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 now crowded cargo grounds. The statistics app will... mehr
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 imported cargo recently completed the trip in 14... mehr
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 in one regional head office. This centralised... mehr
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 Oakland’s containerised cargo volume reached an... mehr
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 B787-9 service is the first non-stop route connecting... mehr
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 /Swiss/French/German border triangle and the Dutch port. Multi... mehr
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 in Wissington and Newark, and complete daily... mehr
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 more than 1,700 members, is a well-known... mehr
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The average elephant weighs less than the tongue of the blue whale. mehr
Ein rundes Jahrfünft
Eitel Sonnenschein auf der Pressekonferenz 2019, die der am Ärmelkanal gelegene Hafen Dünkirchen traditionell in Lille ausrichtete. Die Resultate des Hafens in 2018 fügten sich in ein Retablissement ein, das die schweren Jahre 2008-2010 hinter sich lässt. mehr