Daimler Truck prepares for independent future 
In preparation for its spin-off from Daimler and its independent listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange which is planned for late 2021, Daimler Truck has created a new management board and is planning a series of significant management and organisational changes, set to take... more
Improving global road safety
Menzies Distribution Group in UK has become the latest supporter to sign up as a corporate member of Transaid, the international development organisation committed to improving global road safety standards. The company has pledged its support for an initial three-year... more
Dutch trade association mandates Paycargo
Payment platform Paycargo, which processed USD 4 billion in transactions for logistics firms last year, has teamed up with Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) to help simplify the payment and collection of the association’s membership and delegate transactions. The trade association... more
HGK banks on continuity
Steffen Bauer has been at the helm of inland navigation company HGK Shipping, which is part of the Stadtwerke Köln Group, since August 2020. His contract as CEO has now been extended. Bauer served as head of the Imperial Shipping Group for several years before it was taken over... more
How sustainable is Hapag-Lloyd?
In 2020, Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet was using IMO 2020-compliant low-sulphur fuel oil, thereby reducing its sulphur-oxide emissions by roughly 70% compared to 2019. This can be deduced from Hapag-Lloyd's latest sustainability report. In addition, fuel savings of around 15% were... more
Geis contracts and improves
Germany-based Geis Group carried out a portfolio adjustment in 2020, but ended the financial year on a positive note. In 2020, the internationally active logistics service provider achieved net sales of just over EUR 1 billion. Managing partners Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang... more
New partner for China-France e-commerce
Following the 2019 launch of DPD China under the Lenton Group umbrella and benefiting from the rollout of multimodal services between China and Europe, Lenton Group is implementing additional logistics solutions to strengthen its connections with the DPD Group network in Europe.... more
Silk Way West wins award in South Korea
During its fifth annual award ceremony, South Korea's Incheon Airport (ICN), one of the world’s biggest air cargo hubs (see upcoming ITJ 19-20/2021, "Aviation supplement", p. 13) honoured Silk Way West Airlines with the prestigious 'cargo airline of the year 2020'... more
Promoting belly cargo in Baltics
Air Baltic and Riga Airport (RIX) have signed a land reservation agreement for building a new Baltic cargo hub at the Latvian capital’s airport. Covering 6,000 sqm, the terminal will be the largest dedicated air cargo handling facility in the region. Construction is planned... more
Changing sides
Jens Graefe will be joining the management team of German express service provider trans-o-flex, which specialises in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other sensitive goods sectors, from May. The pharma logistics expert will be assuming responsibility for the newly created... more