Buss Group appoints Eva Griewel as CFO 
The Buss Group has appointed Eva Griewel as an additional managing director with effect from 1 January 2022. She succeeds Jan Brockmöller as the new chief financial officer (CFO). Griewel will lead the Buss Group together with managing partner Johann Killinger. After her... mehr
Big investment in railfreight in Poland
LTG Cargo in Poland is planning its largest investments in the country to date. The funds will be used to diversify the activities as envisaged in the company’s strategy: expansion to Western Europe, development of new and existing services and acquisition of rolling stock.... mehr
New location on Mexican border
International transport and logistics service provider Gebrüder Weiss has opened a branch in the Texan border town of El Paso, which is to become a hub for full load transports between Mexico and USA. With this expansion, the company responds to an increase in trade between... mehr
Swiss Port of Basel on its way back
2021 saw a comeback of cargo flows in the Port of Switzerland, the operator of the Swiss inland ports on the River Rhine in Basel. The port authority’s three hubs handled 5.41 million t of goods in 2021, 5.5% more than the 5.1 million t in 2020, but less than the 6 million t... mehr
Fresh blood for Briese
BBC Chartering, an affiliate of the Briese Group from Leer (Germany), is enlarging its fleet. The new ‘BBC Ukraine’, an F-500 type multipurpose and heavylift vessel co-owned by Briese Schiffahrt and Swiss investors was built by Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering... mehr
Kenya Airways cuts the net
After years of flying monkeys to USA for animal testing, Kenya Airways has decided to end the lucrative business at the end of February, following an appeal by animal rights group Peta. The decision was triggered by a truck accident on 21 January in Pennsylvania, in which... mehr
Fedro promotes Valentina Kumpusch
Valentina Kumpusch will become the deputy director of Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office (Fedro) and head of the road infrastructure west division at the beginning of August 2022. In this position, she will be in charge of national road infrastructure in western Switzerland and... mehr
60 trains full of letters and parcels every day
SBB Cargo and Swiss Post are extending their long-standing partnership by a further four years from 2023 to 2026. A framework agreement to this effect was signed recently. By the end of 2026, SBB Cargo will be transporting 60 freight trains a day with letters and parcels for... mehr
Koerber takes over from Siemens
The international technology group Koerber has inked an agreement to acquire Siemens Logistics’ global mail and parcel business. With around 1,200 employees, this Siemens segment generates an annual revenue of about EUR 500 million. The price of the transaction was not... mehr
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Five years ago today, on Valentine’s Day 2017, Burger King restaurants in Israel sold bags with ‘adult meals’. Besides two beers, two burgers and two portions of fries, they also contained sex toys. mehr