greening road transport in the last mile... more