On infrastructure in Wilhelmshaven 
In the port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, state-owned port company Niedersachsen Ports is planning to spend EUR 8.9 million on refurbishing port infrastructure, significantly more than the EUR 3.9 million earmarked for the construction of new facilities in the state-owned areas of... more
New York money for Texan freight forwarder
ATL Partners, an equity firm based in New York City, recently launched a funding round of about USD 300 million to invest in Austin (TX)-headquartered Arrive Logistics. The relatively young logistics firm, which was founded in 2014 and also runs an office in Chicago,... more
No surprises for UPS in first quarter
UPS reports consolidated revenue of USD 22.9 billion in the first quarter of 2021. This is a significant rise of 27% compared to Q1/2020. Consolidated average daily business volume grew 14.3% year-on-year. Consolidated operating profit clocked in at USD 2.8 billion, showing... more
Aden moves to Harren & Partner
Nils Aden is joining Harren & Partner’s management team as managing director. The German shipping and logistics group has expanded its services over recent years, growing its global presence with the acquisition of SAL Heavy Lift and its cooperation with Bremer... more
Svitzer welcomes new regional COO
Yesterday, 2 May 2021, Tina Benjamin-Lea became COO of Svitzer’s AMEA region, reporting to Svitzer AMEA’s managing director Nicolai Vinther Friis. Benjamin-Lea brings with her 30 years of experience in the logistics industry, focusing on cargo operations, chartering, ISPS and... more
Crystal Pool to digitalise safety
Italian Ship Management Company Crystal Pool, which is part of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group, has chosen the Info Ship Quality Management solution to digitalise and standardise procedures and guidelines to act in an emergency and to report accidents or any other form of... more
Biggest location for DHL in Germany
Deutsche Post DHL is investing a low three-digit million euro sum into the expansion of its parcel centre in Aschheim (Germany). The new warehouse is being built adjacent to the existing facility. By connecting the two locations via a tunnel for trucks, the company will... more
Turkish Cargo landing in Munich and Vancouver
Turkish Cargo hasn’t let the fact that the Air Cargo Europe trade fair isn’t taking place physically next week dampen its energy and has announced its arrival in Munich (photo). On Friday 7 May the airline is adding main-deck capacities to the southern German destination, which... more
Frankfurt now part of the New Silk Road
A goods train from the Chinese provincial capital Jinan arrived in the container terminal of Contargo Industriepark Frankfurt-Höchst (Germany) for the first time recently, which means the greater Frankfurt region is now also connected to the New Silk Road. The railway transit... more
First chairwoman for Cargolux
Cargolux has appointed Christianne Wickler as the airline's chairwoman of its board of directors. Wickler is an entrepreneur and mother of four who first managed a petrol station, taken over from her father, in Oberpallen in 1982. She then developed the Pall Center, a group of... more