Track to “Titanium Valley” under construction 
Russian Railways (RZD) has started the construction of railway infrastructure to support the “Titanium Valley” special economic zone in Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Russian Urals federal district. The building and installation works have been organised simultaneously at two... more
Dachser restructures regional management
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of managing director ASL Europe, Middle East and Africa... more
Air cargo information for freight forwarders
Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments aims to facilitate the transport of vaccines, by... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
From January to November 2020, German imports of carnival and entertainment goods fell by 23.2% compared to the same period in 2019. Most of these products (72.5%) came from China. more
Border checks: IRU fears severe damage
In response to Germany's new entry regulations, the Austrian federal state of Tyrol began to control and throttle road haulage traffic already on the Brenner Pass on Sunday, 14 February 2021. This measure is intended to avoid a gridlock in the Inn valley. Because of the... more
Bolstering Saudi Arabia's logistics
Saudi Logistics Company SAL, the logistic arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with King Abdullah Economic City, 100 km North of Jeddah, to provide support to both logistics sectors in the Kingdom and KAEC. The partnership focuses on... more
Mordhorst switches within Marcura
The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions for the global maritime industry, reports that Hans-Christian Mordhorst has been appointed as the group’s chief commercial officer and non-executive chairman of its flagship company,... more
Debut heavy-duty trip a success
A 4-axle heavy-duty semitrailer tractor from the new MAN truck generation was recently used for the first time in a heavy-duty convoy made up of three units. The convoy’s job was to transport a tube-welding line in Germany from Lebach in Saarland to the Saarlouis port to be... more
Duisport scores in key segment
The major European inland port and hub duisport witnessed segmental growth in a difficult year 2020. Container handling went up by 5% 4.2 million teu (4 million teu in 2019), a new record mark. With a share of around 55%, container handling is the first goods segment in... more
A stronger Royal Mail
In the first three quarters of its fiscal year, the British Royal Mail Group achieved revenues of GBP 9.3 billion (EUR 10.7 billion), a significant rise of 13.5% compared to 2019. Amongst others, the group has delivered around one billion items of PPE so far. Its... more