Biofuels play key role for climate protection 

New data surveys show that diesel engines and equipment using advanced biofuels, including biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel, have delivered more greenhouse gas reduction benefits than vehicle electrification and even ethanol, said the NPO diesel technology forum in the USA.... more
Special function for Hill Dickinson's legal director 

Edward Liu, legal director with Hill Dickinson Hong Kong, has been appointed member of the region’s advisory committee on promotion of arbitration. The appointment was made by Teresa Cheng, secretary for justice at the department of justice of Hong Kong Special Administrative... more
Fostering trimodal solutions at duisport 

Duisport has developed a trimodal container terminal as part of the new logistics concept for the logport VI location, including the basic conditions for legal approval. The area measures roughly 430,000 sqm and has a 500 m quay wall. The aim of the town of Duisburg and the... more
Circle continues its growth 

The Italian software provider Circle Group recorded a value of production of EUR 6.1 million, +27% compared to EUR 4.8 million on 31 December 2018. This result was possible also thanks to significant synergies connected to the purchase of 100% of the Progetto Adele software... more
United Cargo supports the troops 

United Cargo is increasing the frequency of cargo-only flights between the USA and military bases around the world. Last week the carrier began operating 40+ cargo-only flights weekly, using Boeing 777 and 787 to fly freight and mail to and from US hubs and key international... more
Open cloud-based solution without box 

RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once the software has been configured, the industrial... more
New branch manager for Mosolf Wilhelmshaven 

Today, 1 April 2020, Inke Onnen-Lübben has taken charge of the Mosolf branch in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), where she will manage the group's entire product portfolio. Her tasks will include supervising the building of an automobile handling terminal for ship loading in... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Earth's reserves of fresh and salt water would be enough to fill the Baltic sea 1,750 times. more
From Panasonic to Amazon 

The real estate company Reich Brothers announced that it has entered into a long term lease with Amazon for its 12,000 sqm facility in Salem, Oregon (USA). The facility was originally constructed by Panasonic in 2009 and is located on a 76,893 sqm site. The building features... more
Ro-ro terminal at Stockholm in the making 

The last two of nine ramps for rolling goods have been installed at the Stockholm Norvik Port. Five were delivered to the recently newly rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the reconstructed Port of Kapellskär. The ro-ro terminal is scheduled to open in September and will be... more