Finsterwalder takes over Webopac-logistics 
With effect from 1 April 2019, the Finsterwalder group took over the provider Webopac-logistics at its site in Kaufbeuren in Allgäu (Bavaria, Germany). All 44 jobs will be transferred from the insolvent company to the new owner, ensuring a seamless continuation of the operative... more
Albatros Express extends network
With effect from 10 May, TFG Transfracht is introducing a new set-up for the port of Koper (Slovenia) and providing it with direct connections to the Albatros Express network. The move means that, for the first time, containers can be transported according to a regular... more
Petra Adrianowytsch says goodbye to Kögel
At the beginning of April, Kögel’s managing directors Thomas Heckel and Thomas Eschey took over responsibility for the corporate development, human resources, marketing/communication and IT sectors from managing director Petra Adrianowytsch who is leaving the company by mutual... more
CMA CGM acquires Ceva after successful tender offer
Following the close of the public tender offer launched on 12 February, the CMA CGM group will hold 97.89% of the outstanding shares and voting rights of Ceva upon settlement of the tendered Ceva shares, scheduled for 16 April. CMA CGM plans to delist Ceva from the Zurich... more
UK: Maritime Intermodal officially launched
Following a recent long-term agreement between DB Cargo UK and Maritime Transport to increase railfreight capacity, “Maritime Intermodal” was launched at a celebration event in West Yorkshire (UK). Over 120 rail, logistics and retail professionals gathered at Wakefield... more
Cargo-partner creates “quick transport order” option
With the transport order module on its spot platform, cargo-partner offers its customers an easy way to award transport contracts. To simplify the procedure even further, the company has now introduced a “quick transport order” function. Unlike the existing standard... more
Field trial for digital freight documents
As part of Living Lab 12 (digitalisation of freight documents), the German association of freight transport, logistics and waste management (BGL) is participating in an EU-wide Aeolix field trial for the deployment of electronic freight documents in roadfreight transport.... more
Trailer maker picks operations boss
The supervisory board of Schmitz Cargobull has appointed Michael Grund to the new management board of operations. Grund gained international experience in numerous executive positions in the operations, portfolio management/strategy and business development fields, as well as in... more
New north-south axis over the Brenner Pass
Kombiverkehr, which is based in Frankfurt (Germany), will add a new north-south axis to its European network. As from the beginning of May 2019, the terminal in Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district (North Rhine Westphalia), which was inaugurated only recently, will... more
Three more locomotives for European network
AWT, which is based in Czechia, has signed a contract to lease three Siemens Vectron A17 multisystem locomotives. The locomotives will be handed over to AWT in the middle of 2019. AWT currently runs a total of seven multisystem locomotives, which are used mainly for... more