Lena Klopfstein named head of LNT 
On 1 October, Lena Klopfstein took the helm at the main office of Logistik Netzwerk Thüringen (LNT), which is now located at Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany). The logistics cluster’s new headquarters at the department for transport system planning headed by Professor Uwe... more
Tier 4 Locomotive to operate in Pennsylvania
US class I railway Norfolk Southern has ordered the first EMD GP34ECO locomotive built for yard and intermediate operations from rolling stock provider Progess Rail. The locomotive is currently undergoing testing to meet the requirements for US environmental protection... more
Milestone for Hamad port
Hamad Port Qatar, which is one of the pillars of the country's supply, recently achieved a major milestone as it handled its sixth million container. The port has also processed 13 million freight tonnes of non-containerised cargo since the start of its operations in December... more
Japanese carrier joins Pharma.Aero
Four years after becoming the first Japanese airline to be Iata CEIV Pharma certified, ANA Cargo is now the first Japanese airline to join Pharma.Aero, a non-profit organisation that works to improve end-to-end air transportation for pharmaceuticals and other critical health... more
Rail-enabled vessels with green finance
It is a new sustainable finance instrument for the shipping industry. In New Zealand, HFW is advising Kiwi Rail on a secured NZD 350 million (USD 244 million) pre- and post-delivery loan facility for its purchase of two newbuilding Interislander rail-enabled ferries. The... more
Harald Jony CEO of cargoe Austria
On 1 October 2021, Harald Jony became sole manager of cargoe, a specialist for added value and large-scale logistics based in Austria. Jony succeeds Jan Grubert and Reiner Holzmann, who are taking on other responsibilities. Since 2003, Jony’s professional career has taken... more
Port Sagunto's rail access progresses
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has contracted Canteras La Ponderosa to transport 16,000 t of ballast for the new construction of the rail access to the port of Sagunto (Valencia, Spain). The contract includes stockpiling at the quarry, loading and delivery to the stockpile... more
Swiss Post's new ID(eas)
As of 1 October 2021, Swiss Post has acquired Swiss Sign Group and around two-thirds of the shares in health care logistics provider Steriplus. Steriplus specialises in health care consumables and the preparation of medical instruments for operations. Steriplus was founded... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Large carbon dioxide bubbles make a drink more aromatic than small bubbles. more
PtL world premiere in northern Germany
In order to reduce air traffic’s carbon footprint, Atmosfair, a non-profit climate protection organisation based in Bonn, has inaugurated the world's first commercial-scale power-to-liquid (PtL) plant in Werlte/Emsland. To produce the fuel, CO2 from a biogas plant is used,... more