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18.07.2025

Iraq enables TIR trade route

Simon Trucks has successfully completed a TIR transport from Romania to Jordan, cutting delivery time from eight weeks to five days, as the IRU recently reported. The route passed through Bulgaria, Turkey and Iraq, where the 'TIR...

18.07.2025

Lisa Montague now regional director

The logistician AGI Global, founded in Bristol (England) in 2014, has appointed Lisa Montague as its regional commercial director for the south of the country. Montague has been part of AGI since 2023 and has a wealth of...

18.07.2025

EmissionLink urges action to avoid ‘decarbonisation déjà vu’

EmissionLink has warned that shipowners risk “paying twice” as overlapping climate regulations create confusion and cost. While the IMO’s net-zero targets are set for 2027, the EU’s FuelEU Maritime rules are already in force,...

18.07.2025

Milestone for Garbe logistics project in Salzgitter

Garbe Industrial has celebrated the topping-out of a new logistics property in Salzgitter. The 51,000 m² brownfield site, formerly owned by rail manufacturer Alstom, has been fully cleared and remediated. The new building, set...

17.07.2025

Intermodal boost for LA and Houston

BNSF Railway has launched an expedited intermodal service between Los Angeles and Houston. The third-day offering connects BNSF’s Hobart terminal in LA with its Pearland facility near Houston, targeting shippers seeking...

17.07.2025

DHL Forwarding with new Asia-Pacific leadership

DHL Global Forwarding has announced three senior leadership changes in the Asia-Pacific region which will take effect on 1 August 2025. Following the retirement of Bruno Selmoni, Christopher Lim will become vice-president and...

17.07.2025

Tri-partnership for autonomous rail pilot in India

DP World, the Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) and Nevomo have signed a mou to explore autonomous freight transport by magnetic railway lines in India. The agreement covers a 750 m long pilot line in the port of Deendayal in...

17.07.2025

Lineage boosting capacity in Louisville cold storage facility

Lineage has broken ground on an 82,000 sqft expansion of its Louisville Winstead cold storage facility in Kentucky (USA). The project will add around 10,300 pallet positions in two convertible rooms, enhancing the site’s capacity...

17.07.2025

1.4 million t of timber by rail in 2024

In 2024 the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) transported 1.4 million t of timber for the enterprise Papierholz Austria by rail, saving nearly 34,000 t of CO₂, as the company has reported. The partnership with the wood procurement...

17.07.2025

Greater China team growing - and completes a complex mission

Chapman Freeborn has expanded its Shanghai office to meet rising demand for air logistics in Greater China. The new space supports growing air cargo charter teams, on-board courier and specialist transport services....

17.07.2025

Combilift wins ‘Red Dot’ for electric forklift

Combilift has secured its third ‘Red Dot Design Award’ for product design, this time for its ‘Combi-CB70E’, a 7 t electric multidirectional counterbalance forklift. The award highlights the model’s ergonomic features,...

17.07.2025

Calais clears new trade path

Europa Road has launched 'DAP Flow', a customs clearance service that aims to simplify UK–Europe road freight. Designed for full trailer loads, the service eliminates inland clearance stops by processing documents directly in...

17.07.2025

Port of Bilbao expanding ecosystem monitoring

The Bilbao Port Authority and the University of the Basque Country have renewed their collaboration to continue biomonitoring the port ecosystem. A new four-year agreement, worth EUR 785,000, includes phytoplankton surveillance...

17.07.2025

Germany fortifying military mobility

The German army (Bundeswehr) and Germany’s federal office for logistics and mobility (Balm) signed a cooperation agreement on 14 July 2025 to enhance national defence logistics. Balm president Christian Hoffmann and...

17.07.2025

Training takes flight

Lufthansa Cargo is developing a virtual-reality training programme for aircraft loading supervisors, and is set to launch its first module in October 2025. The carrier aims to modernise qualification processes by offering...

16.07.2025

Japan Airlines enters regenerative logistics

Japan Airlines (JAL) has launched its 'J Solutions Pharma Cells', a new logistics service tailored to the fast-evolving field of regenerative medicine. According to Japan’s cabinet office the market for regenerative medicine...

16.07.2025

Trailer Bridge executes military contract

Trailer Bridge has successfully completed its first mission under a ‘USTransCom Ports’ contract, providing the US army with stevedoring and port operations in Narvik (Norway). The operation supported the redeployment of US...

16.07.2025

Container hotel for truck drivers

TST has opened its first micro-hotel for lorry drivers at its logistics site in Gimbsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), in partnership with Roatel. The facility, housed in a converted shipping container, offers four 7.5 sqm...

16.07.2025

DHL building new Cologne station

DHL Express Germany has begun construction of a new operations site in the Cologne Marsdorf neighbourhood. The facility, located on Toyota-Allee, will cover more than 20,000 m² and include 5,500 m² of production and office...

16.07.2025

MSC Air Cargo joins German airline association

The association Barig, Board of Airline Representatives in Germany, has welcomed MSC Air Cargo as its newest member, further expanding the association’s airfreight community. MSC Air Cargo, part of the global MSC Group,...