Relief on track from Santa Barbara to Beirut 
More than 60 t of critical aid will soon offer needed relief to medical personnel in Beirut, Lebanon. Fedex transported the emergency supplies via a dedicated charter flight to help health facilities responding after a deadly explosion ripped through the city earlier this month,... more
Port of Brussels only partially hit
It is not surprising that the waterway traffic at the Port of Brussels felt the impact of the global health crisis in the first half of 2020. Thus, clean traffic fell by 13% for the first six months of 2020 (while 2019 was a record year for Brussels port activity), showing a... more
100 connections to and from Bremen
With effect from 7 September 2020, specialist Provider TFG Transfracht will open up its Bremen location in Germany and connect it to all the 22 terminals in its comprehensive Albatros Express network. Thus, seaport-hinterland transport services linking Bremen with Austria... more
Swiss continues to expand cargo network
From today, 28 August 2020, Swiss Worldcargo is back in Moscow DME, performing thrice-weekly A320/A220 flights from Zurich and a weekly A220 flight from Geneva. The Swiss national carrier also announced the addition of two long-haul destinations to its cargo-only network -... more
6,000 truckloads to be shifted to rail in Estonia
This year, Operail plans to increase the amount of grain transported by rail by as much as three times. Increasingly large amounts of other goods are also transported by container lines. This season, the Estonian carrier bought 75 new top-loading bulk containers,... more
Rhenus Sports Tech expands cooperation with gym80
Rhenus Sports Tech is expanding its range of services to include Europe-wide transport operations and the assembly of fitness equipment as part of the gym80 anniversary celebrations. In doing so, the sports tech logistics specialist is supporting the German manufacturer of... more
Swiss Post hasn't benefited from pandemic
In the first half of 2020, Swiss Post generated a group profit of CHF 30 million, CHF 163 million less than in the prior-year period. The corona pandemic has had a significant financial impact on the company, with a negative effect of around CHF 120 million on the H1/2020... more
Recent sales in the Swiss maritime fleet
The Geneva office of the law company Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported having been involved in the sale of almost half of the entire Swiss maritime fleet. HFW advised Swiss shipowner Massoel Shipping on eight separate vessel sales, representing 40% of all... more
Customs head to drive Brexit plan
Driving forward with its Brexit preparations Europa Worldwide Group has hired a head of customs as the chief of its customs team. Belgian Lieven Hendrickx has an 30-year track record with logistics operators, having worked across continental Europe as well as in the Middle East.... more
UK container hubs to receive new equipment
Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), have made a significant investment in 75 new lifting and handling machines to be deployed at their container terminals throughout the UK. The initial batch of equipment was recently delivered, with... more