LSCI confirms trend towards Asia 
The most recent LSCI – Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, showing a list of this year’s best-connected container ports, was published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in July. The index covers 900 ports in 178 countries and shows maritime... more
Fiata strives for parley
Fiata is calling for urgent talks with the top carriers, in the wake of recent moves by shipping lines to impose penalties on shippers who misdeclare cargoes. The previous week saw Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM and OOCL confirm to have adopted a practice of charging fines of up USD... more
Samskip enhances services in the North and the Baltic
Cuxhaven (Germany) recently received its first visit from a vessel of the new liner service operated by the Samskip shipping line. From Cuxhaven, the weekly container service will now call at the Baltic ports of Danzig (Poland) und Klaipeda (Lithuania) for the first time, before... more
Triumph International wins logistics prize
The lingerie and underwear manufacturer Triumph International has won the Austrian logistics prize for its renewed and expanded distribution centre at the Wiener Neustadt location in Austria. The logistics prize was awarded by the Logistics Association VNL as part of its annual... more
Swiss locomotives to be delivered to Polish carrier
The Polish railway company PKP Intercity has awarded Switzerland-based Stadler the contract for the delivery of twelve electric multiple unit Flirt trains including the maintenance for 15 years. The value of the contract, which includes the delivery of the vehicles and the... more
Allbirds selects Geodis
Geodis has been chosen by Allbirds to service sales through its newly launched e-commerce website, www.allbirds.eu, which caters to twelve European markets, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. Geodis Netherlands will manage all of Allbirds’... more
Real estate developments at Brussels airport
Brussels airport cargo boss Steven Polmans told us about it earlier this year, now the airport has published an update of its real estate developments. The following new buildings have been delivered this year: Building 832 to WFS in January; VTAC (Valuables Transport and... more
New board for active logistics
The IT services provider active logistics has changed its board. Effective immediately, Thomas Braun, Michael Otto and Hermann Schmidt have taken over the helm at the company that supplies software for the logistics industry. All three new members of the board have been working... more
Better railway connection for Rijeka
Ten companies have submitted their offers in response to the public tender issued by the infrastructure department of the Croatian railways Hrvatske zeljeznice (HZ) concerning an upgrade of the Krizevci - Koprivnica rail link in the north of the country. 85% of the costs of EUR... more
Deutsche Bahn to test Russian flat cars
The Tikhvin freight car building plant, a member of the UWC Group, has sent a batch of Sggrs80 articulated flat cars produced for Deutsche Bahn for testing. The cars, which are designed to transport heavyweight containers, were produced under a contract for the supply of 160... more