Noatum's expansion in Europe 
AD Ports Group has announced that its logistics cluster operator Noatum is acquiring a 100% equity ownership of Sesé Auto Logistics, a finished vehicles logistics (FVL) business, for EUR 81 million (USD 85 million). Sesé Auto Logistics handles road and rail transport logistics... more
Car trains to link Germany and Turkey
BLG Logistics recently launched a pilot project in which each train comprises 19 car transport wagons and can transport 190 to 228 cars. The rail service connects the BLG Auto Terminal in Kelheim, Germany, with the Köseköy logistics centre near Istanbul. Taking five to six... more
From Etihad to Atlas Worldwide
Atlas Air Worldwide, a global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, has appointed Martin Drew as chief strategy and transformation officer, effective 25 September 2023. Drew’s most recent position was SVP global sales, marketing, brand and cargo at... more
New short sea service is on
The shipping company Boluda Lines and the multimodal logistics company Samskip have launched a joint short-sea container service between the ports of Santander, Dublin and Liverpool. The service will be operated by the container ship “Lucía B”, with a nominal capacity of 803... more
First non-craneable semi-trailers carried by rail
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is connecting Ukraine to its intermodal network in partnership with Ukrainian Railways (UZ). The first test train travelled from Kyiv, Ukraine, to the Rail Cargo Terminal BILK in Hungary and transported non-craneable semi-trailers carrying building... more
Arnold expands in Hamburg and Salzburg
The family-run freight forwarder Arnold has opened two more branches: From 1 October 2023, the company will be represented at the Brückenquartier business centre on Veritaskai in the Hamburg region. With more than 5,000 container ships, Arnolds's sea freight division plays a... more
Autonomous trucks: a good test result
Autonomous trucks show an efficiency potential of up to 40% when transferring goods to rail. This is the conclusion drawn by Man Truck, Deutsche Bahn and Fresenius and Götting Universities of Applied Sciences after they completed the joint research project Anita (Autonomous... more
Spanish Transnatur and French Fatton join forces
On 2 October 2023, the Transnator Group welcomed Fatton Transports as its new partner in the Marseille area, France. Founded in 1909, the firm is run by the great-grandchildren of the founder, Pierre Fatton. With 25 offices, 40,000 sqm of warehousing space in France and... more
Who’ll top the tree in Brussels? 
Four finalists aiming to become the Young Logistics Professionals 2023. Every year the most promising talented youngsters from each one of Fiata’s regions are invited to present their abilities at the Fiata World Congress. This year’s finalists are Viktoriia Rudyk (Ciffa,... more
Combining rail and HVO trucks to reduce CO2
Swiss chemical logistics specialist Bertschi and Dow have developed a new transport solution combining intermodal rail and biofuel-engine trucks to significantly reduce CO2 emissions. The pilot project involves the transport of Dow products from the Netherlands to a customer... more