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
Made.com makes more in London
Made.com, a digital lifestyle brand in home furniture, plans to expand its facility at London Gateway’s Logistics Park. The company will more than double its available space by opening an additional 160,000 sqm warehouse. The new facility will be opened in two phases, with... more
Takeover in Switzerland
Germany-based Noerpel Group is acquiring the Swiss company Logistik 2000. With the new location in Diepoldsau directly on the Austrian border, the buyer is thus gaining its second branch in Switzerland. Founded in 1999, Logistik 2000 has a freight forwarding facility of just... more
UPS relocates
UPS opened new parcel and distribution centre in Bülach near Zurich at the end of March this year. It replaces the company's previous centre in Rümlang, which had been operating for 25 years. The new hub is located not far from the city centre and Zurich Airport. The... more
Barking to receive new customs facility
DB Cargo UK has successfully bid for funding to create a new ‘customs approval area’ at its intermodal terminal at Barking in London. Work will begin shortly to build a new inland border control facility at the site to speed up the seamless movement of goods into and out of the... more
Air cargo demand: all time high in March
Yesterday, 4 May 2021, on the first day of this year's (virtual) Air Cargo Europe conference, Iata released March 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-Covid levels (March 2019) with an increase of 4.4%. In March,... more