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25.11.2022

Rail bridge open for traffic

The new BNSF rail bridge over Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho (USA) has now been completed. It was opened to trains this week. The new bridge is 1,485 m long and comprises 49 spans and 224 precast concrete girders. The added bridge will...

25.11.2022

Warehouse space for mountain men

Bergzeit, the shipper belonging to the South Tyrolean company Sportler, has commissioned an expanded shuttle warehouse with more than 57,000 new bin locations as well as batch picking in Otterfing, Bavaria (Germany). The new...

25.11.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

The attention span of a goldfish is nine seconds.

25.11.2022

ITA recognised by Iata

ITA Airways has had its Iata Ceiv Pharma certification renewed for another three years. The young Italian flag carrier ships pharmaceutical products to a wide network of destinations, offering shippers premium connectivity to and...

25.11.2022

DVF hires new expert

The Deutsches Verkehrsforum (DVF) has named Susanne Landwehr head of European policy, rail technology and rail transport, effective 1 February 2023. Landwehr will steer the multimodal association’s positioning in these areas,...

25.11.2022

Södra banking on electricity

The Swedish forest industry group Södra is launching a major initiative to electrify large parts of its vehicle fleet. A new project will study the future potential to operate electric-powered trucks, forklifts and loaders that...

25.11.2022

400,000 sqm in preparation

There is strong demand for warehouse space also in Europe. DHL real estate has plans for developing 14 units, constructed on ten development sites that are located in major logistics markets in Germany, Netherlands, Sweden,...

25.11.2022

A double award in Auckland

Ports of Auckland and Damen Shipyard’s “Sparky” have won the outstanding collaboration prize the at Sustainable Business Awards for a joint technical development. “Sparky”, the world’s first full-sized ship handling electric...

Ob prall oder starr – jedenfalls beharrlich

Luftschiffprojekte in Frankreich. Während die britische Varialift Airships ihr vor fünf Jahren in Frankreich gestartetes Luftschiffprojekt aufgeben muss (vgl. ITJ Daily, 16/09/22), scheinen Flying Whales und Voliris Fortschritte...

24.11.2022

First batch of grain wagons handed over

Leasing company Ermewa is delivering 200 brand new grain wagons to Rail Cargo Logistics for agricultural and grain transports. The first 25 have already been handed over. A further 175 wagons will follow by the end of 2023....

24.11.2022

Deliveries with renewable diesel

At the beginning of November, Fedex Express Europe began using renewable diesel – made from organic matter or waste materials – to fuel a portion of its company-owned trucks. Trucks will use this fuel when they depart from the...

24.11.2022

Cargo-Partner launches new air service

Cargo-Partner is introducing a new air freight solution to and from Amsterdam, to specifically support customers with the import and export of goods to and from Asia. The new air service is managed from Cargo-Partner’s...

24.11.2022

Sam Gilliland takes the helm at Accelya

Accelya, a global provider of technology solutions to the travel industry, has appointed Sam Gilliland as its chief executive officer. A recognised industry veteran, Gilliland spent 25 years at the Sabre Corporation starting out...

24.11.2022

Short line railroad changes hands

US class I railway Norfolk Southern (NS) will acquire substantially all of the assets of the Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR), a 540 km railroad that runs from Cincinnati, Ohio to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The CSR is currently...

24.11.2022

Pharma solutions for a post-pandemic world

Cathay Pacific Cargo is consolidating and refreshing its comprehensive solution for pharmaceutical customers under a new name, "Cathay Pharma", and making it easier to identify all available options for pharma shipments...

24.11.2022

From coast to coast

Chicago-based intelligence provider Four Kites is seeing a shift in US trade. Since strikes and port congestion spilled over West Coast ports like Los Angeles and Oakland over the past year, many shippers have opted for ports...

24.11.2022

Dutch acquisition for Lagermax

Lagermax Logistics Austria is taking over the Dutch logistics company MOL Cargo with retroactive effect from 1 July 2022. In addition to classic transport and logistics solutions, MOL Cargo specialises in the carriage of...

24.11.2022

Hapag-Lloyd promotes Stuart Sandlin

Hapag-Lloyd has appointed Stuart Sandlin to replace Uffe Ostergaard as president of its North America region. Sandlin, who is currently senior vice president (SVP) of sales for USA, will assume his new role on 1 January 2023,...

24.11.2022

Ad-hoc rail transport orders for flat wagons

Starting now, VTG’s Fast Track service – already established at other central locations – is also on offer at the Senftenberg and Hagen (freight terminal) rail nodes in Germany. One set of five flat (Rens) wagons is now available...

24.11.2022

First B747 freighter for Kuehne + Nagel

Kuehne + Nagel is expanding its air freight network by chartering the entire capacity of the very last two B747-8F aircraft delivered by Boeing. The logistics services provider has now put into operation its first B747-8F as...