Better road and rail links between Greece and Bulgaria 
Greece and Bulgaria have signed several memoranda of cooperation in the fields of transport. The MoUs include the Greece-Bulgaria cross-border rail traffic agreement. The deal will connect the cities of Kavala and Alexandroupoli in Greece with Burgas and Varna in Bulgaria by... more
Dematic automates Israel's national library
Intralogistics specialist Dematic is installing an automatic small parts store in Israel's new national library in Jerusalem. The Dematic solution ensures that the "source of knowledge" will not dry up in the future. The new store will supply users of the library with... more
Austrian Ennshafen looks back on a successful 2019
The Austrian Ennshafen on the Danube transhipped a total of 72,000 t on the river in 2019. This result is about 20% higher than the average water/land transhipment volumes over the last ten years, which, among other things, is due to the good water levels. The Ennshafen’s... more
Zero orders in first month
In January 2020, the American aircraft manufacturer received no fixed orders for the entire month, the first time this has occurred since 1962. During this period, only 18 aircraft were delivered: six B787 (Etihad Airways, Japan Airlines, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines... more
Changes in the board of directors
Thomas Staehelin, whose mandate as a member of the board of directors at Kuehne + Nagel ends with the AGM on 5 May 2020 after 42 years of service, will no longer stand for re-election. At the same time, Dominik Bürgy will be proposed for election to the company's board of... more
18 LNG trucks to transport helium in 2021
The Russian energy company Gazprom plans to purchase gas-powered vehicles to transport liquid helium. Freight trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be used for this purpose. Batch production of these trucks will be carried out at the facilities of Kamaz, a truck and... more
Last-mile facility for Amazon
Panattoni is developing another property for Amazon Logistics, the division that handles Amazon's last mile deliveries. In Magdeburg (Saxony Anhalt, Germany), Panattoni will set up a 6,666 sqm logistics area and 1,025 sqm of office and social spaces on a 60,000 sqm site.... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
A cinema in Vienna shows so-called knitting movies. The lights are left on so that the people in the audience can knit while watching the movie. more
Fresh connections
That was a good harvest! Latam Cargo transported 6,600 t of cut flowers from Colombia and 6,000 t from Ecuador in the first weeks of this year. The host of Intermodal South America even has a new facility for fish, fruit and vegetables in the trade fair’s hub. more
Essa Al-Saleh steps down as CEO of Agility GIL
Agility has announced that Essa Al-Saleh, the CEO of its global integrated logistics (GIL) business, will be stepping down after thirteen years in the role and twenty-two years with the company. He will be succeeded by industry veteran Chris Price, who will become GIL CEO on 1... more