Antwerp stems the tide 
The Port of Antwerp weathered the storms of 2020 with limited losses. Despite a year dominated by coronavirus and trade tensions, its total throughput reached 231 million t (-3,1%). Container traffic remained strong, setting a new mark of 12 million teu exceeded for the... more
Europorte replaces chairman
Getlink's railfreight subsidiary Europorte saw its chairman Pascal Sainson retire on 1 January 2021, after ten years at the head of the company. Sainson joined Getlink in 1996 as Eurotunnel’s director of operations. Raphaël Doutrebente (photo), a member of Getlink's... more
31 vehicles for Kent Frozen Foods
Kent Frozen Foods (KFF) has taken delivery of 31 new Ivecos - 13 Eurocargo and 18 Daily. The UK food service company now runs a solus Iveco fleet of 80 commercial vehicles which are based out of its Aylesford headquarters in Kent and regional depot in Witney, Oxfordshire.... more
More storage capacity in Munich and Paris
The new high tech logistics centre at Munich airport (pictured) came on stream yesterday, 18 January 2021. The facility brings the capacities of the airport's retail subsidiary Eurotrade, the catering subsidiary Allresto and the airport's operator Flughafen München GmbH (FMG)... more
Samskip also widens portfolio
Following the example of CLdN and DFDS, the Netherlands-headquartered Samskip is also enhancing its shortsea container connections between Ireland and North Continental Europe. Brexit is again the key argument, as the operator indicated in a press release: "avoiding... more
GW appoints manager for Esslingen branch
Dominic Gaida assumed his new role of branch manager at Gebrüder Weiss (GW) Esslingen (Germany) on 1 January 2021. He succeeds Jochen Gonser, who will now lead the sales department in Stuttgart. Gaida has been working at GW since 2007, most recently as manager of the land-based... more
Austrian carrier runs 100% on green electricity
As of 1 January 2021, the ÖBB RCG is now also running on traction current of which 100% comes from renewable energy sources in Germany. What was rolled out in Austria in 2018 now applies to all TransFER services in Germany such as the Linz–Duisburg–Wels TransFER and the... more
Barcelona sets three major targets for 2025
In a recent online presentation, the Port of Barcelona put forward the major goals of its fourth strategic plan for 2021-2025. Three quantifiable milestones are key, as explained by Mercè Conesa, president of the Port of Barcelona. With regards to economic sustainability,... more
Instafreight picks logtech guru
Adam Chassin, who previously held executive positions as head of Uber in Europe and as head of strategic business development at Amazon, joins InstaFreight as CCO. He will bring his expertise in rapidly scaling digital businesses, deal making to drive growth, and disrupting... more
More than a million Covid-19 vaccines
Over a million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been transported through IAG Cargo's dedicated facilities at London Heathrow, Madrid and Dublin (photo) to North America and Europe. Amongst these shipments are 80,000 doses from Madrid to the Canary Islands and the first batch of... more