N Kettering Business Park complete and open for business 
St Francis Group, a UK-based property development and investment group, has announced the practical completion and launch of its latest new development – Cransley Park in Kettering. Situated immediately adjacent to junction 8 of the A14 in Kettering, Cransley Park is a prime... more
Joining forces to complete Eurasian Corridor via Kaliningrad
Russian Railways (RZD) and Austrian Railways (ÖBB) intend to cooperate in the field of freight and logistics. During a meeting, the two parties talked about the development of the Eurasian corridor via the terminals in the Kaliningrad region (Russia). The railway companies... more
Mathias Hüske appointed new managing director of eos.uptrade
Mathias Hüske will join eos.uptrade as a managing director this month. Together with Michael Kujas and Christian Woodgett he will be part of the software powerhouse’s management team responsible for sales and business development. He will also be responsible for the... more
Decathlon opts for logistics hotspot Tilburg
Decathlon has concluded a long-term lease with HVBM Vastgoed for a new distribution centre to be constructed on a site of approximately 45,000 sqm in Tilburg (the Netherlands). Decathlon has decided to take this step due to the growth of its stores and sales on the Dutch market.... more
Cargologic Germany finally cleared for take off
Cargologic Germany (CLG), an express carrier based at Leipzig/Halle airport and spin-off of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has been ready for take-off since spring this year. The German federal ministry for transport has now given airline the authorisation to start regular services,... more
More space for offshore player
The Sif Holding, active at the port of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) since 2015, has agreed with the port authority on the lease of 200,000 sqm of port site and a 200-m stretch of deep-sea quay at Maasvlakte. Sif, which specialises in offshore foundations, now occupies a new... more
LIP Invest buys logistics hub for Röhlig
LIP Invest, the Munich (Germany)-based investor that specialises in logistics real estate, has purchased a new logistics hub in Nettetal near the German-Dutch border. The centre has been leased to Röhlig Logistics for the long term. On the 61,000 sqm plot, Röhlig intends to... more
Russian Railways to test unmanned trains
During the International Railway Salon PRO//Motion.EXPO in Moscow last week (28.-31.8.2019), Russia’s first unmanned train was presented to the public. Russian Railways (RZD) chairman Oleg Belozyorov said it was “a major technological breakthrough”. The ES2G Lastochka... more
Delta and Virgin deepen UK/US ties
Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are boosting flights between the UK and USA from summer 2020, in a move which sees Delta join Virgin at London Gatwick (linking Boston) for the first time together since their partnership began (2014). With Delta's return to Manchester and... more
Albatros Express expands services in Germany
Effective 2 September 2019, Transfracht will expand the range of services for the Albatros Express Germany. The company will raise import and export capacities on the connections between Leipzig and Riesa in Germany. There will be five weekly departure times from Leipzig... more