Bünning to join BÖB and VBW team 
Magnus Bünning will be advisor for transport, budget and location politics in the joint head office of the Bundesverband Öffentlicher Binnenhäfen (BÖB) and the Verband für europäische Binnenschifffahrt und Wasserstrasse (VBW), from 1 June 2021. With the creation of this new... more
Antwerp picks up import speed
Having started in January 2021, the new digital process for releasing containers at the Port of Antwerp, known as Certified Pick up (CPU), is entering its next phase. Instead of using PIN codes, containers will be picked up based on identity as from this summer. The process,... more
Admiral Container Lines ready for perishables
Admiral Container Lines is enhancing its equipment. The liner, which has been offering weekly and direct container shipping services in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea since 1998, is adding more than 150 new 40-foot, high-cube containers equipped with Carrier Transicold... more
Roadmap towards carbon neutrality
Decarbonising the road sector, which comprises more than 65 million heavy-duty vehicles and accounts for 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, is an essential step towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Now the road transport industry has launched the global Green Compact, a paper... more
Two Northerners for the network
General cargo cooperation 24 Plus is growing. Its network has now been extended to include logistics service providers Colli Care and NHG Trans, which will operate in Finland and Norway. Until now, 24 Plus has reached both Finland and Norway via gateway services. Since 18... more
Change of perspective required
Hupac expects further significant growth in combined transport in the coming years. With the European Green Deal, greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector are to be reduced by 90% and railfreight traffic volumes doubled by 2050. However, in order to shift more... more
Green transport option in Ireland
At the end of June, the Irish Railway Iarnrod Eireann and transport company XPO Logistics will launch a new twice-weekly railfreight service in each direction between Ballina, Co Mayo and Waterford Port. The new rail service will offer Irish industry a greener and more... more
Sennder picks senior director
Sennder has appointed Adeola Ogunwole as senior director, marketing and communication. She will be based in Berlin, the digital freight forwarder’s headquarters, and lead Sennder’s marketing and communication strategy, as the company is expanding its commercial network, to... more
Project logistics market on the upswing
In its "BHV Project Logistics Monitor 2021", Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung (BHV) reports that the majority of Bremen's project logistics companies and their customers are optimistic. For 2021, around 45% of the companies surveyed predict increasing... more
DFDS is coming back
DFDS has reported its results for Q1/2021. While total revenues dropped by 1%, freight revenues increased by 5% to DKK 3.7 billion (EUR 500 million). In consequence, freight ebitda before special items increased by 25% to DKK 836 million (EUR 112 million). Passenger business... more