Hapag-Lloyd promotes Stuart Sandlin 
Hapag-Lloyd has appointed Stuart Sandlin to replace Uffe Ostergaard as president of its North America region. Sandlin, who is currently senior vice president (SVP) of sales for USA, will assume his new role on 1 January 2023, while Ostergaard will leave Hapag Lloyd to take up... more
Ad-hoc rail transport orders for flat wagons
Starting now, VTG’s Fast Track service – already established at other central locations – is also on offer at the Senftenberg and Hagen (freight terminal) rail nodes in Germany. One set of five flat (Rens) wagons is now available at each of these stations and can be booked... more
First B747 freighter for Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne + Nagel is expanding its air freight network by chartering the entire capacity of the very last two B747-8F aircraft delivered by Boeing. The logistics services provider has now put into operation its first B747-8F as part of the long-term charter agreement with Atlas... more
Simarco goes forward
Simarco International, a supply chain, freight and warehousing company in UK and Europe, has contracted British transport provider IT Forward Solutions. The onboarding process with the new client started earlier this year, the roll-out is expected in 2023. Simarco first met... more
Moritz Löbbert joins Scannell Properties
Real estate development and investment company Scannell Properties, a specialist for large industrial and logistics projects, has hired Moritz Löbbert as a new development director. Based in Scannell's Düsseldorf office, Löbbert will focus on the acquisition of land for the... more
Oman's Muscat on the map
A new node in its network: the Danish shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has made Khazaen Dry port (KDP), part of Asyad Group, a new port of call. KDP enjoys a strategic location with proximity to the Saudi-Omani border, UAE-Oman border, the Port of Sohar, the Port... more
Turkish Cargo selects Cargo.one
Cargo.one is entering a global partnership to bring Turkish Cargo, the Turkish national carrier’s cargo division, on board its marketplace for digital air cargo bookings. Turkish Cargo can now combine its capacities with Cargo.one’s digital booking experience to offer freight... more
A new project close to Hamburg
On its home turf in Hamburg, project developer Garbe Industrial Real Estate has purchased a plot of land in Lüneburg that is around 33,000 sqm in size and ready for development. Garbe is planning to build a logistics property measuring approx. 20,000 sqm on this site.... more
Switzerland's freight traffic at record level
Swiss freight traffic’s transport performance increased by 2.7% in road haulage and by 6.2% on the railways in 2021, which together resulted in a 4.0% growth in this sector. The amount of kilometres covered by HGVs was higher than at any time in the last 20 years. Container... more
Wallenborn enters Australian market
Luxembourg-based Wallenborn Transports is acquiring a shareholding in Skyroad Logistics and adding Oceania to its growing road feeder service (RFS) network which already provides extensive coverage in Europe and the Middle East. This strategic investment aims to expand the fleet... more