Australia celebrates first section of Inland Rail 
Construction on the first section of Australia’s Inland Rail, a 1,727 km railfreight corridor connecting Melbourne and Brisbane, has been completed. The first of total 13 stretches of the AUD 10 billion (EUR 6.2 billion) mega project connects Parkes and Narromine in NSW West... mehr
More capacity between Central Italy and Sicily
By adding another vessel, the Italian Grimaldi Group enhances its freight and passenger transport connections between Central Italy and Sicily. Effective now, this additional ro-pax ship between the ports of Livorno and Palermo doubles the frequency of departures, thus... mehr
New Swiss parcel hub in operation
Swiss Post has opened a new parcel hub in Vétroz (canton Valais). The company invested around CHF 60 million in the construction and infrastructure of this third of a total of four new regional parcel centres. The Vétroz location brings together the activities of the existing... mehr
Javier Sánchez-Prieto returns to Iberia
Javier Sánchez-Prieto replaces Luis Gallego as executive chairman of the Iberia Group. “It’s an honour and a great satisfaction to return to Iberia, despite the hard times the airline industry is experiencing,” Sánchez-Prieto commented. He served as Iberia’s strategic... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
There are roughly 20 million war veterans in the USA, of whom 9.3 million are older than 65 and 1.6 million younger than 35. mehr
Combining port activities under one brand
At the river Tees, the operator AV Dawson has combined its logistics business in one new port facility. The new brand Port of Middlesbrough is actually an historic one, bringing a name back to the area from over 100 years ago. The naming is meant in honour of a port that was on... mehr
Ten trains per week help to build HS2 in UK
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Rail Stone Solutions (RSS) won two contracts to support construction on the first phase of HS2. The deals, with HS2 contractors EKFB and BBV, will see GBRf join forces with RSS to deliver aggregates by rail to the high speed rail project’s main... mehr
SMB International builds warehouse for medical products
SMB International is building a new compact warehouse in Bad Oldesloe (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) for the clinic group Asklepius in order to ensure reliable supplies of medical products and equipment. SMB intends to set up a fully automated central warehouse on 65,000 sqm by... mehr
Largest cargo volume increase in a decade in the USA
US airlines carried almost 13% more cargo by weight in July 2020 (preliminary) than in July 2019, the largest year-on-year increase since 2010.The rise was fuelled by a gain of 15.8% in domestic cargo, while the 4.5% rise in international cargo was the first annual gain since... mehr
Auch Minister machen mobil
Für die einen ist das EU-Mobilitätspaket I eine überfällige Form der europäischen Gütertransportwirtschaft. Andere sehen darin eine gegen zentral- und osteuropäische Transporteue gerichtete Protektion mit ökologisch-ökonomisch fragwürdigen Folgen. mehr