LHG: safe operations in the port 
Lübeck’s port operator Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) has achieved a success in its occupational health and safety management. It may continue to bear the "Sicher mit System" (“security with a system”, DIN ISO 45001:2018) seal of quality for the next three years.... more
20 new locomotives for North-South traffic
Switzerland’s SBB Cargo Internationa has ordered 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives equipped with the XLoad package from Siemens. The railfreight carrier will lease the locomotives from Süd Leasing under a long-term rental plan. Designed for a maximum speed of 160 km/h, the... more
IAG Cargo joins Neutral Air Partner
Neutral Air Partner (NAP) welcomes IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) as an airline partner with an aim to help its members grow their business and further develop cooperation in all areas of the air cargo logistics sector. The partnership will... more
Tilburg terminal now back in service
The project took about a year to complete. DB Schenker’s land transport hub in Tilburg, Benelux, in the industrial area in Katsbogten, where renovation work began in 2021, has now been reopened. The modernised terminal area covers a site of almost 60,000 sqm, has 90 loading... more
Transalpine traffic saves 23,500 t more CO2
Swiss-based rolling highway (rola) operator Ralpin transported almost 70,000 trucks last year. This almost a quarter more than the 56,000 trucks in 2020 and represents a decrease of 23,500 t of CO2. Operative losses were reduced by two thirds in the second year of the... more
Jeffrey Curmi appointed CEO of Transport Malta
Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi has been appointed CEO of Transport Malta within the ministry for transport, infrastructure, and capital projects. Curmi joined the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) in 1994 and served as commander of the AFM from December 2013 to June 2022. Since 2013, he... more
Cyber threat under control?
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published two new unified requirements (UR) on cyber resilience, which will be mandatory for all ships whose construction contract is signed on or after 1 January 2024. The new URs, called E26 and E27, were... more
Trimodal service between Russia and India
Trans Container has launched a regular service for foreign trade cargo shipments on a multimodal route between Russia and the Indian port of Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) via Novorossiysk at the Eastern coast of the Black Sea and the Suez Canal. Cargoes arriving at Nutep Terminal in... more
TGW Logistics picks Alexander Leitner
Alexander Leitner has assumed the newly created position of senior vice president for innovation and technology at TGW Logistics Group. In this role, he will lead the intralogistics specialist's innovation strategy, reporting to CEO Harald Schröpf. Leitner was last employed... more
SAS files for chapter 11
To proceed with the implementation of key elements of its business transformation plan called "SAS Forward", SAS and certain of its subsidiaries have voluntarily filed for chapter 11 in USA, a legal process for financial restructuring conducted under US federal court... more