MSC block trains: full speed ahead 
MSC reports that its recently-launched Asia-to-Europe ocean and rail solution has been well received by its customers (see ITJ Daily from 24 April 2021). Introduced in mid-May, the first shipment of MSC containers was moved via block train from Vostochniy to St. Petersburg in... more
A new entity with big ambitions
Since yesterday, 1 June 2021, the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, which have already been united under the Haropa banner since 2012, have additionally formed the ‘major Seine axis river and sea port authority’. During a sunny afternoon river cruise in the Parisian port of... more
A silver lining for reliability at sea?
According to Sea-Intelligence, a maritime intelligence provider from Copenhagen (Denmark), the increase in global schedule reliability in March 2021 didn’t last. Reliability levelled out, with carriers recording a 1 percentage point decrease month-on-month in April, coming to... more
New terminal promotes shift
A new container terminal is coming up in the inland port of Osnabrück (Germany) and going online in October. The operating company Container Terminal Osnabrück (CTO) will see the operational involvement of the logisticians and transporters Hellmann, Koch International and... more
Online Systemlogistik promotes managers
Online Systemlogistik (OSL), a German cargo group, redistributed its managerial tasks in Paderborn (Germany) on 1 June. Verena Käuper and Mike Wüllner, assistants to the management team, were both given full power of attorney. Managing director Petra Welling will be the sole... more
Gebrüder Weiss enhances Bulgarian position
Rhenus has decided to quit the road haulage business in Bulgaria and hand its activities over to the Gebrüder Weiss logistics group (GW), which has been active in Bulgaria since 1993. The acquisition includes facilities in Sofia, Burgas, Svilengrad, Varna and Plovdiv. The... more
San Marino carrier expanding cargo fleet
13 months after receiving the AOC of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino Executive Aviation (SMEA) has started operating the first of its two Airbus A330-300 cargo planes, which joined its fleet last month. The aircraft is registered as T7-ULS, to remind observers of the name... more
New sector manager for Rhenus Logistics
The German enterprise Rhenus Logistics has appointed Harry Wheelhouse as its new sector manager to “drive the continued growth of the business in the UK and support growth in Rhenus facilities across Europe.” The appointment follows the acquisition of the company’s fourth... more
Austrian truck/rail terminals to be automated
Terminal Service Austria (TSA), an affiliate of ÖBB, operates five intermodal terminals in Austria, offering road and rail connections to European markets. Now, Camco Technologies has been selected as the firm’s partner for gate and rail automation at the Wolfurt, Wels and... more
More money for Sennder
The digital road forwarder Sennder, based in Berlin (Germany), raised USD 80 million through the second closing of its series D funding round. Thus the total size of the round, including the first close in January, amounts to USD 240 million. All in all Sennder has raised a... more