CCCC signs a contract with the port of Trieste 
The port of Trieste (Italy) and the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) will join forces to facilitate the development of infrastructure in central Europe. Zeno D’Agostino, president of the port system authority of the eastern Adriatic, and Song Hailang, the... plus
US class I railroad digitalising further
Kansas City Southern (KCS) is to deploy the Cloud Moyo Crew Management (CCM) solution in the USA. The cloud-based CCM is already in place in Mexico. The solution enables KCS crews in the USA and Mexico to work more effectively and securely across geographical locations,... plus
Bigger slice of freight cake for Swiss railway
The Swiss rail service provider BLS Cargo said it boosted its revenue by 15.8% to CHF 235 million and grew its profit by CHF 1.9 million to a total of CHF 5.4 million in 2018. The company operated 17,051 trains in 2018, a modest decrease vis-à-vis the 17,529 trains in 2017.... plus
Dunkerque-Port forms new executive team
Emmanuelle Verger is to chair the board of trustees of Dunkerque-Port for five years term. The trustee board, meeting in its new configuration under the chairmanship of Michel Lalande, prefect of the Hauts-de-France region, held the election. Verger, who is currently the CFO... plus
Preparing for Brexit
With Brexit looming ever larger, Broekman Logistics, a specialist for complex value added logistic solutions, is opening its new logistics campus in Venlo (Netherlands) ahead of time on 7 May. This will enable the company to create additional storage space at its Maasvlakte,... plus
Aero Africa settles in Shanghai
Operating at over 84 airports in all African countries, Aero Africa, a new air cargo management group dedicated to providing African logistic solutions and neutral value-added services to the global logistics community, has opened an office in Shanghai (China) in order to... plus
Gendron appointed operations director
Gaétan Boivin, president and CEO of the Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA), a Canadian port located between Montreal and Quebec, has announced the appointment of Sylvain Gendron as operations director. A graduate in naval architecture from the Institut Maritime du Quebec... plus
OOIL publishes its results for 2018
OOIL and its subsidiaries report a profit of USD 108.2 million for 2018, compared to USD 137.7 million in 2017. Total throughput amounted to 6.7 million teu last year, compared to the 6.3 million teu handled in 2017. 2018 was a landmark year in the development of OOIL. In... plus
More hinterland traffic between Switzerland and Antwerp
At an event hosted by the Swiss Propeller Club, Antwerp Port Authority stated that Switzerland and the port of Antwerp are moving closer together. The Swiss railfreight operator Schweizerzug has been offering four round trips per week between Frenkendorf, near Basel, and the... plus
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In astronomy, the dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of a satellite or planet, such as the Earth, is called a terminator plus