Concordia Maritime CFO resigns 
Ola Helgesson, who has worked for the Swedish tanker shipping company Concordia Maritime since 2014, has decided to resign from his position, in order to take on new challenges. CEO Kim Ullman: "It has been a real pleasure to work with Helgesson over many years. During... more
A good digital response to 'smart ports'
The ports of Antwerp, Barcelona, Busan, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Montreal and Rotterdam have joined forces to present their most innovative projects in digitalisation and sustainability. On the 17 and 18 November, the second and digital edition of the platform ‘Smart Ports: Piers... more
Cargolux interested in Triple Seven
Richard Forson, president and CEO of Cargolux Airlines, who was invited to speak at an Aviation Club of the UK (virtual) lunch earlier this month, held not only the longest ever (50 minutes) speech to the club, but also "one of the best", as we learned from London.... more
E-trucks for Swiss retail chain
In Switzerland, Migros launched an online supermarket with home deliveries in September 2018, as a pilot project in cooperation with the city of Berne. The offer was so successful that myMigros has meanwhile been gradually extended to cover the catchment areas of Thun,... more
Huge interest in advice on trade with UK
A Brexit webinar recently hosted by Europa Road showed the massive interest in expert advice at the end of the transition period before Brexit sets in. Europa Road, part of the logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group, reported that HMRC estimates there will be around 6.3... more
Hövelmann continues digitalisation programme
Hövelmann Logistik, which is headquartered in Rees in the Lower Rhine region in Germany, has now ordered 150 next-generation CarCubes from Trimble Transport & Logistics. The on-board computers are to replace the existing Trimble devices. All in all, the specialist for... more
Survey of energy efficiency in shipping
With regards to the youngest short-term greenhouse gas emissions measures agreed at the last meeting of the IMO’s marine environment protection committee, the international trade association Interferry is launching an energy efficiency data survey among its members. Its aim is... more
Swiss carrier to be climate neutral by 2030
SBB Cargo has been expanding its intermodal portfolio since 2012. In 2019, the Swiss railfreight company carried 118,831 containers and semi trailers with a total of 98,743 wagons on its intermodal network. This corresponds to a payload of around 1.5 million net tonnes. With... more
16 trains on the Alps route
Starting off this November, Cargo Beamer has increased the frequency on its route between Kaldenkirchen in Germany and Domodossola in Italy. A total of four new intermodal trains, two each for Germany and Italy, were added to the schedule. The trains depart from... more
Container index climax
The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) showed a robust improvement in October, rising from (corrected) 119.6 to 122.6 points, an all-time high. The leap forward was... more