Swiss carrier to be climate neutral by 2030 
SBB Cargo has been expanding its intermodal portfolio since 2012. In 2019, the Swiss railfreight company carried 118,831 containers and semi trailers with a total of 98,743 wagons on its intermodal network. This corresponds to a payload of around 1.5 million net tonnes. With... plus
16 trains on the Alps route
Starting off this November, Cargo Beamer has increased the frequency on its route between Kaldenkirchen in Germany and Domodossola in Italy. A total of four new intermodal trains, two each for Germany and Italy, were added to the schedule. The trains depart from... plus
Container index climax
The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) showed a robust improvement in October, rising from (corrected) 119.6 to 122.6 points, an all-time high. The leap forward was... plus
Cargo-Partner becomes cargowise
Austria-headquartered transport and info logistics provider cargo-partner is planning a worldwide introduction of the cloud-based logistics application Cargo Wise in its entire network across 40 countries. The software enables logistics services providers to carry out... plus
Former Tiaca chairman becomes Kales CEO
Dirk Hazenoot, who decided to step down after having worked for almost 20 years for the Amsterdam-based GSSA Kales Group, the last two years as CEO, will be succeeded by a well-known face in the airfreight industry. Sebastiaan Scholte (right, speaking with ITJ's Andreas Haug... plus
Trilatec featured by Solar Impulse Foundation
The list of 1,000 innovative ideas that prove that sustainable solutions can also be economically attractive, set up by solar flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard’s Solar Impulse Foundation, now includes the name "squAIR-timber". Developed by the German company... plus
Hamburg: turnaround takes time
The big ports worldwide are taking longer to reboost than the carriers. In Q3/2020, the decline in seaborne cargo in Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, reached 8%. The port had lost 16.2% in Q2/2020. Thus, it is too early to speak of a recovery, but there are reasons for optimism.... plus
Secured trade lane between Egypt and Italy
The first pilot project to ship containers from Italy to Egypt under the control of RFID eSeals has been completed. The fast & secure trade lane between the ports of Genoa and Alexandria is now a fact. The project, developed within the framework of the European project... plus
Change in Iata's leadership
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has announced that its director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac (right, together with Glyn Hughes, who will leave its position as Iata’s global head of cargo in January 2021), will step down from his role at the association... plus
Beacon goes Hong Kong
The British company Beacon is expanding into Asia. Besides doubling the size of its team, the digital freight forwarder has launched its first physical presence in Asia by opening a new office in Hong Kong. Since March, Beacon’s headcount has increased from 35 to 75, while... plus