HGK builds H2 powered units 
Duisburg-based HGK Shipping is expanding its fleet with two technically innovative Type C motor tankers. The shipyard Scheepsreparatiebedrijf De Gerlien van Tiem in Druten, the Netherlands, has once again won the building contract. The last units built for HGK were two ships... more
Migrants could help fight driver shortage
In a virtual debate, representatives of the transport industry suggested that one way to ease the big driver shortages in the European Union would be to attract a more diverse workforce including young people, women and migrants. Companies such as Transports Main Forte in... more
New location in Bavaria
Gebrüder Weiss' new location in Straubing in Lower Bavaria (Germany), will be operational from October, enabling the international transport and logistics provider to further consolidate its land transport network across southern Germany. The new site will be based at a... more
Karin Eulenbruch to lead contract logistics
Karin Eulenbruch, formerly vice president sales & business development contract logistics Germany and Switzerland at Kuehne + Nagel, moved to TST on 1 September 2021. Eulenbruch will take on the same position at her new employer, a logistics company based in Worms, Germany.... more
Certification for quality management
VPI European Rail Service (VERS) has receive the ISO 9001:2015 certificate, as the certification agency System CERT confirmed after an intensive audit: The publisher of the European Maintenance Guide VPI-EMG works with a quality management system that fully meets the required... more
Senator adds Tianjin to its SAB network
Another expansion: Senator International added China to its "SAB" network on 8 September 2021. After the Hamburg-based forwarder launched its own airfreight services with the "Africa Bridge" between Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) and Johannesburg and with the... more
The shipper's view
According to the latest container shipping market review carried out by MDS Transmodal and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and distributed by the Swiss Shippers' Council (SSC), container traffic continues to grow, but the market is still in turmoil. Container flows increased... more
And the lessor is...
The lessor behind the two A321P2F, which Lufthansa Cargo will operate from early next year (see ITJ 31-35/2021, p. 13), is BBAM Limited Partnership. The aircraft leasing services provider headquartered in San Francisco has agreed to lease the EFW solution with a payload-range of... more
Bigger fleet for DShip carriers
Two more vessels are to join DShip carriers' fleet: the "Eemslift Dafne" and the "Eemslift Nadine" are scheduled to be delivered in September 2021. Both vessels have a deadweight of 4,200 t and on-board cranes with a combined lifting capacity of up to 300... more
Russian timber for the Far East
Fesco Transportation Group and RFP Group have formed a partnership to organise export shipments of sawn timber and veneer sheets of the timber holding to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea. The agreement was signed by German Maslov, vice president, linear & logistics... more