Stricter safety measures for charcoal shipments 
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has introduced stricter regulations to transport charcoal on merchant ships, effective voluntarily from January 2025 and mandatorily from January 2026. The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) supports immediate adoption, citing... plus
Green fuels improve Gruber’s carbon footprint
The logistician Gruber has already collaborated with the fuel manufacturer Delta Energy in the field of green fuel for a year now. The partnership of the two companies from South Tyrol (Italy) is now reflected in Gruber's climate record. In 2024 the logistician managed to reduce... plus
PKP Cargo launches train linking Poland and Germany
The new train connects the Clip Terminal in Swarzędz (Poland) and the Duss Terminal in Duisburg (Germany) with six round trips weekly. The service is offered for a range of intermodal and non-intermodal units, including semi-trailers and containers. Each train in the service... plus
Luxury furniture delivered with green units too
Hypnos Beds, from the UK, has deployed two new Volvo FM electric trucks in its fleet, through its transport and logistics partner DFDS. The new vehicles will replace two diesel vehicles. The additions are a 4x2 curtainside rigid unit and a 4x2 tractor. They’ll deliver the... plus
MSC lands in Maastricht
Today, 16 January, Atlas Air will conduct the second flight in a service scheduled for every Thursday on behalf of MSC Air Cargo from Maastricht Aachen airport (MST) to Asia (including China). The aircraft deployed is a one-year-old Boeing B777F. Dean Boljuncic, head of... plus
Dachser promotes a foodstuffs logistician
On 1 January Stefan Behrendt (on the right) took charge of Dachser Food Logistics. He succeeded the firm’s COO for road logistics Alexander Tonn (on the left), who had also held the post of managing director for food logistics since 1 January 2024. Stefan Behrendt has been... plus
Amazon orders 200 e-lorries
The latest move from the US multinational technology company is the largest-ever order for battery-electric heavy goods vehicles from Amazon, and is also the largest order for electric trucks in the history of Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The eActros 600 vehicles, which will be... plus
Swiss lessor expands customer base
The demands of modern rail logistics in Europe are changing. An increasing number of state-owned operators have followed in the footsteps of a large number of private operators and now rely on versatile six-axle hybrid locomotives. Thus European Loc Pool (ELP) is expanding... plus
Southgate Global's 2025 expectations
Southgate Global, a specialist for packaging, logistics and fulfilment from Norfolk (England), has addressed its expectations for this year, touching on topics such as automation, rising costs, supply chain insecurity and sustainability. Automation and sustainability are two of... plus
Digitalising 42,000 ULDs
Unilode, which owns and manages the world’s largest digitised fleet of ULDs (more than 170,000), and Qatar Airways Cargo have entered into a partnership to digitalise the airline’s fleet of more than 42,000 ULDs. The move represents the largest ULD digitalisation programme ever... plus