100 candles for Simon Hegele 
2020 will certainly be remembered as a special year in the history of the Simon Hegele company, which is headquartered in Karlsruhe in Germany and which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. "After all, we managed to implement our initially planned goals with... mehr
GSA reacts to rise in postal flows
The global GSSA ECS Group is launching a unique entity. Addressing airlines and postal operators, "GSA Mail Solutions" is dedicated to outsourcing airlines' mail and e-commerce activities, as well as offering various transport solutions to postal operators. With... mehr
2021 named European year of rail
Germany and Portugal, the current and future holders of the presidency of the EU council, have joined forces to promote the railway sector and have therefore designated 2021 as the European year of rail. On 1 December 2020, the members of the transport committee of the... mehr
ITJ Video News – 3 December 2020
In the ITJ Video News of 3 December 2020, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen presents a new link between the port of Cork and Zeebrugge, offered by CLdN; ground handler Saudi Arabian Logistics Company; the new CEO of the Montreal Port Authority; Kombiverkehr’s options in Hanover; and... mehr
FMS wins exclusive membership
Fr. Meyer's Sohn (Schweiz) (FMS) from Basel has been appointed as a new country exclusive member for the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Switzerland with immediate effect. The FMS project division in Basel, the only project division within the group, consists of... mehr
All systems go for Ceneri base tunnel
The Swiss federal office for transport (FOT) has authorised SBB (Swiss federal railways) to open the Ceneri base tunnel (CBT) for scheduled traffic. Passenger trains and freight trains can thus assume regular services through the tunnel as from the timetable change on 13... mehr
DB Schenker clinches deal with British Airways
In 2010, the European Commission – along with other competition authorities globally – fined eleven airlines almost EUR 800 million as a result of the illegal coordination of fuel and security surcharges. Now, Deutsche Bahn has reached an out-of-court settlement with British... mehr
Forto extends senior leadership team
Just a few days after announcing a financing round of over USD 50 million, adding to a total of USD 70 million this year only, Berlin-based Forto, a major provider of digitised freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, has appointed Kenneth De Spiegeleire (ex-Dropbox, Cisco... mehr
Netherlands: get ready for Brexit
The Dutch ports carried out a Brexit action day on 1 December 2020 and distributed flyers to truck drivers that transport cargo to and from the British ports. The joint action was intended to remind drivers and their employers and customers of the changes that will occur in... mehr
Dispute in Bremen?
In Germany, the port and logistics association Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung (BHV) has criticised the decision of Bremen's senate on the assumption of costs for losses incurred by the Jade-Weser-Port Container-Terminals (CTW). "The participation of the federal... mehr