Calling for European airfreight solution 
Europe's air cargo carriers have proven essential in the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, transporting over 107,000 t of PPE last year - the equivalent of 1,000 fully-loaded B777F. With the transport of Covid-19 vaccines, immediate policy action on a number of air... more
"Grande Texas" sets sail
A PCTC (pure car & truck carrier) is the second newbuild to enter the fleet of the Neapolitan Group Grimaldi in 2021. The “Grande Texas”, the sixth of a series of seven car carrier units commissioned from the Chinese shipyard Yangfan located in Zhoushan, is almost 200 m... more
App-access to Russian transport services
Delo Group in Russia has introduced an interactive mobile app to present its profile. The application provides information on the group in an animated 3D format in Russian and English – key assets, business geography, services, financial and operational results. The key... more
Global challenges for binational airport
In 2020, EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse (EAP) welcomed 71% less passengers than during the record year 2019. Cargo activities, on the other hand, recorded a 2.3% increase to 108,500 t (47,700 t flown, +4.7%). The important cargo hub serves most of Switzerland, eastern France, and... more
Tackling HGV driver shortage
British recruitment agency Encore Personnel has planned ahead for a shortage of lorry drivers. Operating ten branches across the Midlands for more than 15 years, Encore is an accredited member of Logistics UK. With the pandemic and Brexit, the driver recruitment sector is... more
Five trains per week
Arcese has launched a new rail connection between Italy and Germany. The intermodal freight service runs between Bologna and Cologne and has been in operation since mid-January. The new train passes through the Ceneri Base Tunnel in Switzerland, directly linking central Italy... more
Wind of change at Gefco
Gefco announces the arrival of new general managers, with new positions for many seasoned GMs around the world: Concerning the clusters, Frank Erhard now leads a new cluster covering the Benelux region, Austria, and Switzerland; Thierry Vasselin has been promoted to GM of... more
Refinancing for Crossbay
Crossbay, founded in May 2020 as part of the Mark Group’s multi-platform strategy and the first pan-European logistics platform to focus on single-tenant distribution centres, has agreed a GBP 400 million debt facility with global investment bank Citi to help fund its continued... more
Less dry ice, more medicine
Swiss cool logistics provider Skycell has engineered a new deep-frozen container, which is safer and more secure than traditional deep-frozen options relying on dry ice. It also allows the transport of up to ten times more life-saving medicines and active pharma ingredients in... more
Snow ploughs for rail tracks
Sinara has delivered fourteen PSS-1K snow clearing trains to the Russian Railways (RZD). The rolling stock will now be deployed to remove snow off rail tracks in various parts of Russia. The trains can be used on tracks up to width of 2.4 m and for a snow depth of up to 0.8... more