Port of Brussels shows resilience 
While waterway transport is under pressure because of the economic slowdown caused by pandemic, overall traffic in the port of Brussels moved sideways in 2020 (+0.3%). The port handled 4.95 million t of cargo for Brussels in 2020 (5.22 million t in 2019) and 1.7 million t in... plus
Le secteur demeure bien vivant 
Parmi les nouvelles contradictoires de 2020 ont figuré entre autres les gels de l’embauche... et de nombreux changements d’emploi. Moritz Blaser, spécialiste du secteur ressources humaines, a expliqué les dessous de ce paradoxe à Christian Doepgen. plus
Swiss hydrogen truck saves 80 t of CO2
Gebrüder Weiss has added a hydrogen truck to its vehicle fleet. Instead of using diesel, the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell model delivered to the Altenrhein branch in Switzerland runs on what is called "green hydrogen", meaning that this commercial vehicle is able to save... plus
ETCS technology for German freight locomotives
ETCS Alstom will equip a total of thirteen electric freight locomotives for DB Cargo with the latest ETCS signalling technology standard (ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2) for trans-European freight traffic between Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This complies with the latest European... plus
Critical cargo from China to Pakistan
International transportation and logistics specialist Dimerco has delivered oversized cargo - three sets of product line equipment, totalling chargeable weight 91,577 kg - for a telecommunications client to Lahore, Pakistan from Guangdong, China within a tight five-day... plus
Another step for eco-friendly transports
Freight forwarder and logistics provider Alfred Schuon in Kecskemét is the first company in Hungary to opt for synthetic diesel to power its vehicles. This innovative high performance fuel is produced by the hydrogenation and isomerisation of vegetable oils. During... plus
Normandy ports look ahead
The good start of the year in the Normandy ports was due to the strong increase in traffic and supply to Ireland via Cherbourg with up to twelve departures per week to the ports of Dublin and Rosslare. While usually, 35,000 trailers do the trip per year, throughput in the... plus
More capital for Prologis
Over the year 2020, the San Francisco-based real estate developer Prologis completed USD 25.0 billion of investment activity on an owned and managed basis. From the ProLogis – AMB merger in 2011 to year-end 2020, Prologis completed investment transactions totalling over USD... plus
Calling for European airfreight solution
Europe's air cargo carriers have proven essential in the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, transporting over 107,000 t of PPE last year - the equivalent of 1,000 fully-loaded B777F. With the transport of Covid-19 vaccines, immediate policy action on a number of air... plus
ESR Amagasaki DC wins award
ESR Cayman, an APAC focused logistics real estate platform, reports that its flagship development ESR Amagasaki Distribution Centre (ESR Amagasaki DC) has won the gold award in the category “best infrastructure, community & civic building” at the MIPIM Asia Awards 2020.... plus