Another victim of the pandemic 
After 40 years of service in the air and more than 20 years as museum plane at Hamburg airport, the B707-430 Lufthansa D-ABOD is now nearing the end of its life. Economic difficulties caused by the corona crisis force the airport, which "celebrated" its 110th... more
Fund supports US rail environmental project
Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE), an affiliate of Omnitrax, was awarded a USD 1.8 million grant by the California Transportation Commission to the US short line railroad’s environmental and safety project. The project will modernise infrastructure on the STE to... more
Strategic partnership at Milan MXP
Beta Trans and Airport Handling have become strategic partners to provide a full range of cargo services at Milan Malpensa (MXP). The joint offering includes high quality and safe ramp and cargo handling, warehousing and RFS. The tow companies’ recent investments include a... more
Greiwing enlarges footprint in Hamburg
Werner Bruhns Lagereigesellschaft mbH joined the Greiwing logistics group on 1 January 2021. With this acquisition, the logistics services provider with headquarters in Greven in North Rhine-Westphalia strengthens its presence in northern Germany and expands its portfolio for... more
Special trains during pandemic
In spite of Covid challenges, Indian Railways is now running as many as 1,138 mail/express trains per day in different zones of its network. This number amounts to 65% of the trains in pre-Covid times. All important destinations across the country are connected by these... more
Port Nola gains VP and CCO
On 1 February 2021, the port of New Orleans (Port Nola) announced the appointment of Todd Rives to the executive team as vice-president and chief commercial officer. He succeeded Bobby Landry, who is retiring in July, after 31 years with the port; he was in charge of Port... more
Carrier reliability hits rock bottom
The Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider Sea-Intelligence has published the figures on carrier schedule reliability in December last year. In its latest issue of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, CEO Alan Murphy spoke of a "record-low 44.6 pc in December... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The US Army has developed a sandwich that stays fresh for up to three years. more
Hupac expects strong demand for P4 transport
In 2020, Swiss intermodal operator Hupac transported 1,014,686 road consignments or 1,913,000 teu, representing a slight decrease of 0.9% compared to 2019. The main influencing factors were the slump in maritime traffic from overseas and the economic lockdown in Europe as a... more
New Silk Road comes to Valenciennes
For the first time, Contargo unloaded containers at the terminal in Valenciennes (France, region Hauts-de-France) that had arrived in Duisburg (Germany) two days previously by rail from China. The containers were then transported to France on a barge operated by Contargo.... more