Pfenning's GDP certification reconfirmed 
Pfenning Logistics Group has gained recertification of the GDP (good distribution practice) certificate it obtained for its Heddesheim location in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany in 2017. The audit evaluates distribution processes with regard to human medicines and comprises the... more
Bremenports: H1/2020 better than expected
Bremen’s port throughput in Q1/2020 showed a less severe decline than had been feared at the beginning of the pandemic. All in all, total throughput from January to June 2020 amounted to 34.5 million t, 4.3% down from the same period last year. Bremerhaven was however able... more
‘One record’ trial for the UK industry
While the air cargo world continues to focus on recovering from Covid-19 and the UK prepares for Brexit, London Heathrow Airport’s air cargo community has completed its first trial of Iata's ‘One record’ technologies.Working on behalf of CCS UK, the operator of the UK’s air... more
Militzer & Münch mourns Werner Albert
Werner Albert passed away at the age of 80 years on 8 September. He was a long-standing president of the administrative board and one of the main shareholders of the Transinvest group to which the Militzer & Münch group also belongs. Albert is considered as one the major... more
Fully-electric HGV to be tested in H1/2021
Swedish start-up Volta Trucks has revealed its first vehicle and the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-t commercial vehicle designed specifically for inner-city distribution services. The vehicle is 9,460 m in length, 3,470 m high and 2,550 m wide and will use 160... more
B+S: more capacities in Borgholzhausen
For B+S, a German logistics services provider, Panattoni is building an extension in the company’s location in Borgholzhausen (North Rhine Westphalia). Panattoni planned and developed the provider’s new headquarters in the industrial estate Borgholzhausen-Versmold already back... more
Swiss deep-sea ships get public guarantee
On 11 September 2020, the Swiss federal council approved an amendment to the regulation on guarantees for loans to finance Swiss deep-sea vessels. The revised regulation will enter into effect on 1 November 2020. In 2019, a Swiss shipping company’s economic difficulties... more
Savills IM buys facilities in Poland and the Netherlands
Savills Investment Management has acquired a logistics property in Łódź, Poland, and two adjacent distribution centres in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, for a total of EUR 52 million. The Polish property was purchased on behalf of the Savills IM European Logistics Fund 2... more
Rath to lead HR at DB Schenker
DB Schenker's supervisory board has appointed Katharina Rath as the new member of the management board responsible for human resources. She will assume her new role on 1 December 2020. For almost two decades, Rath has held several positions at Continental Automotive... more
Doubling Greece–Italy services
The Turkish subsidiary of Denmark’s DFDS has enhanced its shipping services between Patras and Trieste. Operating on indirect routes between these two ports since 2018, the Greek line of DFDS will launch a separate service with two round-trips a week for the new line.For two... more