L’art du positionnement 
Alors que de nombreux transitaires de taille moyenne ont subi des pertes notables en 2020, Dachser Suisse a maintenu son C.A. au niveau de l’année précédente. Vu son réseau international, la société s’attend à de bonnes opportunités en Suisse romande. plus
A new entity with big ambitions 
Since yesterday, 1 June 2021, the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, which have already been united under the Haropa banner since 2012, have additionally formed the ‘major Seine axis river and sea port authority’. During a sunny afternoon river cruise in the Parisian port of... plus
Ettamogah rail hub handles 1,800 m trains
A rail siding in the Ettamogah rail hub near Albury in NSW (Australia) has been upgraded for around AUD 12.2 million (EUR 7.7 million), providing significantly increased efficiency for freight and passenger rail services. The new siding extension will work with Inland Rail to... plus
Asia-Pacific airlines stagnated in April
Preliminary figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) have shown that passenger demand remains depressed, whilst cargo demand grew. Renewed border restrictions and lockdowns in many Asian economies quelled hopes of resurgent international markets.Some... plus
A silver lining for reliability at sea?
According to Sea-Intelligence, a maritime intelligence provider from Copenhagen (Denmark), the increase in global schedule reliability in March 2021 didn’t last. Reliability levelled out, with carriers recording a 1 percentage point decrease month-on-month in April, coming to... plus
New terminal promotes shift
A new container terminal is coming up in the inland port of Osnabrück (Germany) and going online in October. The operating company Container Terminal Osnabrück (CTO) will see the operational involvement of the logisticians and transporters Hellmann, Koch International and... plus
Online Systemlogistik promotes managers
Online Systemlogistik (OSL), a German cargo group, redistributed its managerial tasks in Paderborn (Germany) on 1 June. Verena Käuper and Mike Wüllner, assistants to the management team, were both given full power of attorney. Managing director Petra Welling will be the sole... plus
Gebrüder Weiss enhances Bulgarian position
Rhenus has decided to quit the road haulage business in Bulgaria and hand its activities over to the Gebrüder Weiss logistics group (GW), which has been active in Bulgaria since 1993. The acquisition includes facilities in Sofia, Burgas, Svilengrad, Varna and Plovdiv. The... plus
An old and new brand in Argentina
In September 2020 the towing company Svitzer took over the firm Madero Amarres from Grupo Meridian in Argentina, and subsequently changed the company name of the subsidiary to Svitzer Argentina. Now the company has acquired a new client in Argentina. On 1 April Svitzer started a... plus
San Marino carrier expanding cargo fleet
13 months after receiving the AOC of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino Executive Aviation (SMEA) has started operating the first of its two Airbus A330-300 cargo planes, which joined its fleet last month. The aircraft is registered as T7-ULS, to remind observers of the name... plus