Turkish Cargo starts Covid-19 vaccine transport 
Turkish Cargo has carried seven active cooling containers packed with Covid-19 vaccines, manufactured in China, to Brazil, from Beijing to São Paulo via Istanbul (17,000 km). By shipping pharmaceuticals to key destinations such as Amsterdam, Basel, Brussels, Dubai, London,... more
Train to link Lower Rhine with Sweden
TX Logistik is expanding its portfolio of railfreight services to and from Scandinavia. The company belongs to the Mercitalia group and specialises in transport services across Europe. It recently launched a three weekly roundtrip service between Kaldenkirchen in Germany via... more
Norwegian investment in Italy
The Italian IT company IB, with headquarters in Rapallo, Italy, a software provider for ship management and artificial intelligence for fleet control, has been acquired by the Norwegian group Arribatec. The latter was recently listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. All shares of... more
Siemens Gamesa reshuffles management
Marc Becker is to be the new CEO of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s offshore business. Succeeding Andreas Nauen, who was promoted to CEO of the company in June, Becker will start his new role on 1 February 2021. He served as managing director for Germany and head of offshore... more
"Chipolbrok Moon" on its 85th voyage
With a freight volume of almost 23,900 t, 9,600 t of which were steel products, and after a stopover in Antwerp, the MS "Chipolbrok Moon" arrived in Hamburg on its 85th voyage. The draught was already close to the permitted loading mark so that the vessel had to slow... more
Fast charging station for e-trucks in Neuss
The container terminal Neuss, Germany, is the first in the Contargo network to acquire a fast charging station for "refuelling" its e-trucks. Effective immediately, both fully electric semi trailers at the location can re-charge speedily at a 150 kW charging post – in... more
Acquisition close to Paris
Wissous Froid, a company founded 20 years ago, has been sold. It is the parent company of Prest distribution and Prest logistique, two companies specialising in the transport, regional distribution and logistics of temperature-controlled agro-food products in the greater region... more
New sales partners
Founded in 1745, cordage specialist Seilflechter from Braunschweig (Germany) now plans to expand its sales activities in Turkey and Mongolia. Despite the pandemic, the German company decided to strengthen its teams and to build up new markets on the international scene,... more
UK’s first 16 t e-truck on route in London
DHL has begun operating the first purpose-built fully electric 16-t vehicle in the UK. The Volvo FL Electric 4x2 rigid is now part of DHL Supply Chain’s fleet in London, making last mile deliveries into the West End shopping district. The vehicle is powered by four 200 kWh... more
Unequal treatment of traffic to islands
USA and UK have completed the signature of the air transport agreement, with secretary of transportation Elaine L. Chao (photo) and secretary of state Mike Pompeo signing for the USA. Including the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, it meets all the criteria of... more