100 new rail cars open up new market segment 
Kombiverkehr transferred a total of 884,168 consignments or 1.77 million teu to the railways in 2019. The company thus transported 5.7% fewer containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers than in the previous year. While traffic volumes within Germany and total throughput on the... mehr
Schwarzmüller acquires Hüffermann
The Schwarzmüller Group, an Austrian manufacturer of utility vehicles, is taking over Hüffermann Transportsysteme, a German producer of container transport trailers. With this acquisition, Schwarzmüller bolsters its competence in terms of building and infrastructure vehicles and... mehr
Saint-Jean Transports goes to BH développement
As part of an ownership succession agreement, the French transport company Saint-Jean Transport will be taken over by BH développement, a lessor of utility vehicles. Saint-Jean Transport is based in Southwest France, employs a staff of 125 and generates a turnover of EUR 13... mehr
Röhlig Logistics relaunches its global website
The German logistics company Röhlig has revised its global website. The new site is the central point of contact for users worldwide and is currently available in both English and German. The Spanish version of the site will be online shortly. Daniela Dethmann, head of... mehr
First satellite "made in Luxemburg" to Cayenne
Cargolux transported ESAIL, a satellite built by LuxSpace under an ESA partnership project for tracking ship, from Luxembourg to Cayenne, French Guiana this week. The launch of the first satellite "made in Luxembourg" of its kind is foreseen for 23 March in Kourou.... mehr
Hungary: first non-craneable semi-trailers shipped by train
TX Logistik (TXL) is now deploying the NiKRASA system in Hungary as well. Thus non-craneable semi-trailers can be loaded in this country, too. In Budapest's rail terminal Mahart Container Center recently, the first non-craneable semitrailers were successfully loaded for the... mehr
Inland shipping powered by two Swedish ports
Mälarhamnar and Ports of Stockholm have decided to work together to make the greatest possible use of the sea and inland waterways for goods transports. The goal of this collaboration is to enable inland shipping between Stockholm and Mälarhamnar. Ports of Stockholm is... mehr
Ceneri base tunnel ready for trial runs
The 15.4 km long Ceneri base tunnel it the last big building project of the Trans-Alpine rail link (Neat) in Switzerland. Before it is put into operation, the completely equipped tunnel will undergo comprehensive testing. The federal ministry for transport has now given the... mehr
Nigel Ward joins Carousel as new CFO
Carousel Logistics has appointed Nigel Ward as new chief financial and corporate development officer. Ward joins the organisation from business services provider Kindertons. He assumes responsibility for Carousel’s financial reporting and strategic investment relationships... mehr
Trieste drives the modal split ahead
With 62 million t, the Italian port of Trieste handled almost just as many volumes in 2019 as in the previous year. Add to that the 4 million t throughput at the port of Monfalcone. In its own assessment, the port met two important objectives in 2019: on the one hand,... mehr