TT Club appoints new regional GM for Asia-Pacific 
Kamel Tlili took over as regional general manager Asia-Pacific for the international freight and logistics insurer TT Club on 3 October 2023. He will be based in the company’s Singapore office. Tlili joins TT after six years of leading British Marine’s P&I underwriting... more
Ammonia-fuelled engines by WinGD
Swiss marine power company WinGD is set to supply ammonia-fuelled X-DF-A engines for two 46,000 cbm LPG/ammonia carriers to be constructed for ‘Exmar LPG BV’, a joint venture between Exmar and Seapeak, at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The two 52-bore X52DF-A engines will be... more
Circle Group wins MNSW contract
In partnership with Open Plan Consulting, Circle Group has won a EUR 144,000 contract in the European Maritime Safety Agency's (Emsa) tender to assess the feasibility of establishing a maritime national single window (MNSW) for countries on Europe’s borders, which include... more
12,000 km through six countries
The first China-Europe freight train from North China's Shanxi province to Spain arrived at the Abronigal railfreight station in Madrid on Monday, 16 October 2023. The maiden train left the Zhongding Logistics Park on 16 September and travelled 12,000 km through six... more
Linking Spain and France without border stop
On November, Synergy is launching an intermodal service connecting the Hutchison ports’ Best Terminal Barcelona (Spain) with the city of Toulouse (France). The railway will run three times weekly in both directions with a capacity to transport 180 teu each way. As the port... more
IWT picks Janeta Toma
Janeta Toma has been appointed general manager of the IWT platform, effective 1 October 2023. The board of director’s decision precedes the retirement of Nik Delmeire set for mid–2024. Toma, an economist, holds a MSc in maritime affairs from the World Maritime University in... more
German vehicles to decarbonise Saudi Arabia
German vehicle manufacturer Quantron has delivered 50 electric-powered light trucks to Saudi Arabia with its Saudi partner Petromin. The Qargo 4EV model has been specially designed to make urban transport and last mile delivery as convenient and sustainable as possible. The... more
"Vienna Cargo Day": a premiere in Airport City
On 9 October 2023, the first ‘Vienna Cargo Day’ took place at Airport City, directly followed by Fly Pharma Europe 2023 on 10 and 11 October 2023. More than 400 international air cargo industry representatives gathered at Vienna Airport on these three days to exchange news... more
German ports for a green future
At an event entitled “German Ports and Shipping on Course for the Energy and Climate Transition” which was organised by the Deutsches Verkehrsforum (DVF) in Berlin last week, the German maritime and logistics industry discussed the competitiveness of the ports and the shipping... more
Loco pulls 6,400 t trains - even in rough terrain
RZD Logistics has delivered the first four diesel locomotives of a total of 50 units ordered to Kazakhstan. The tractor units, all 2TE25KM freight locomotives, are manufactured at the Russian engineering plant in Bryansk, southwest of Moscow, which belongs to Transmashholding.... more