DHL Supply Chain renews contract with Jaguar Land Rover 
Following a ten-year partnership between DHL Supply Chain and Jaguar Land Rover, the contract has been renewed with new ambitions and an extended brief to manage the in-bound supply chain for the company’s new manufacturing site in Slovakia. In the next phase of the... more
Maritime chooses Chris Lewis as non-executive director
Maritime Transport has appointed Chris Lewis as its non-executive director; he will play a pivotal role in assisting the board of Maritime Group with its ongoing strategy to develop all business areas including distribution, container and intermodal transport. With over... more
New intermodal services in East and Southeast Europe
P&O Ferrymasters has launched a new intermodal service between its privately-owned terminal in Oradea (Romania) and Lodz (Poland). The 48-hour service will initially offer two departures each way per week, before increasing to three runs by mid-2020. The service will at... more
Founder of the Huettemann Group dies
The founder of the Huettemann Group, Wolf Hüttemann, has died, aged 87 years. The trained lawyer laid the foundations for the group of companies in 1956, as he deployed two dump trucks to deliver supplies to the flourishing coal and steel industry in the Ruhr area. With... more
Europa starts work on GBP 60 million logistics project
Work has started on Europa Worldwide Group’s new GBP 60 million, future-proofed 66,425 sqm logistics facility. Based at Midlands Logistics Park in Corby (Northants, UK), the scheme is due for completion in June 2020. The site will become Europa’s largest facility in the UK and... more
Atran Airlines grows fleet to six full freighters
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has enlarged its fleet to six freighters with the deployment of the second Boeing 737-800BCF. Following on from the success of effective operations of its first B737-800BCF which was delivered earlier... more
Free passage restored for 15,000 vessels a year
Since the beginning of October, the deepening of the inland waterway Nieuwe Waterweg and Botlek has been completed. One of the busiest waterways in the Netherlands has been deepened by a metre and half across a distance of 25 km. The contractors Van der Kamp and Boskalis... more
Rainer Liebhart to manage air cargo logistics
Rainer Liebhart is taking over the leadership of the restructured air cargo logistics business unit at Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND) with immediate effect. Liebhart replaces Peter Rothenberger, who is taking early retirement at the end of the year after almost 30 years of... more
New Street Scooters with a higher additional load
Street Scooter has presented the follow-up version of its fully electric utility vehicles “WORK” and “WORK L” in Germany. The new vehicle generation of the two Street Scooters “WORK” and “WORK L” is particularly attractive with the additional load capacity of more than one tonne... more
Panattoni invests in Leipzig
Panattoni Europe has signed a contract of cooperation with Invest Region Leipzig GmbH and the district town of Schkeuditz (Germany). The partners have decided to pool their expertise with regard to the development and marketing of the Panattoni Park Leipzig Airport. By the... more