HFW to launch Monaco office with new team 
The law firm HFW is opening an office in Monaco with the hire of a team to be led by partners Ian Cranston, Andrew Charlier and Marco Crusafio. The team, which will also include legal directors Ian Fisher and Ruth Monahan, associate George Kaye and trainee legal executive... more
Trumpets and fanfares for Air Partner
While Europe’s festival season is in now full swing, the charter company Air Partner and Luxreisen, which specialises in the organisation of tours for orchestras, choirs and theatres, are celebrating 20 years of an exclusive partnership. The two companies look back on 130 joint... more
Dachser to build hub in northern Germany
The logistics services provider Dachser intends to build a new subsidiary in Neumünster between Hamburg and Kiel in Germany. The facility will contain a cargo handling terminal for industrial goods and foodstuffs. About EUR 17.4 million will be invested in the project, which is... more
Pamyra expands into Switzerland
For some time now, shippers have been able to use the www.pamyra.de website to compare and book logistics services in most countries of the European Union. Now the platform is expanding its offer into Switzerland. Shippers can despatch bulky goods online from Germany to... more
Turning point on the east-west axis
The Xi'an International Port Area and Swiss intermodal operator Hupac have launched their cooperation aimed at boosting railfreight services between Italy and China. Recently, the first Milan-Xi’an train left the terminal Busto Arsizio-Gallarate in Italy and arrived at its... more
Bremen restores the river Billerbeck to its natural state
As a compensatory measure, the port operator bremenports in Germany is currently attempting to return the middle and upper courses of the Billerbeck, a river near the port, to their natural state. The company has also drawn up a special concept for the about 5 km long... more
Final result of the public exchange of Panalpina shares
On 13 May 2019, DSV published a public exchange offer for all publicly held registered shares of Panalpina. Yesterday, 13 August 2019, DSV released the definitive notice of the final result of the offer. Up to the expiration of the additional acceptance period on 7 August... more
Reducing Tyrol's truck traffic by 1,300 vehicles per day
Great efforts are being made to extend the rolling motorway (RoMo) in Austria in order to reduce congestion on Tyrol’s road networks. As of 1 January 2020, there will be one train per day on the Regensburg (Germany) – Trento (northern Italy) line in each direction. As from 1... more
Two new special trucks to salvage vehicles
Road Help sees itself as a straightforward “towing service”. Two new special vehicles from Renault Trucks have been added to the company’s 50 vehicle fleet. One of them is a D WIDE 380 P4x2 LOW. With its particularly low design this truck can transport vehicles of a maximum... more
Eastern Europe prefers electric locomotives
Despite climate commitments and decarbonisation strategies, the European market for electric locomotives is showing rather mixed results. Significant growth can only be expected in the east, while demand in Western Europe will even decline slightly after peaking in 2018.... more