General cargo cooperation gains two new members 
In Germany, Emons Spedition in Duisburg and Xpress Logistik in the Bielefeld area have joined VTL, an association of small and medium-sized forwarding companies. Emons provides freight transport services by ship, rail, and truck. The freight forwarder has been handling... more
Expanding business in Bucharest
Hapag-Lloyd has opened a new office in Romania. Located in Bucharest, the country’s capital and economic hub, the new office has 21 employees. Strategically situated, Romania offers direct access to countries in Central, Eastern and North Western European via the... more
MOL: a new alliance
MOL’s president and CEO Takeshi Hashimoto has announced his company’s approval to acquire the third-party allotment of new shares of Modec, a provider of solutions to the floating offshore oil and gas market. These units can handle oil & gas production in ultra-deep water... more
Thomann Nutzfahrzeuge: Andrea Niggli now CEO
Effective 1 May 2023, Andrea Niggli will take over the position of CEO at Thomann Nutzfahrzeuge from Luzi Thomann, who will concentrate on his responsibilities as chairman of the board of directors in future. Owner Thommen looks back on 25 years of intensive commitment in... more
Air cargo automation system for ULD palletising
Speedcargo, a tech start-up that offers A.I. and robotics solutions for air cargo, and Güdel, a manufacturer of high-precision machine components and provider of sophisticated automation solutions, have jointly developed the world’s first fully automated robotic freight handling... more
Container slot booking now binding
Eurogate Container Terminal Bremerhaven (CTB) has introduced mandatory pre-booking and slot booking for truck handling at the CTB and MSC Gate terminals, which become effective today, 2 May 2023. The new system is based on the IT platform "Truckgate" operated by... more
US short line railroad to test Glid units
The Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) is cooperating with Genesis Electronics Group to evaluate its Glid units on its US rail lines. Glid will be able to test its equipment for lifting semi-trailers and entering and exiting rail lines in the confines of Taylor... more
Yusen opens 13th logistics hub in Germany
Yusen Logistics has opened a new 24,000 sqm warehouse in Sittensen, near Hamburg, thus strengthening its position in Northern Germany. The new domicile brings the total number of the company’s branches in Germany to thirteen. The ground breaking ceremony took place in August... more
Chapman Freeborn picks Russell Cook
Chapman Freeborn, the global aircraft charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Russell Cook as industry vertical director – automotive. Cook has had a career in freight forwarding for over 30 years, 20 of which have been spent looking after... more
United Cargo now also Opticooler RKN certified
Dokasch Temperature Solutions has announced that United Cargo has completed the technical approval of the Opticooler RKN, to enhance its temperature-controlled airfreight services which are primarily used for global shipments for the pharma industry. On nearly all wide body... more