Gateway Basel Nord slows down 
The multimodal terminal project Gateway Basel Nord in Basel (Switzerland) is facing another hurdle, which is likely to cause delays. With its decision of 21 January 2020, Switzerland’s federal supreme court approved an appeal made by Swissterminal, a local private terminal... more
First trains run along new motorway
CLIP and CFL multimodal have launched a new intermodal connection between Bettembourg-Dudelange in Luxembourg and Poznan-Swarzędz in Poland. After the recent maiden voyage, the new train runs four roundtrips per week and transports containers, craneable as well as... more
ONE sticks to its course in Q3 of its FY
The Japanese alliance of the three big container lines, Ocean Network Express (ONE), remained in the black in its Q3/2019 as well. ONE's financial year starts in April and lasts till the end of March. The lines finished the quarter with a moderate profit of USD 5 million. In... more
Full steam ahead for On-Dock Rail in Melbourne
The Victorian government in Australia has approved AUD 125 million (EUR 75.5 million) to build a new rail infrastructure at the port of Melbourne. The port’s rail solution will be developed over the next three years. The project includes the construction of a new on-dock... more
Changes in Finnlines’ management
Finnlines has named Mervi Pyökäri head of legal, insurance and claims department and member of the management board of the Finnlines group. Mrs Pyökari joined the company on 3 February 2020. She takes over the responsibility for all legal matters from Tapani Voionmaa,... more
Four airlines launch trans-Atlantic cargo JV
Air France-KLM Cargo, Delta Air Lines Cargo and Virgin Atlantic Cargo are launching their expanded trans-Atlantic joint venture. The new partnership, which now incorporates the British carrier, represents 23% of total trans-Atlantic cargo capacity (+600,000 t annually) and... more
U-Freight sets up e-commerce hub in South Korea
U-Freight Korea has opened a new logistics hub in Incheon to support its growing e-commerce business. The e-commerce fulfilment centre (EFC) will process domestic and cross-border e-commerce shipments for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) fulfilment.... more
Baltic Exchange under pressure
As Reuters reported in a recent analysis, the Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index is currently strongly affected by weaker demand across vessel segments. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels ferrying dry bulk commodities, fell last... more
Telemetry increases road safety for CN’s trucks
CNTL, the road transportation subsidiary of Canadian National Railways (CN), has selected ISAAC’s instruments’ telemetry solution to optimise CN’s road safety efforts on its fleet of more than 1,000 trucks. With the delivery and installation of the devices in all trucks in... more
Orbis Europe appoints new senior commercial director
Orbis, a manufacturer of reusable packaging solutions and an expert in supply chain optimisation, has hired Jürgen Krahé as senior commercial director for Orbis Europe. In his new role, Krahé is responsible for leading the commercial team of the company’s reusable packaging... more