Steerprop appoints new CEO 
Steerprop’s board of directors has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as the company’s new CEO. Hägg will assume his new role at the start of January 2020. As former vice president of ship design at Wärtsilä, Hägg brings decades of maritime technology know-how, digital and strategic... more
UIC: Railway safety achieves a record high
Rail transport is the safest mode of overland transport and is improving continuously in terms of safety, as the International Union of Railways (UIC) demonstrates in its latest report on railway accidents. Accidents and numbers of victims were reduced by almost 17% between... more
European transport to cumulate in Verona 
The Interporto Quadrante Europa has great plans in the pipeline. It is set to invest EUR 59 million in its railway infrastructure that will bring new tracks, more trains and a position as one of the continent’s leading terminals. The facility is already very well developed... more
Kiwi Rail: A major step forward linking rail and road
New Zealand’s government has unveiled a master plan for a new freight hub near Palmerston North. The 3 km long intermodal freight hub combines a container terminal, warehousing for road transport operators and bulk goods and forestry loading operations with KiwiRail’s train... more
Bcube implements handling solution from Champ
Bcube, one of Italy's largest and most dynamic air cargo handlers and logistics companies, has implemented "Cargospot Handling". The solution of the global IT logistics provider Champ Cargosystems is a cargo operations and terminal management system which is... more
Salvatore Sciacchitano to be president of the Icao council
The 36-member governing body of the international civil aviation organisation (Icao), the Icao council, has elected Salvatore Sciacchitano of Italy as its president for a three-year term, beginning 1 January 2020. He succeeds Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu of Nigeria, who has held the... more
Yang Ming fosters intra-Asian network
In order to participate more of the economic upswing in Myanmar and the Philippines, the Taiwan-headquartered Yang Ming Marine Transport is launching two new services, SPE service (Singapore-Philippines Express Service) and MYX service (Malaysia-Yangon, Myanmar Express Service).... more
Opening ceremony for locomotive workshop
A new locomotive workshop has been opened on the Massvlakte in the port of Rotterdam. In the high-tech facility all types of locomotives can be services, repaired and certified. Unique to the Netherlands are the test tracks with catenaries capable of handling all the different... more
Americold to acquire Nova Cold Logistics
Americold Realty Trust, a REIT focused on the ownership, operation and development of temperature-controlled warehouses, has announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nova Cold Logistics, based in Canada, for CAD 337 million (USD 254 million)... more
Leipzig/Halle airport sets new monthly record
Last month, a total of 112,587 t of cargo were handled at Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ), the second largest cargo airport in Germany and number five in Europe. This represents a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, marking a new absolute record month in the company’s history. From... more