Carl Büttner now British 
London-headquartered Lomar Shipping, a maritime subsidiary of the British Libra Group, has acquired Bremen-based hitherto family-led Carl Büttner Holding (CB). The negotiations for the acquisition of the 166-year-old owner and ship management company started in Q4/2021 and... plus
DHL is not Fedex
Deutsche Post DHL Group is celebrating its preliminary results for Q3/2022. A particular focus lay on the group’s ebit, which passed the threshold of EUR 2 billion over the period (Q3/2021: EUR 1.78 billion). Thus, with its group ebit for the first nine months of 2022... plus
Le réseau européen du futur 
Un partenariat de longue durée entre Duisbourg et Anvers. Une nouvelle étape a été franchie dans la transition énergétique, les liaisons avec l’arrière-pays et les infrastructures, avec la signature d’un accord de coopération à long terme entre Duisport et le port d’Anvers... plus
Locomotive prototype to be trialled in late 2023
In USA, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and technology specialist ZTR have joined forces to build hybrid-electric locomotives. The locomotives will be built at UP’s North Little Rock, Arkansas, facility with the first prototype expected to be delivered in late 2023 and five... plus
Swiss Worldcargo promotes Gieri Hinnen
Gieri Hinnen, currently head of labour relations and human resource steering at Swiss, has been appointed head of global cargo sales, effective 1 February 2023. In his new capacity, Hinnen will be in charge of Swiss Worldcargo’s commercial division. He succeeds Alexander... plus
Europa Road adds new role to its team
Road haulier Europa Road has promoted Nathalie De Preetere to the new position of human resources business partner, as part of the company’s plans to expand its Belgian presence. As a HR business partner, the first role of its kind within the Europa Road group, De Preetere... plus
Lower Austria launches fixed-wing drone
A project team from the Aerospace Engineering degree programme at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, which has been working on a drone called "Trogon" since 2017, has reported the completion of the "spectacular and flawless maiden flight".... plus
Situation on US inland waterways critical
According to Reuters, the water level of the Mississippi River is becoming more and more critical for inland navigation. A certain points, barges' queues are growing. Near Lake Providence, Louisiana, about 100 tow boats hauling some 1,600 barges were lined up waiting to pass... plus
Two for a special site in the Netherlands
The Dutch ministry of defence contracted Rhenus Warehousing Solutions Netherlands for the construction of a centralised logistics centre at the site of the Kamp Soesterberg military barracks to better support logistics operations for land-based systems. The 37,800 sqm... plus
Rail link Sohar – Abu Dhabi getting closer
Oman Rail and Etihad Rail have signed an agreement to jointly establish the equally-owned Oman-Etihad Rail Company. It will hold an overall investment power of USD 3 billion to design, develop and operate a railway network connecting Sohar Port to the UAE national rail network.... plus