Nicholas Minde joins Sennder 
Sennder, a European digital freight forwarder, has hired Nicholas Minde as general manager for the DACH region, effective 1 August 2021. As the company has expanded its network over the past 18 months, now counting more than 12.500 trucks servicing several German DAX 30 and... more
An inland shipping first for Sweden
The first container barge shuttle service on Sweden’s inland waterways is in the pipeline. The barges will sail between Stockholm’s newly-opened Norvik Port and the port of Västerås. The service will be operated by German shipping line Deymann, deploying the 208 teu barge... more
Renault Trucks appoints Swiss sales director
Martin Hofer assumed his new role as Swiss sales director at Renault Trucks, Switzerland, in Dietikon, on 1 April 2021. His mission is to lead and support the sales team and oversee the network of distributors. He will be responsible for product management based on a clearly... more
Jost launches new social media format online
Jost presents its new social media format JostTruck Stop: As from May 2021, Jost World, a manufacturer and supplier of security related systems for utility vehicles, will publish a new clip every two weeks on the group's social media channels on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.... more
Laso Transportes in Central Europe
Effective May 1, 2021, Laos Transportes launched another international subsidiary, Laso Slovenia. Laso Transportes, which was established on 2 May 2007, exactly 14 years before this event, as a result of the merger of two major Portuguese special transport companies, is... more
More block train services to Europe
Ceva Logistics has introduced a new weekly train-ferry service from China to UK. The route's pilot shipment left Xi'an (China) by block train on 18 March 2021, bound for Kaliningrad (Russia), where the cargo was reloaded the same day onto a ferry that arrived in Immingham on 6... more
Swiss Post secures M&A competence
Hannes Caj is changing fronts. After 13 years as a partner at Zetra International, a Swiss consulting firm for mergers & acquisitions, real estate transactions, restructuring and debt advisory, the Austrian-born Hannes Caj has joined Swiss Post as head of finance M&A.... more
Rhine ports steady the ship
The first quarter of this year went rather well for the Port of Switzerland, the operator of the Swiss inland ports on the River Rhine. The port authority’s three hubs handled 1.26 million t of goods in Q1/2021, 2.9% less than the 1.29 million t in the same period last year.... more
Pigs in airspace
As China has to import pigs due to losing half of its native population (i.e. approximately 30 % of the world's population) to African swine fever since 2018, 1,030 purebred breeding pigs flew approximately 11,000 km from London STN to Chengdu in a B747-8F last week. The... more
A ship management takeover
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) and Seatrans have set up a joint venture, called Stödig Ship Management. CSM said that the strategic partnership with the Norwegian shipowner and operator, which specialises in services for chemical tankers, ro-ro, offshore/energy as well as bulkers... more