Two Californian short lines to upgrade network 
Sierra Northern Railway (SNR) and Mendocino Railway (MRY) will receive a USD 31.4 million loan from the US transport department to expand and rehabilitate rail infrastructure in the Central Valley and Mendocino County in California. With the funding, which will finance... mehr
GXO: two leadership appointments
At GXO Logistics, a pure-play contract logistics provider, Richard Cawston, president of the company’s Europe division, has assumed the newly created role of chief revenue officer (CRO) in addition to his current duties. GXO has also hired Eric Spadafora as head of its sales... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
A whip cracks because the loop that moves along it when swung reaches the speed of sound by the time it reaches the tip. mehr
Preliminary trials for Liberty Lifter X-plane
The USA’s defence advanced research projects agency (Darpa) programme aims to design, build, float, and fly an affordable X-plane that demonstrates revolutionary heavy-air-lift capability from the sea. It is now taking the next step. After changing the design for the Liberty... mehr
Tangos im Tandem
Erweitertes Angebot auf der Rheinschiene. Die Wahl zwischen Bahn oder Binnenschiff beschneiden bisweilen auch fehlende Angebote. Birsterminal hat für 2024 die Verbindungen beider Verkehrsträger aufgestockt. mehr
Haropa stayed on target in 2023
In Paris, close to the Seine, Haropa Port's deputy general director Kris Danaradjou and its strategic planning director Cédric Virciglio presented the developments in 2023 and gave an outlook on the running year. "We took a unique step to create one port on three sites in... mehr
Four weekly roundtrips to Rotterdam
The Austrian OeBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) will operate scheduled services between Linz (Austria) and Rotterdam (The Netherlands) via Duisburg (Germany), initially offering four round trips per week. With the service, cargo can be transferred within Rotterdam to all maritime... mehr
Changes at Chep
Chep has appointed Xavier Garijo to the newly created CEO Americas position, following the announcement that Chep North America’s president, Laura Nador, stepped down on 31 December 2023. Before joining Chep, Garijo was a member of the global executive board for contract... mehr
An active year for Bertschi
Despite a 15% reduction in sales, the Swiss transport group Bertschi reported several successful projects in 2023. It opened its new chemical logistics centre, with a storage capacity of 25,000 t storage, in Zhangjiagang, China, in mid-2023. Elsewhere in Asia, the group is... mehr
Container flows better than expected
The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index, which measures global shipping activity, performed better than expected in December 2023, seeing a slight slowdown to 125.1 points from 125.4 points (revised) in November. Container throughput in Chinese ports decreased slightly, with... mehr