First electric push boat christened 
After a naming ceremony held in Berlin’s Westhafen, “Elektra”, the first emission-free pusher tug, is now ready for action. After almost two years of construction at shipyard Hermann Barthel in Derben (Germany), the first push boat in which battery-electric propulsion is... more
A corridor from Narvik to China
On 29 May 2022, after years of preparation, the time had finally come. In Narvik, Norway, the first block train was dispatched to Helsinki (Finland) via Haparanda and Tornio. Traction to Boden in Northern Sweden on the Gulf of Bothnia was provided by the Norwegian company... more
Rail pilot project launched for parcel delivery
DPD has launched a daily railfreight service between Hamburg and Duisburg (Germany). As part of this pilot project, the company will gradually shift more of its long-distance parcel shipments to rail. The aim is to reduce the carbon footprint of the parcels transported and... more
Swiss cross joins birds
Swiss Worldcargo is entering the joint business agreement signed in 2016 which sees its "sisters" Lufthansa Cargo and Cathay Pacific cooperating closely on international lanes via their hubs, while the handling of cargo in Hong Kong is coordinated under one roof at the... more
Transnatur's latest partner in Italy
The Spanish Transnatur Group has opted for a new partner in Italy. Its cooperation with the company Italmondo was launched at the beginning of June 2022. Italmondo's headquarters are located in Arluno close to Milan, and its network includes a number of other offices and... more
Stable deterioration of reliability
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence reports that global schedule reliability is continuing its trend of 2021. In April 2022, schedule reliability declined further by -1.3 percentage points compared to March and was down by -4.7 percentage points compared... more
ARA picks David Blight
ARA Asset Management (ARA) has appointed David Blight as chief investment officer of its private funds division, ARA Private Funds (APF). The appointment follows ARA’s recent acquisition by ESR (ESR Group) in a landmark transaction creating Asia Pacific’s largest real asset... more
From Prague? No, Bratislava.
The Hamburg -based freight forwarder A. Hartrodt has established its own company in Slovakia, which will be led by Dusan Kapral. The country manager will report to Sebastian Endt, regional managing director for the Eastern Europe region based in Prague. Kapral, who... more
Direct Vietnam - Moscow service introduced
Trans Container has launched regular service to ship consumer goods from Vietnam to Russia via the Zabaikalsk border-crossing point. The overland journey covering more than 10,000 km from Hanoi to the Moscow region takes about 35 days. This is Trans Container's first direct... more
"Excellence Award" for DSV
Logistics and transport provider DSV has won Lufthansa Cargo's "Excellence Award" for 2021. It is a first for DSV. "With this award we recognise the strong growth in the past year and the special partnership that distinguished our cooperation with DSV. The... more