New CEO at Pallet-Track 
British pallet network Pallet-Track has appointed Caroline Green as its new CEO. Having already joined the company in September 2020 as chief financial officer, Green will now replace Nigel Parkes, the company’s founder and managing director. Parkes is stepping down from the... more
Seaports of Niedersachsen stems the tide
Lower Saxony’s sea ports have published their annual results. All in all, the nine units - Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven - handled around 48.7 million t of goods in sea traffic in 2020, 9 % less than in the strong previous... more
Block train delivers crucial medical equipment
Maersk has organised another block train service from China to Poland. The 41-container-long train left the Chinese city of Yiwu (Zhejiang province) bound for the intermodal terminal in Małaszewicze, Poland, carrying personal protective equipment procured by Zarys International... more
Faster delivery
After a record year for Germany‘s courier, express and parcel service industry with an estimated volume of more than 4 million parcels delivered across the country, providers are now considering how to further optimise their parcel delivery services for their customers. To... more
Engine failure hits Boeing freighter too
The operators of B777 freighters are likely to get off with no more than a black eye. After the dramatic engine failure of a United Airlines B777 over Denver, pictured with spectacular photographs in the public media, Boeing recommends suspending operations of the 69 in-service... more
More service for time-critical spare parts
The Militzer & Münch group has introduced a new time-critical spare parts supply service at its location at Hamburg airport. The service is used particularly in cases of an “aircraft on ground” alarm (AOG). Militzer & Münch recently extended this offer to other... more
Now also every Wednesday to Chicago
Responding to increased demand for air freight transport options out of Europe, Dachser USA is expanding its dedicated Frankfurt-Chicago air cargo service, operated every Saturday, with the addition of a second flight. It will be operated by American Airlines with B777 / PAX... more
Building a new rail hub in Hungary
HHLA intermodal company Metrans is building another rail terminal in Hungary to expand its transport services along the Adriatic corridor and towards southern and south-eastern Europe. HHLA and the Hungarian government have signed an agreement to this effect. The hub... more
Saving more than 1 million t of CO2
In 2020, Kombiverkehr, Germany, managed to shift a total of 858,079 truck consignments or 1.72 million teu from road and sea to the eco-friendly railways, saving 1,005,000 t of CO2. Due to the pandemic, transport volumes of containers, swap bodies and semi trailers dropped by... more
Finnish forwarders join forces
Turku-headquartered Finnish haulier Freja has acquired the business and share capital of TL Trans, a specialist in temperature-controlled transport. TL Trans’s personnel and equipment will be transferred to Freja. Freja Finland’s current capacity of roughly 850 curtain trailers... more