Pacific seafood shipments shifted to rail 
Far Eastern Railways has been using the Freight Express service to deliver Pacific seafood since May 2020. The frozen fish is delivered to China from Russia’s Vladivostok, Ussuriisk and Uglovaya. Container shipments of seafood exported through the railway checkpoint on the... more
DFI builds on plot of former power plant
DF Industrial Partners (DFI) has acquired a 110'000 sqm plot on the premises of RWE Power's former power plant in Mülheim-Kärlich (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). Located close to the motorway, the property has excellent connections to the transport network. Most of the area... more
Logistics association elects new board
VdWT (Verein der Wirtschaftsingenieure für Transportwesen, association of industrial engineers for transport) was originally founded as an alumni association of the transport degree course of the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. The association has developed into a... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
When Eastern Germany's head of state Erich Honecker said goodbye to Western Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt after a state visit in 1981, a photographer demanded "more action". Then Honecker handed Schmidt a sweet through the train window. more
Windy summer season around the Baltic Sea
During the 2020 summer season, Chipolbrok vessels showed an increased presence in Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea due to the predominance of wind energy projects in the region. Especially in Poland various wind farm projects are under development and must be supplied with... more
Swissterminal targets Comco
Swissterminal AG, a logistics provider from Frenkendorf near Basel, is bringing a formal complaint before the Swiss Federal Administrative Court, concerning the planned trimodal terminal Gateway Basel Nord (GBN). In particular, Swissterminal accuses the Swiss Competition... more
A stopover on the new Silk Road
Intermodal links represent an effective measure to counter the fragility of the supply chain that has been observed again of late. Duisport is taking this path and fortifying its portfolio by buying the Trieste Interporto. more
An important step
The Atlantic Forwarding Group has managed the first transported by rail directly to Switzerland from Asia. It celebrated it with a reception that allowed representatives to not only discuss the advance digitally, but also with business partners on site. more
Direct rail link between Germany and the Netherlands
Samskip and Nunner Logistics are introducing direct rail services between Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Duisburg (Germany), in a new and far-reaching commitment to shippers using rail, road and waterborne transport services out of two of North Europe’s main container ports.... more
Kodrona instead of Corona
The German university city of Siegen and Deutsche Telekom want to make it possible to operate drone flights outside the pilot's visual range in the future. To this end, they have entered into a partnership to provide the necessary mobile communications infrastructure.... more