TT Club appoints new Senior Underwriter 
TT Club, an insurance provider for the logistics industry, has appointed Andrew Peers as the senior underwriter for its UK, Benelux and Nordic underwriting team. Peers joins the Club from RSA, where he spent 17 years and led a team of twelve marine liability and marine property... plus
Czech locomotives take to Slovenian tracks
CZ Loko is entering the Slovenian railway market with a delivery of its flagship EffiShunter 1000. The Czech manufacturer won a tender to deliver four shunters to the Slovenian national carrier Slovenske železnice – Tovorni promet. The EffiShunters will be deployed in the port... plus
STI serving cruise ships in European waters
The cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) are vast. The largest - "Symphony of the Seas" can accommodate as many as 6,800 passengers – and they need food and a lot of other items. The service provider STI is in charge of the delivery tasks this... plus
Honold and Husqvarna establish partnership
The German service provider Honold has set up a five-year strategic contract and distribution logistics partnership with the logistics unit of the Husqvarna group, a Swedish garden equipment manufacturer. The latter now has in excess of 20,000 pallet slots for storage,... plus
Swissport to take second half of HCH shares
Swissport has agreed to increase its shareholding in Heathrow Cargo Handling (HCH) from 50 to 100%. The HCH joint venture with Air France has been providing cargo handling services to the airlines at London Heathrow airport (LHR), one of Europe’s busiest air cargo hubs, since... plus
Tinie Manders invests in electric truck
DAF Trucks has delivered a fully electric truck to Tinie Manders Transport, headquartered Geldrop (Netherlands). The e-vehicle joins the company's fleet of 50 tractors. The DAF truck, featuring VDL technology, is used on behalf of DHL for shuttle services in the Eindhoven... plus
Arvato SCM Solutions receives GMP certification
Arvato SCM Solutions in Spain has obtained GMP certification from the Spanish authorities. The new license, which allows the partial manufacture of medicines, expands the company's service portfolio in Spain and adds to those certificates already obtained for the storage and... plus
Swap bodies for Hermes
Aves One, an investor in the long-life logistics asset sector, has acquired and ordered around 2,000 swap bodies worth approximately EUR 17 million. About 1,200 brand-new swap bodies were purchased, and most of them have been leased to the Hamburg-based logistics company... plus
New direct rail service between Wels and Lubeck
Forwarders in the alpine region now have a direct, reliable and eco-friendly service to Scandinavia at their disposal. The Rail Cargo Group (RCG), an OeBB subsidiary, has launched a twice-weekly nonstop service between Wels (Austria) and Lubeck, Germany’s largest Baltic Sea... plus
747, un fâcheux hasard! 
Avec 800 avions, Airbus a livré en 2018 (2017: 718) six avions de moins que Boeing (2017: 763). Côté commandes et avions all-cargo, l’avionneur US a toutefois largement devancé les Européens. Un chiffre cité par Airbus doit pourtant lui paraître insolite. plus