Norlink Ports and Strasbourg close ranks 
Ports of Strasbourg and Norlink Ports have inked an agreement to jointly develop the "Northern Axis" or "Northern Corridor" in France. The partnership aims to further expand multimodal transport services between Hauts-de-France and Strasbourg. Today,... more
A big building project in Basel
Rhenus Port Logistics is investing in a trimodal transhipment terminal at the Port of Switzerland in Kleinhüningen. The terminal 4 is scheduled to be completed by December 2023.A photovoltaic system is being installed on the roof to generate around 2.4 million KWh of green... more
Thomas Gries to take over 4Flow
SAP logistics expert and entrepreneur Thomas Gries has been elected to head the newly founded company 4Flow digital. The start-up will provide consulting and support for its customers with regard to the digitisation of their supply chain and logistics. It will accompany... more
Pyka unveils the Pelican Cargo
Pyka, a provider of autonomous electric aviation technology, has unveiled the latest addition to its fleet of purpose-built industrial aircraft, the Pelican Cargo. Pelican Cargo is the world’s largest zero-emission cargo airplane and the first autonomous vehicle of its class.... more
Hardis Group's clients in Poland
Hardis Group Polska has experienced strong growth since it was founded in 2021. The group specialises in IT and cloud services for supply chains. The turnover Hardis achieved in Poland in 2022 is 22% above the objective set in early 2021. The company intends to continue this... more
Changes at Midwest Association of Rail Shippers
The Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (Mars) welcomed a slate of new officers - along with a new executive director – at its recent winter meeting. The 2023 Mars officers are: president Kathy Bathurst (right), CSX Transportation, first VP Matt O'Kray, Transtar, and second... more
Westbound transatlantic air cargo in January
Despite high inflation and falling US retail sales, westbound air cargo volumes between Europe and North America rose 6% year-on-year in January but overall global air cargo demand continued to fall, down -8%, as an earlier Chinese New Year and economic headwinds subdued other... more
Regular rail service for Chinese e-cars launched
Fesco Transportation Group has organised its first dispatch of new electric cars from the Chinese city of Guangzhou to Moscow in Russia. A batch of electric cars was sent off in two container trains. Starting from February, 50 forty-foot containers are scheduled to be... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The English philosopher Francis Bacon (1561–1626) died of pneumonia. He contracted it in a cellar when he carried out what is said to have been his only experiment. He wanted to know whether a dead chicken would keep longer if it was stuffed with snow more
More testing grounds for start-ups
The Ashdod Port Company recently inked an agreement with Maersk North America to foster technological innovation in the supply chain business. The cooperation enables Israeli start-ups that are participating in Ashdod Port’s "Blue Ocean for start-ups" technology... more