CS Leasing picks John Lonergan as sales director 
CS Leasing, a provider of a wide range of intermodal lease and equipment solutions to global operators, logistics providers and shippers, has appointed John Lonergan as area sales director. This latest addition to the global sales team comes as the company continues to grow its... more
DP World to delist quickly from Nasdaq Dubai
DP World is to become a private company and delist its shares. DP World’s parent company Port and Free Zone World has offered to acquire the 19.55% of DP World’s shares traded on Nasdaq Dubai, returning the company to private ownership. Chairman Sultan bin Sulayem commented... more
Autonomous driving tests to expand in the USA
Daimler Trucks and Technology specialist Torc Robotics will soon expand testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the USA. The team completed initial mapping of additional routes in January. These public road trials allow the teams to collect data from... more
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... more
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... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Automobile and engine manufacturer Suzuki used to build weaving looms. more
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.... more
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... more
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... more
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,... more