KN is on course - only air freight falls behind 
Kuehne + Nagel defied the economic slowdown and improved its results in most of its sectors of activity in the first nine months of 2019. Compared to the same period in 2018, the group’s net sales rose by 3.1% to CHF 15.8 billion, gross profit increased by 4.4% to CHF 6 billion,... more
Strategic cooperation as Brexit beckons
UK-headquartered Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is now the exclusive partner for all of Airbridge International Agencies' (AIA) aircraft charter requirements to and from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Working closely with GSA's Dublin-based team, the agreement has... more
Chep, Kimberly-Clark and Smart Way cooperate
Trucks that carry Kimberly-Clark’s hygiene products and toiletries from Czechia to Great Britain are now loaded with re-usable Chep pallets to take them back to Czechia. On average, Kimberly-Clark and Chep share three trucks per day. As an operative link between the two... more
Volvo boosts autonomous business
Volvo is creating a new business area for autonomous transport solutions to accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions. Volvo has already demonstrated a number of different autonomous transport options. In the electric site... more
VNF and the Port of Strasbourg work together
On the initiative of the French City of Strasbourg, the Eurométropole de Strasbourg and the association of French waterways, Voies navigables de France (VNF), are joining forces to put more emphasis on sustainable urban logistics. As the public operator for the fluvial... more
Logistics Network Thuringia elects Holger Sehr to the board
The members of the Logistics Network Thuringia (LNT) have elected Holger Sehr, the entrepreneur and co-founder of cocoon, to their board. He now joins the five-person board and replaces Daniel Behlert, who decided not to stand for re-election due to his move to Zalando’s... more
Switzerland: private rail company buys freight locomotives
The Swiss railfreight company BLS Cargo is purchasing 25 new multi-system locomotives that are equipped for rail networks from Belgium or the Netherlands to Italy. The new traction units will modernise and extend the fleet, the company says. The engines are Vectron... more
El Al lands on digital cargo booking platform
EL AL Israel Airlines Cargo has added its capacities to the digital air cargo booking platform Cargo One. After a customised integration of 12 weeks, the first EL AL Cargo digital booking was made via the multi-airline platform by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics from Frankfurt... more
330 more new trucks for Maritime
Maritime Transport in the UK has ordered 330 new generation trucks from Scania; 260 vehicles to be added to its fleet by the end of the year, with the remaining to enter service in 2020. Maritime’s latest fleet expansion will extend its customer-offering and capability to... more
Trade conflicts have an impact on Rotterdam's Q3
Combined with the 112.4 million t of freight handled during the third quarter of 2019, the port of Rotterdam saw a total of 353.5 million t being transhipped in the year 2019 up to the end of the third quarter. Compared with the previous year, this represents a modest 1%... more