"Curiosity of the Day" 
On today's World Men's Day: In 2020, around 7.8 million men aged 15 and over in Germany lived alone. That is 22.4% of all men in the country. mehr
GW launches "zero emissions" programme 
From 1 November 2021, Gebrüder Weiss customers can fully offset the CO2 emissions caused by the transport of their cargoes. With the new "zero emissions" service, the group calculates and documents the CO2 footprint for every shipment carried by road, rail, sea and air... mehr
Coalition for wind propulsion at sea
Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have entered into an agreement with Vale International to conduct a joint study on the installation of a wind propulsion system called “rotor sail” on a 200,000 t class in-service bulk carrier, which mainly transports iron ore for steel production.... mehr
Intermodal terminal hits new record
Baltic Rail Gate (BRG) craned its hundred thousandth container already in mid-October - earlier than ever before. In the last two years, this threshold was reached only in November: in 2019, the subsidiary of Lübecker Hafengesellschaft (LHG) broke the mark for the first time; in... mehr
Dachser to use only green power from 2022
Dachser will purchase only renewable electricity worldwide from 1 January 2022. The logistics provider, which owns 387 locations in 42 countries, will therefore increase its green power quota from around 60% to 100%. The family-owned company had already switched to green... mehr
Skyteam welcomes ITA Airways
Kristin Colvile, CEO and managing director Skyteam (left), congratulated Alfredo Altavilla, executive chairman ITA Airways, for joining the global airline alliance, replacing Alitalia. With Italy’s new national carrier on board, Skyteam will continue to provide connections to... mehr
ID Logistics expands in Poland
In September, France-headquartered ID Logistics inaugurated new logistics centres in Zgorzelec, Gorzów Wielkopolski and in the vicinity of Wroclaw. Now the international logistics group is teaming up with Goodman to build yet another facility in Poland. The investments seem... mehr
Partnership between Unilode and Hongyuan Group
Hongyuan Group, a corporation providing global trade, supply chain finance, logistics real estate and freight services, has entered into a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply and management partnership with Unilode Aviation Solutions. Hongyuan Group operates a fleet of... mehr
Shuttle connects Shanghai with Hamburg
The first container train from Shanghai (China) arrived at the DUSS terminal in Hamburg-Billwerder (Germany) recently. The maiden voyage took the train from Shanghai through Kazakhstan (Alashankou), Belarus and Poland (Małaszewicze) directly to Hamburg. The new shuttle is... mehr
Global container throughput high but volatile
The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) increased from 123.7 points (seasonally adjusted) to 124.8 points in September, according to the current flash estimate. The value... mehr