2,000 mineral hopper cars ordered 
In Russia, Euro Chem and freight car manufacturer UWC have signed a contract for the supply of 2,000 new generation hopper cars for mineral fertilisers. All the relevant agreements are set to be fully implemented by June 2022, with the complete batch of railcars to be dispatched... plus
Wind project finished in Portugal
The Laso Transportes Group has finished all transports for its Alto da Croa wind farm project. After twelve months of work, the contractor Greenalia has completed the construction of the Alto da Croa (Vimianzo), Monte Tourado (Vimianzo) and Croa II (Vimianzo and Dumbría) wind... plus
New technology to load truck trailers
In Sweden, currently only 10% to 20% of all truck trailers can be transported by rail. Green Cargo has now tested a new technology, the Roadraillink r2L loading system, at the combined transport terminal in Folkesta. It works like a basket onto which the trailer is driven... plus
Air cargo between two Olympic host cities
After launching a new freighter service between Beijing (PEK) and Tokyo (NRT) last Friday, 2 July 2021, All Nippon Airways (ANA) is operating the second of this new twice weekly service today. The B767F was selected in response to increasing e-commerce and demand for PC-related... plus
Schedule reliability: no surprises
According to the latest figures published by Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence, big liners’ schedule reliability declined by -0.2 percentage points to 38.8% in May 2021. Compared to the same period last year, schedule reliability was down a drastic -36.0... plus
Enhanced technology for Redwood
Chicago-based 3PL provider Redwood Logistics (Redwood) is currently integrating the recently-launched Rating API with Oracle Fusion Cloud Transportation Management (OTM). The new integration will provide OTM users with immediate rates and full tender acceptance, the company said... plus
Namibian to head Sara
Johny Smith, CEO of Transnamib, Namibia’s national rail services operator, since February 2018, has accepted the nomination to lead the Southern African Railways Association (Sara) as its president for the next twelve months. Sara is an association of railway companies and... plus
Upgrade of Pan Am rail system planned
CSX has submitted an amended and supplemented application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) as part of the previously announced agreement to acquire New England’s Pan Am Railway, the US class I railway said. CSX proposes to invest in upgrading and modernising the Pan... plus
Qatar Airways: more flights to Southern Africa
The capitals of Zambia and Zimbabwe will become the Qatar Airways' fifth and sixth new destination launched in Africa since the start of the pandemic. Starting in exactly one month's time, on 6 August 2021, the new service to Lusaka and onwards to Harare is scheduled to be... plus
Electrolux contracts in France
Electrolux Logistics has contracted XPO Logistics to manage its logistics operations in France. The manufacturer is outsourcing its distribution to its trade customers in this country, after previously managing these channels in-house from its distribution centre in... plus