Martin Schwemmer elected managing director of BVL 
BVL has hired Martin Schwemmer has its new managing director. Schwemmer is currently employed as a senior consultant at the Fraunhofer working group for supply chain services SCS at Fraunhofer IIS in Nuremberg. His professional focus is on the players in the logistics industry,... more
Joining forces for expansion in western Europe
Röhlig and the USA-based provider Penske have formed a new joint venture for contract logistics services. Rohlig Penske Logistics will operate primarily in Germany and the Netherlands, with plans to expand into other countries in western Europe. The new JV offers 55,000 sqm... more
Rotterdam studies shore-based power
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is making shore-based power available for container, liquid bulk and other segments. It has launched studies at the terminals of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT), APMT2, Vopak, and Cruiseport Rotterdam to this effect. The findings should... more
New facility near Madrid
Singapore-based GLP has announced the lease of a warehouse in Madrid to an American e-commerce company. On a 70,000 sqm plot, the logistics real estate company is developing a facility spanning approximately 17,000 sqm. Close to the capital Madrid, the surrounding G-Park... more
LGG cargo surge in 2021
Liege Airport saw strong renewed growth in 2021. Freight traffic reached 1,412,498 t (+26%), as opposed to 1,120,643 t in 2020. The amount of daytime flights and multi-modal options continued to increase, as did the number of humanitarian and pharmaceutical flights. The 2021... more
Einride welcomes Robert Ziegler
Robert Ziegler joins Einride, a Swedish freight technology company, as general manager, Europe. He has over 25 years of transportation industry experience and will build up Einride’s customer base and overall expansion in Europe. Ziegler has worked in executive positions in... more
More clients in the Midlands
The Segro Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway has sold two more units in UK. The logistics company Arvato agreed a lease for a 95,000 sqm surface in September 2021, whilst it was still under construction. The provider has also signed a pre-let agreement with a supply chain... more
Shypple chooses Champ’s tracking solution
Netherlands-based digital freight forwarder Shypple has implemented Champ’s Traxon Premium Tracking. The software allows the user to register interest in a shipment and receive automatic status updates through its lifecycle. Premium Tracking enables high visibility with a... more
Andreas Fuchshuber appointed head of sales
Andreas Fuchshuber has been head of sales at Spedition Robert Kukla at its headquarters in Munich since January this year. He has been working in the logistics industry for over 20 years, most recently for the Logwin Group. After his apprenticeship and first years as a... more
Game changer is on track
This time, the symposium of the association of freight car owners in Germany (VPI) was all about digital automatic coupling (DAC). As VPI chairman Malte Lawrenz explained, the first steps on the long road to the Europe-wide introduction of the DAC technology have been taken.... more