Turnaround in March? 
The world’s airlines have reacted to developments since March (see chart), but can still not provide the market with adequate capacities. In November international tonnage stood 15% below the same month year-on-year; yields climbed to above 50%. more
Temporary suspension of UK services 
DB Schenker has identified significant problems relating to the new customs formalities that now apply to shipments between the European Union and the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit. Only around 10% of the customs documents submitted for consignments that DB Schenker... more
Swiss back to Seoul, Asia and the Americas
Swiss Worldcargo continues to expand its global network. Beginning today, 15 January 2021, the carrier adds Seoul Incheon as a new destination to its network and resumes flights to its newly added destination Osaka. Weekly frequencies to Peking and Hong Kong will also be... more
Next unicorn raises its horn
The knights of open shirt sleeves and broism are making their way in Europe. The digital freight forwarder Sennder has completed its Series D financing round and receives an investment volume of USD 160 million. The funding round has now led the company's valuation to over... more
Dunkirk poised for comeback
The new DFDS service which started between Irish Rosslare and Dunkirk (see ITJ Daily from 30 November 2020) is a partial answer for the French port Dunkerque's future. In its traditional press conference on the past year in early January, Emmanuelle Vergier, president of the... more
Turkish fruit to Moscow by train
Russian Railways (RZD) and Maersk have organised a shipment of refrigerated containers loaded with imported fruit and vegetables as part of a container train moving from Novorossiysk to Moscow in Russia. Twelve forty-foot containers carrying fresh fruit from Turkey arrived... more
Schöninger promoted to managing director
GLS Austria, a subsidiary of the worldwide GLS Group, has appointed a new managing director. Christian Schöninger has over 25 years of experience in the logistics industry. Born in the southern part of the federal state of Styria, he began his professional career at... more
More Montreal, most A350
From tomorrow, 16 January 2021, Qatar Airways is incrementally increasing its flight frequency to Montréal and will operate daily frequencies by 25 February, up from the previously scheduled four weekly flights. The service is operated by the carrier's A350-900. Taking over... more
Rebranding and uniting
The France-based logistics services provider Geodis changes the name of its Geodis Industrial Projects division to Geodis Project Logistics. In addition to the group’s growing activity in the renewable energy market, as well as in the oil & gas industry, Geodis is... more
More transparency for supply chains
For a period of three years, the German general cargo cooperation VTL will use Synfioo's transport data to monitor its road freight transports. The cooperation is intended to bring more transparency to the supply chains as part of the visionary project VTL Next. The Synfioo... more