"Curiosity of the Day" 
53,576 people had fled East Germany by 9 October 1989, which is seen as the turning point of the peaceful revolution in East Germany. more
Eichholtz celebrates 90th anniversary 
For Franziska Kraupner (pictured on the right with her father) and Jens Gellers, now at the helm of Eichholtz, a cargo handling and storage company, the 90th anniversary is an occasion to look back on a successful company history, to thank long-standing employees and at the same... more
Cargo.one finds new partner
Cargo.one and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have unveiled a partnership, bringing capacity from one of the world’s largest combined cargo airlines to a major global marketplace for digital air cargo bookings. AFKLMP is upgrading its advanced multi-channel digital... more
Poseidon, ONE et alia going for Atlas
The takeover of Atlas Corp., the holding with Seaspan as a major global containership lessor in its portfolio, is around the corner. On behalf of a consortium composed of David L. Sokol, chairman of the board of directors of Atlas , certain affiliates of Fairfax Financial... more
Testing a new rail route for containers
Trans Container, Russian Railways (RZD) and Ulaanbaatar Railways (UBTZ) have organised the first railway shipment of containers from China to Russia via the Solovyevsk border-crossing point (Zabaikalsky Krai) on the Russian-Mongolian border. To date, this border-crossing... more
Panattoni's biggest site so far
In Germany’s fashion sector, Panattoni has completed its largest project development to date for its client Horn in Bedburg. Horn, which owns various properties used by the Peek & Cloppenburg Group in Germany and Austria, has leased the new building, which was completed in... more
Port of Vienna’s 60th anniversary
Hupac and Terminal Sped top partners. The port of Vienna’s good results encourage it to look to new projects for more space in its 2022 anniversary year. more
New shuttle to link Gliwice with Pordenone
Swiss combined transport specialist Hupac is offering new opportunities for climate-friendly road-rail transport between Italy and Poland. Next Monday, 10 October 2022, a direct shuttle train will start in Gliwice (Poland), in the centre of one of Europe's most important... more
Honours for the pioneers of the pallet's triumph
Oliver Richter (1920-2014), an Australian who, as trade manager of Brambles in the 1960s, discovered the potential of a closed rental pool for load carriers and successfully established today's Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (Chep) system, and George Raymond Sr.... more
Icao awards Ángela Marina Donato
The ICAO Council has posthumously conferred the Edward Warner Award, acknowledged as the highest honour in the world of civil aviation, on Ángela Marina Donato of Argentina. The award ceremony took place on the opening day of Icao’s 41st triennial Assembly and was led by the... more