OOCL: records - of the past 
For the full year 2022, the Hong-Kong-based OOIL Group saw its revenues climb by 19.1% in comparison to 2021, while volumes decreased by 6%. Loadable capacity also declined by 4.3%. The overall load factor was almost even (-1.5%) compared to the same period in 2021. Average... more
Röhlig banking on digitisation and expansion
In 2022, Bremen-based logistics company Röhlig Logistics achieved the "most successful year in our company's history", as managing partner Philip W. Herwig explained. The family-owned business does not publish revenues, yet ebit increased from EUR 61 million to EUR 84... more
Etihad Cargo: more flights to Europe
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, will offer increased capacity to the European market via two new gateways and the introduction of two new routes from its Abu Dhabi hub to Copenhagen in Denmark and Düsseldorf in Germany. The carrier will also add... more
Portfolio of railfreight wagons sold
DIF Capital Partners has signed an agreement with Wascosa to divest its portfolio of 564 railfreight wagons (Rota Rail II). The transaction is scheduled to be closed in tranches in H1/2023. DIF acquired and increased the portfolio to its current size between 2019 and 2021,... more
GXO picks Rui Marques as new MD for France
Pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics has named Rui Marques as its new managing Director in France. He will be based at GXO's Neuilly office. In his previous role as GXO’s managing director for Spain and Portugal, Marques helped triple the size of the company... more
Low waters, but many containers
In 2022, container throughput at the Swiss Rhine Ports (SRH) in Basel showed a result comparable to the previous year, while the total volume of 4.6 million t was almost 15% below the level of 2021 (5.4 million t). The decline in imports of mineral oil products (-29%),... more
WDS established on the West Coast
The WFS-affiliate World Distribution Services (WDS) celebrated the launch of its new warehouse in Tacoma, Washington with a "grand opening ceremony". The 28,000 sqm warehouse is WDS’s first west coast facility. It offers cross-dock and transload services,... more
Berth navigation digitally enhanced
A ship mooring measurement system (Sams) is being installed at the Stromkaje in the overseas port in Bremerhaven. It is designed to provide digital support for mooring manoeuvres at the Stromkaje. The project is funded by the German federal ministry for digital affairs and... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Every human tongue has its own unique appearance and is unlike any other tongue in the world. more
Deutsche Aircraft bolsters legal department
Deutsche Aircraft has appointed Alexander Jung as general counsel to oversee all the company’s legal and compliance issues. Jung joins Deutsche Aircraft from Airbus, where he served in various leadership positions for more than 15 years, most recently as head of legal... more