Cargo-partner uses Spot's time slot management 
The Austrian logistics services provider cargo-partner has being working with the cloud-based chain management platform Spot since 2000. The company uses the steadily increasing number of functions to optimise its cooperation with its customers and partners along the entire... more
Turkish Cargo gains security status
Turkish Cargo is entitled to the Group A “TAPA (transported asset protection association) FSR" certificate created to reduce the loss in the international supply chain and based on the security of facilities. TÜV Rheinland, which provides independent audit services, has... more
Electric trucks for urban traffic
Volvo Trucks has begun to sell its electric trucks Volvo FL and Volvo FE in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. The two electric vehicle models were developed in Gothenburg (Sweden) in close cooperation with selected customers. Serial production is... more
Bremenports extends lobbying activities
The ports of Bremen are intensifying their lobbying activities in the west and south of Germany. The port management company bremenports has signed contracts with Hartwig Weidt and Christoph Kernen to promote Bremen’s interests in these destinations. Other representatives are... more
Ecuador: Contecon wins ISO certification
Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), the Ecuadorian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services. (ICTSI), recently obtained the ISO 14064-3:2006 international certification for carbon neutrality. The verification and audit process was carried out by TÜV Rheinland. As part of... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Lew Wallace, who ordered the shooting of Billy the Kid, wrote the famous novel Ben Hur. more
B+S opens hub in Bremen
Half a year after the ground-breaking ceremony, B+S GmbH Logistik und Dienstleistungen has put its new hub within the cargo handling centre (GVZ) in Bremen (Germany) into operation. The state-of-the-art logistics real estate spans an area of more than 30,000 sqm. By opening... more
Perfecting the details
Istanbul’s new airport was officially inaugurated just over a year ago, on 29 October 2018, to be precise. On 6 April then it replaced ‘old’ Atatürk airport. Both are far from completed, however. A look at further developments. more
Longer trains and new hinterland services for Kiel's port
The structure and technology of the tracks leading to Kiel’s shunting station in Meiersdorf (Germany) have been enhanced by Deutsche Bahn in such a way that freight trains with an effective length of 740 m (535 m before) can now enter and exit the station. The port of Kiel... more
Green light for Seine-Northern Europe canal
The split of cost between the French government and the French regional and local public authorities made the breakthrough of a long-standing project possible. The joint funding of EUR 2.2 billion will be invested in the construction of a 107 km long and 54 m wide canal to link... more