Green laurels for Duluth 
The inland port on Lake Superior, the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and its terminal operations on Rice’s Point, improved their ranking in the recently released Green Marine 2020 environmental performance report. Their rating advanced from a 3.8 in 2019 to a 4.0 score in 2020 on... more
Newly leased wagons to transport LPG
Orlen Unipetrol Doprava has leased 81 brand new LPG Safety ++ tank cars from wagon owner Ermewa. The last tranche of the delivery recently arrived at the Czech petrochemical company in Litvinov and is now in use for LPG transport in eastern Europe. The new LPG Safety++,... more
Making up for last year 
Q2 / 2021 was seriously spoilt by measures to counter the outbreak of Covid-19. H1 as a whole was better, however. The upsurge is expected to continue to the end of the year for Duisport. more
Rio de Janeiro by blocktrain
ICTSI has followed up its takeover of a terminal near the city of Barra Mansa by establishing a rail subsidiary of its own to handle railfreight options. more
In the green corridor
A production centre / refuelling station has been set up for the new generation of LNG lorries in Sadobre (Italy). more
Cargo trumps passenger links
The long pandemic year has shown how vital airfreight is for aviation. Nevertheless, it often ekes out a wallflower existence with airlines or at airports. Not so in Brescia. The northern Italian location is now re-dedicating large parts of its passenger terminal. The new... more
“Improve our operational efficiency”
Stormy demand and the turbulences churning up the logistics markets have also had an impact on freight forwarders. Jenny Vargas-Lamprecht, CEO of Lamprecht Pharma Logistics, teamed up with managing director Gian Carlo Alessi to tell Christian Doepgen in an interview conducted in... more
Triple whammy in France
Half a year after the official decision the ball is now in the Swiss court. The firm Alsaceterminal, a subsidiary of Swissterminal, can commence activities in the inland ports of Ottmarsheim, Huningue and ÎIe Napoléon. Le Havre and Marseille are on board too. more
Bidder in the shadows
The question is, when will the big deal be signed? We’re talking about the sale of Gefco, a logistics corporation with specialised automotive expertise. The price tag has been said to amount to EUR 2.2 billion. more
East Africa as a model
The clocks don’t necessarily tick at the same pace all across Africa, as Folashade Akanni-Shelle, the managing director of Bolloré Transport & Logistics in Nigeria, also pointed out. She believes that some East African countries can be role models for her own country’s national... more