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
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
Study examines rail link from Addis Ababa to Port Sudan
The African Development Bank has approved a USD 1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for the construction of a standard-gauge railway link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. The two-year, comprehensive feasibility study will assess... plus
Sanitary containers now available at GVZ Bremen
New sanitary containers with showers and toilets for truck drivers are now available in the service park in the GVZ Bremen, Germany. The containers were supplied by the industry initiative #Logistikhilft, and the rents are financed by donations. About 6,000 to 7,000 trucks... plus
Cargo sous terrain wins big shareholders
Cargo sous terrain (CST) has continued its work on the Swiss project for underground goods transport uninterrupted by the corona crisis. Currently, the main focus is on agreeing and fine-tuning spatial development plans and defining the privately financed basic logistics... plus
Signing receipts from a distance
DB Schenker has developed an innovative no-touch signature capture feature for safe documentation of deliveries while everyone involved maintains the required coronavirus distance. The logistics service provider is now using this technology in several European Countries such... plus
Chinese masks for Berlin's hospitals
Hellmann has developed a flexible logistics concept using various modes of transport to guarantee continuous and reliable deliveries of medical products and equipment, thus making an important contribution to supplying hospitals in Berlin during the corona pandemic. In a... plus
New China train en route to the Netherlands
A freight train left Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Saturday 6 June 2020), heading for Tilburg in the Netherlands for the first time, according to the Chinese state council information office. The train, carrying 82 teu of cargo, will travel around 15 days... plus
South Korea – St. Petersburg bimodal in 16 days
Maersk’s Asia-Northern Europe ocean-rail service, previously offered on a monthly basis in west-bound direction only, will now be providing fortnightly connections in both directions, from Asia to Europe and from Europe to Asia. This is expected to help many customers who are... plus