Universal Transport delivers wind turbines for Enercon
PRESS RELEASE – Heavy load logistics provider Universal Transport has delivered two complete wind turbines from their production sites in Northern and Central Germany to their site of operation, a wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia...Read more
EMS Log strengthens presence in Southern Germany
PRESS RELEASE – German transport specialist EMS Log has opened a new branch office in Seelbach, Baden-Württemberg, on July 1. Head of the office in Southern Germany is Jürgen Menge, who has extensive experience in...Read more
Robert Erni to become Dachser’s CFO
PRESS RELEASE – Effective January 1, 2021, 54-year-old Robert Erni will take over as Dachser’s CFO from Burkhard Eling, who will become CEO of the family-owned company. (more…)Read more
Dachser Peru moves locomotives from Houston to Lima
PRESS RELEASE – Dachser Peru has delivered two locomotives to a major railroad customer in Peru. Weighing over 180 tons each, the units were initially received at the Port of Houston and then delivered to...Read more
ALS and NorSea create new wind logistics company Elevon
Abnormal Load Services (ALS) and NorSea have joined forces by creating a new logistics company solely focused on the onshore and offshore wind industry. Elevon, as the joint venture is called, has been developed with...Read more
CEVA wants to become the largest freight forwarder in Africa
CEVA Logistics has launched a large-scale expansion plan for the African market with the goal to become a leading, continent-wide player. As a first step, the freight forwarder has acquired local logistics expert AMI Worldwide,...Read more
Gebrüder Weiss opens new office in South Korea
Austrian logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss has opened a new Air & Sea office in the South Korean capital of Seoul, effective June 1st. The new location will be manned by fifteen employees and provide project...Read more
AML, SAL and Mammoet move 955-tonne pressure vessel
Under the supervision of the Antwerp-based freight forwarder AML, SAL Heavy Lift and Mammoet have transported a massive 955-tonne pressure vessel from Belgium to Russia. Manufacturer Coek Engineering spent two years on the construction of...Read more
Blue Water still expects 2020 profit after record year
Blue Water Shipping CEO Søren Nørgaard Thomsen remains hopeful about 2020 following the company’s largest-ever annual profit of EUR 25 million last year. “We are dependent on how fast and to what extent the business...Read more
Maersk uses its sophisticated software to grow in breakbulk
You can’t see it from the outside, but Maersk’s container vessels bring a lot more into port than just containers. There is some piece of breakbulk on every sailing nowadays and the Danish shipping giant...Read more
Bolloré buys G Solutions to expand in Nordic market
Bolloré Logistics has expanded in Scandinavia by acquiring a majority stake in Swedish freight forwarder Global Freight Solutions and its Finnish affiliate. Better known as G Solutions, this company provides a wide range of freight...Read more
Freight forwarders declare ‘Force Majeure’
DHL Global Forwarding and Ceva Logistics have declared ‘force majeure’, temporarily relieving the companies of their normal contractual obligations if the inability to perform is caused by consequences of the coronavirus. DHL Global Forwarding was the...Read more
Oil companies cut investments by tens of billions of dollars
Faced with the coronavirus and the crude price collapse, oil and chemical companies are drastically scaling back capital investments to preserve cash. Most major companies have announced multibillion-dollar reductions. Shell will reduce its 2020 capital expenditure...Read more
DSV withdraws guidance for 2020 as corona impact starts to show
DSV has withdrawn its 2020 guidance of USD 1.1 billion as the coronavirus outbreak is heavily affecting the company’s income. In February, the result was already USD 21 million below budget and with the virus...Read more
Blue Water Shipping continues Caribbean expansion
PRESS RELEASE – Blue Water Shipping is opening a new office in Trinidad and Tobago to further service the growing oil and energy sector in the Caribbean and the north-eastern region of South America. “We see a...Read more
Ray Fitzgerald rejoins Crowley as COO
PRESS RELEASE – Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced that Ray Fitzgerald will rejoin the company March 1 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will report to Tom Crowley, company chairman and CEO, and will be based...Read more
Red Wolf Global expands in north of Vietnam
PRESS RELEASE – Thai breakbulk and project logistics provider Red Wolf Global (RWG) has expanded its presence in Vietnam, opening a second office in the country located in Hanoi. The new office will manage RWG’s...Read more
Rhenus buys LTK to expand in Spain and aerospace market
PRESS RELEASE – The Rhenus Group has acquired Spanish company LTK, which specializes in logistics solutions for the aerospace and automotive industry. With the acquisition, Rhenus also expands its presence in Spain with three warehouse...Read more