Watch out: overloaded trucks could soon be caught on camera 
Overloaded trucks represent a problem for road traffic. Excess loads increase the risk of traffic accidents and do great damage to roads and bridges. Accurate and reliable measurements of trucks’ axle loads are essential to monitor overloading and take whatever measures are... more
Flying paper from Ancona to Athens
Airnautic Italia, which won the tender launched by Cartiere Fedrigoni to send 84 t of paper bank destined for the Greek central bank, recently chartered a Magma Aviation B747-400F on the route between Ancona and Athens. The load was put onto 28 pallets and loaded on board... more
Starting the new year with new intermodal equipment
The delivery of newly built equipment for the intermodal pioneer Ambrogio Intermodal started at the beginning of January 2020: 45 multimodal chassis that can load several types of units (swap bodies, box containers, reefers); 30 innovative swap bodies for the transportation of... more
Basel-Mulhouse airport can count on express segment
With 48,000 t handled (+2% compared to 2018), express freight, an important area of activity at the binational Basel-Mulhouse airport (Euroairport), grew again in 2019, while cargo business (13,500 t) was down by 14%. The proportion of air freight transported by road feeder... more
Newly-adapted wagon fleet to transport aggregates
DB Cargo UK has made its first delivery of aggregate to the site of a new state-of-the-art asphalt facility under construction by Tarmac, at Washwood Heath, Birmingham. The city centre plant, which will provide essential materials to support the ongoing delivery of... more
MOL Logistics strengthens services in Thailand
MOL Logistics has announced that, from January this year, its subsidiary in Thailand (MLG Thailand) will take full control of the operations of its inland logistics and customs clearance business segment, which was developed by the company’s Thailand branch over many years, in a... more
Takeover in New Orleans
Associated Terminals has acquired the New Orleans Bulk Terminal, still banking on the former owner. Located on the Michoud Slip, just off the Intracoastal Waterway, New Orleans Bulk Terminal is a privately owned 202 sqm facility. The terminal offers multimodal options including... more
New lobbyist for Deutsche Post DHL Group
Volker Ratzmann will assume the position of executive vice president corporate public policy & regulation management at DHL as of 1 May 2020. He will report to Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group. Ratzmann is a qualified lawyer. He has served as secretary of the... more
UK: Green Truck technology boosts cold store’s efficiency
Third party multi-temperature warehousing and logistics network Norish has introduced lithium-ion battery-powered Flexi articulated VNA truck technology at its cold store facility in the West Midlands, UK. The fully integrated Flexi LiTHiON’s lithium-ion power system... more
Bertschi Group posts gains in difficult market environment
Thanks to the expansion of its worldwide activities, the Bertschi Group continued its growth in financial year 2019. In the reporting year, Bertschi saw group revenues rise by 1.3% to CHF 985 million. The workforce grew by 3% to 3100. Adjusted for negative currency effects,... more