Pan-European guidelines established 
As from the turn of the year 2021, maintenance and repairs of the 42,000 Ermewa freight wagons must be carried out in accordance with the new Ermewa maintenance manual (EMM). The France-based company is the first wagon holder to issue uniform and Europe-wide guidelines that... more
ITJ Video News – 7 January 2021
In the ITJ Video News of the 7th of January 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen shines the spotlight on Olfa Hamdi, the 36-year-old new president and chairwoman of state-owned Tunisair; the shipping line ZIM’s plans to go public; an ‘air bridge’ between Belgium and England;... more
Schniederkötter appointed Hoyer CEO
Björn Schniederkötter will take over the position of CEO of the Hoyer Group, a logistics company headquartered in Hamburg, with effect from 1 February 2021. He replaces Ortwin Nast, who has decided to step down as CEO and retire from professional life after more than 14... more
New train with direct link to Scandinavia
Kombiverkehr has added another block train option to its range of intermodal services on the north south corridor between Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic and Italy. Starting on 1 February 2021, a new direct rain will offer three weekly roundtrips between Lübeck-Skandinavienkai... more
Funds to extend Liège port
The government of the Belgian region of Wallonia has granted the autonomous inland port of Liège subsidies of almost EUR 4 million. The funds have been earmarked to extend the port area along the river Meuse towards Hermalle-sous-Huy by building a new 250 m quay wall and... more
Tunisair: engineer comes to the rescue
Olfa Hamdi is the new president and chair of the board at Tunisair. This was announced by Tunisia’s ministry for transport and logistics on 4 January 2021, after the previous candidate to lead the North African country’s national carrier, Wassef Ayadi, who was appointed last... more
MHP Solution Group fills new position
MHP Solution Group, a German provider of end-to-end logistics software and hardware solutions in the DACH region, has appointed Michael Zitzmann to the newly created position of SVP sales. Effective 1 January 2021, Zitzmann, who was born in the German federal state of Saarland,... more
Flexible-loading trailers expand fleet
The Hertfordshire (UK)-based contract hire and rental specialist TRL has supplied ten Krone Dry Liner box vans to Europa Worldwide Group for its fast-expanding click and collect operation. Built to Europa's specification, the galvanised steel trailers are fitted with Krone's... more
20 year-concession for terminal
The supervisory board of the Port of Le Havre, a part of Haropa, has granted a 20 year-concession for the construction and operation of a dry bulk terminal to the company Lorany Conseils. This project reflects the ambitions concerning this category of traffic, which is... more
Developing business in West Yorkshire
Industry veteran Bryan Mottershead has been appointed business development manager at A.D.D. Express, a shareholder and founder member of the Pall-Ex network which celebrates its 30 anniversary this year and has sites in Elland and Rochdale. Mottershead has previously held... more