Tailored maintenance service for Lineas 
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a comprehensive ten-year Kalmar care service agreement with Lineas Intermodal. The agreement covers the two Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers delivered to the customer’s main hub terminal in Antwerp (Belgium) in Q1/2020. In private hands,... plus
Commissioner for Port of Trieste
The port of Trieste has been placed under temporary commissioner management after a decision by Anac, the Italian authority responsible, inter alia, for checking the validity of appointments of high public officers. According to Anac, Zeno D’Agostino cannot be appointed as... plus
Baltic Sea Bridge to expand
Since the end of March, Mukran Port Terminals has been operating, in cooperation with DBO Bahnoperator, a fixed sea route, flagged "Baltic Sea Bridge", as part of the New Silk Road between Asia and Europe. In the first ten weeks of continued operation, with a... plus
Cashless payment at LNG service stations
UTA, a European provider of fuel and service cards, is expanding its supply network to include Liqvis' LNG (liquefied natural gas) service stations. UTA customers can now refuel their vehicles with LNG at this company's service stations without cash using the UTA full service... plus
Border triangle sees rise in airfreight traffic
According to its director Matthias Suhr (at the table, between the new head of public affairs & communications Stefan Wyer, left, and vice director Frédéric Velter, speaker), Basel-Mulhouse airport is "carefully optimistic" about the gradual resumption of air... plus
Safety awards for WFS
The Airport Authority Hong Kong has awarded three annual safety awards to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for fostering the airport’s safety culture and enhancing safety awareness in the workplace. The WFS team were honoured with presentations of the ‘safety excellence merit... plus
BLG Logistics shows solid performance in 2019
BLG Logistics reported sales of 1.159 billion in FY 2019, 1.5% up from 2018. Earnings before tax amounted to EUR 37.5 million. Automobile was the strongest division in terms of sales, generating EUR 603.7 million in 2019. Sales revenue climbed by 9.1% compared to the... plus
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Dogs are capable of understanding up to 250 words and gestures. The average dog is as intelligent as a two-year-old child. plus
Extending rail connections from Germany to Xi'an
DHL Global Forwarding has launched two new block train connections from Germany to China. Trains departing from the German KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen travel via Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to the destination terminal in Xi'an in the Chinese province... plus
40 million Chinese masks en route to Paris
RZD Logistics, SNCF Forwardis, Cosco group and UTLC are organising the delivery of medical devices from Nanchang in East China to Paris in France. A train consisting of 41 forty-foot containers loaded with 40 million medical masks, gloves, gowns, gel dispensers and other... plus