Icelandair Cargo: managing director steps down 
Gunnar Már Sigurfinnsson has decided to resign as managing director of Icelandair Cargo and will leave Icelandair group’s executive committee. The resignation will become effective immediately, but he will continue to work within the company in the upcoming months and support... more
Crediting renewable fuels with CCF
The European Parliament's transport committee has voted in favour of the inclusion of renewable fuels in the CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles and in favour of crediting renewable fuels by means of a carbon correction factor (CCF). This is a clear signal for a... more
Woodland Group's new Dewsbury facility
Woodland Group has acquired a 3,326 sqm warehousing and distribution facility in Dewsbury, UK, complementing the group’s existing 31,165 sqm warehouse portfolio in Yorkshire. Woodland’s growing UK road fleet and services out of the North of England include customs... more
Hermes hires industry veteran as sales director
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has appointed Stuart Piper as global sales director to spearhead the launch of new developments in the Hermes Ecosystem of cargo management solutions. Piper brings 27 years of software & solutions experience to HLT, having previously... more
A regular container train from Moscow to Siberia
Transcontainer has launched a regular domestic service for container deliveries from the Moscow region to Omsk in Siberia. Transit time is three days. The company is expecting to operate three trains a month to start with. The service is focused on the shipment of food products... more
Three years in Pall-Ex Group
Northampton-based pallet network, Fortec Distribution, is celebrating its three-year milestone as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pall-Ex Group. Fortec has benefitted from the support of Pall-Ex Group, which has allowed it to retain the agility of a smaller network while... more
New gateway to the Gulf 
Russia is stepping up its ongoing efforts to gain access to the Iranian railway network – not only on the western shores of the Caspian Sea (see also page 38 of ITJ 23-26 / 2023). Iran is willing to improve the transit of Russian goods through the eastern branches of its railway... more
Finland: e-loco to pull over 2,000 t trains
Siemens recently delivered a Vectron electric locomotive to Fenniarail in Finland. It is the first e-locomotive to be acquired by a private railway company in this country. The locomotive has been designed for Finnish conditions and is particularly suitable as a freight... more
Cargo-Partner: control tower solutions in Ireland
Cargo-Partner's Dublin office offers not only physical connections to all major airports, ports and logistics hubs. Acting as a neutral control tower and working from a multi-carrier perspective, the logistics services provider is also getting closer to its Irish customers,... more
Iosa's 20th anniversary
During the World Safety and Operations Conference which is taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam, this week, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) marked the first 20 years of the Iata Operational Safety Audit (Iosa). Launched in September 2003, Iosa has been a... more