UK forwarder takes delivery of 21 new-generation Actros 
The growing partnership with Mercedes-Benz Trucks ‘came of age’ recently when Fowler Welch in UK took delivery of 21 tractor units from the award-winning Actros range. The latest Mercedes-Benz tractors operate from Fowler Welch’s chilled facility in Teynham, Kent (UK).... more
New faces for Aircargo Club Germany
Achim Martinka, VP Germany at Lufthansa Cargo, and Benjamin Riege, marketing director at Riege Software, have joined the executive committee of Aircargo Club Germany. They were elected unanimously at the club’s annual general meeting. Martinka will serve as vice president... more
Circle helps to upgrade ports in Pakistan
Circle, the Italian developer and provider of automation and digitalisation solutions for port operators and intermodal logistics, will contribute almost EUR 40,000 to the Pakistan trade facilitation project designed by the World Bank. With the support of the World Bank, the... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
An elephant can detect the presence of water at distances of over 20 km. more
Calls for a corridor through France
Swiss railway operators will continue to require subsidies for combined trans-Alpine transport operations, even after the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) has been completed. However, in order to improve the situation of the railways on the European north–south axis in the... more
Alitalia extends GSSA contract to Germany
ATC Aviation, which already acts as Alitalia’s exclusive cargo representative in Canada, Chile, Columbia, Peru and Switzerland, has now also won the Cargo GSA contract for Germany. The announcement, which came into effect 15 January 2020, sees ATC responsible for all cargo sales... more
A new way to operate an intermodal yard
Gaining a foothold in the US market is not always the easiest of things. The Austrian company Kuenz has successfully entered the US RTG market, since Norfolk Southern Railway has ordered six Kuenz Freeriders - 11 wide and 1 over 4. The cranes will be located at the Austell,... more
Drewry has a less optimistic forecast for 2020
According to the London-based maritime consultancy Drewry’s recently published Container Forecaster report, the outlook for the container shipping market in 2020 remains moderate. Drewry is now anticipating that world container port throughput will increase by 3.3% in 2020,... more
New intermodal links for European network
The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has launched two new rail connections: two times a week, a service between Verona (Italy) and Lübeck (Germany) offers a direct, non-stop intermodal connection between Northern Italy and the North German Hanseatic city to provide optimal logistics... more
Less losses at Europe's airports last November
According to European airport trade body ACI Europe, the drop in freight traffic somewhat eased at -0.3% in November 2019, thanks to a +9% increase in freight volumes at non-EU airports. The leading stations were FRA (175,000 t, -5.4%), CDG (157,000 t, -10.3%) and AMS... more