2020: uptick in reefer market 
The reefer market saw a global upswing in 2020, with a worldwide average growth of 3%-4%. The increased volume of reefer containers in the Belgian port of Antwerp last year is partly due to the increased demand for healthy foodstuffs and pharmaceutical products. In 2020, the... more
Second managing director for LHG
Upon recommendation of the supervisory board of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), Germany’s largest port operator on the Baltic Sea, Ortwin Harms (right) has been appointed the company’s second managing director with effect from 1 April 2021. Sebastian Jürgens (left),... more
More time for industry in UK
The British International Freight Association (Bifa) does not overestimate the extension of the border operating model deadlines in UK till the year 2022. "It’s no surprise that the government has extended the deadline for the introduction of checks and customs... more
100th joint cargo flight of reduced fleet
One year ago, Austrian Airlines built an air bridge between Europe and Asia on behalf of Time Matters, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, to directly transport urgently needed PPE to Vienna, Frankfurt and Linz. Over 2,000 t of goods could be moved on some 100 flights from Xiamen,... more
Safety measures for TEN-T Corridor
Rail Baltica, the consortium that will oversee the construction of a 1,000 km railway segment of the North Sea-Baltic Corridor, has awarded engineering company Rina to define safety, reliability, availability and maintainability requirements according to European standards.... more
Stef Group hit hard by Covid-19
The pandemic inflicted heavy casualties on the Stef Group, a European provider of temperature-controlled transport and logistics services for food products. 2020's annual results saw operating income contracting by 28% to EUR 117 million compared to EUR 162.9 million in... more
Now four round-trips in key service
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is increasing the frequency of its intermodal TransFER service Linz-Wels-Duisburg to four round-trips a week from 5 April 2021, thus enhancing its offer for FCL and FTL transport between Austria and Germany with a fixed timetable and attractive... more
Very big transactions
Aercap, a global leader in aircraft leasing headquartered in Dublin, is to acquire its competitor GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas). GE will receive 111.5 million newly issued Aercap shares, USD 24 billion of cash and USD 1 billion of Aercap notes and/or cash. Upon... more
Ready for e-commerce?
The e-commerce-boom opens up new opportunities, but are companies ready to seize them? Geodis and Accenture have jointly developed a methodological approach to measure the level of e-commerce readiness in cooperation with 200 companies. The new kid on the block is called... more
2020: Ranking of European Ports
In the pandemic year 2020, the 15 European ports with the most container traffic handled 76.8 million teu, 2.8% less than in 2019. Some of the ports registered significant double-digit downturns in H1/2020, but a generalised recovery in the second half of the year allowed... more