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29.01.2019

SBB Cargo and DB Cargo continue their cooperation

Ahead of time, SBB Cargo and DB Cargo have jointly extended their alpine transit contract for a further three years. The contract will come into effect at the change of timetable at the end of the year and will govern...

28.01.2019

Good things come...

The two lines Mediterranean Shipping Company and Ignazio Messina & C. have said that a transaction they have agreed upon, due to be implemented soon, represents the best-possible solution for both partners. The largest obstacle...

28.01.2019

USA: new rail hub to serve west Texas mine

Vista Proppants and Logistics has started to operate its new transload terminal in Texas to facilitate the enhanced delivery of frac sand into the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin. The terminal, which is...

28.01.2019

L.I.T. Group integrates forwarder Hölkemeier

The Minden (NRW/Germany)-based forwarding company Hölkemeier Spedition is being integrated into the L.I.T corporate group. The two enterprises are bundling their know-how to promote domestic and international growth. L.I.T....

28.01.2019

Bremenports preparing more space for BLG

The German port operator Bremenports has announced that a triangular tract of land close to the Weserport quay in the eastern port zone is to be newly developed in the near future. The just over 2 ha-sized fallow plot is one...

28.01.2019

Completion of world's largest jet engine test cell

After breaking ground at its main base in Atlanta GA (USA) nearly 18 months ago, Delta Air Lines completed the construction of the world's largest jet engine test cell this month. Standing 14.6 m tall, with inlet and exhaust...

28.01.2019

UK intermodal operator plans new maintenance facility

UK-based intermodal operator Freightliner is planning to build a state-of-the-art rolling stock maintenance and fuelling facility at its existing freight yard in Ipswich. After evaluating various sites throughout the UK, Ipswich...

28.01.2019

Cargonetwork renews advisory board

Several changes have been made to the Cargonetwork advisory board. Bernd Schäfer, CEO of Streck Transport Germany, replaced advisory board member Stefan Rehmet In spring 2018. The System Alliance CEO, Georg Köhler, stepped down...

28.01.2019

Atlas Group of Networks inks pact with Flenzies

Antwerp (Belgium)-based Atlas Group of Networks, encompassing the Atlas Logistic Network, the Atlas Logistics Family Alliance and the Atlas Breakbulk Alliance, has established a multi-year partnership agreement with the Munich...

28.01.2019

Asashi Tanker and MOL pooling resources

The Japanese carrier MOL and Asahi Tanker have signed a contract to establish a pool operation company named Asahi MOL Tankers, and inked an agreement to launch MR-type product tankers that will be assigned to the new pool....

28.01.2019

Nallian supports Vienna air cargo community

Vienna airport (VIE) is empowering its cargo community with Nallian’s open data sharing platform and collaborative applications suite. In a first phase, the vehicle database application will be used to control access to the...

28.01.2019

Regular container train connecting Yiwu and Moscow

Fesco, a Russian transport group, has launched a weekly container train from Yiwu, a city in China's Zhejiang province, to Moscow, via Mongolia, thus expanding inland services between China and Russia. The first train with...

28.01.2019

Centralised office in Scandinavia

Following office openings in Helsinki and Stockholm over the past four years, the service provider Deugro is continuing to focus on the Scandinavian market. To support this, the company has consolidated its Scandinavian workforce...

28.01.2019

Port of Oakland optimistic for 2019

The US port of Oakland says it is optimistic about its growth prospects in 2019. Maritime director John Driscoll acknowledged, however, that it is too soon to know exactly how freight markets will respond. He pointed out that...

28.01.2019

Shenzhen - Vancouver without Tianjin stop

Today (28 January 2019), Hainan Airlines, a private Chinese carrier, is launching a non-stop service between Shenzhen and Vancouver, eliminating the Tianjin stopover of the service it inaugurated in May 2018. The twice weekly...

28.01.2019

Doubling rail shuttle frequency

Multi Modal Rail is stepping up its train frequencies on the Rotterdam - Weil am Rhein (Germany) corridor. From February, the company’s rail shuttle will run twice a week between Weil am Rhein, near Basel in the...

28.01.2019

Wincanton still responsible for sugar transport in UK

Wincanton has renewed its contract to provide transport services to British Sugar. This will extend the relationship between the two companies to six years. Wincanton will continue to transport products from British Sugar’s sites...

28.01.2019

TIA enhances HQ staff

The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has appointed three new vice-presidents: Matt Mantione, CAE, to VP of membership, and Chris Burroughs and Will Sehestedt to VPs of government affairs. The trade body, with...

28.01.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

The average elephant weighs less than the tongue of the blue whale.

25.01.2019

A fair quinquennium

Smiles all round at the 2019 media conference of the port of Dunkirk, which is on the Channel but traditionally stages this event in Lille. Its results for 2018 fitted seamlessly into the recovery that the hub has managed since...