Tiaca: global air cargo keeps on improving 
Heavily hit at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, the global air cargo industry is continuing its gradual route to recovery to pre-Covid market conditions for a fourth-consecutive month. This is the outcome of two "Economics4Cargo" webinars Tiaca held last... plus
More responsibilities for BLS Cargo's CEO
For several years, Switzerland's second-largest railway company BLS has been receiving more public subsidies than were originally intended. This is substantiated by an investigation report published by the Swiss federal audit office. These findings have consequences for... plus
Zufall and konfid.io launch "Zukonft"
Medium-sized family business Zufall logistics group has partnered with the Berlin-based company konfid.io, software experts for blockchain technology, to found the joint venture “Zukonft”, as part its strategy to position itself for future and long-term competitiveness. A... plus
Niedersachsen Ports with positive surprises
Not all of Lower Saxony's nine sea ports saw a decline in cargo throughput in H1/2020, although total throughput dropped by 11%. All in all, the group of ports handled 24 million t of goods in H1/2020 (27 million t in 2019). Papenburg, Oldenburg and Stade however recorded a... plus
Simacan and Transfollow form partnership
Simacan, the cloud platform for transport and logistics, a Transfollow, an eCMR platform that links up the digital systems of shippers, carriers and customers, plan to deepen their cooperation and connect their logistics platforms for transport execution. Both companies... plus
Madile to head DACH division at Meyer QSL
Stefano Madile has been appointed director key account management DACH at Meyer Quick Service Logistics (QSL). Besides heading the offices in Germany, he will focus on the strategic development of the company's locations in Austria and Switzerland. With Stefano Madile, an... plus
Ceneri tunnel officially opened
Today, Friday 04.09.2020, the Ceneri base tunnel in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland) is officially opened in the presence of federal president and transport minister Simonetta Sommaruga and foreign minister Ignazio Cassis. The Ceneri base tunnel is the third and last piece of... plus
High voltage onboard Volga-Dnepr Airlines
Russia's Volga-Dnepr Airlines demonstrated agility and flexibility while organising a charter flight with high voltage equipment onboard to empower the construction of the 450MW Thuan Nam 12 solar power plant project in Vietnam's south central coast region. One of its... plus
More capacity for services to and from Italy
Kombiverkehr will expand its intermodal services from 7 December 2020. Firstly, the intermodal operator will increase the frequency of the Hanover (Germany) - Verona (Italy) link from five to six weekly departures. And secondly, the trains running between Munich-Riem... plus
Salzburg subsidises modal shift
The federal state of Salzburg in Austria has decided to support companies with active industrial sidings and companies reactivating existing industrial sidings or offering single wagon transport to further the shift of freight to rail. According to the Austrian Rail Cargo... plus