Ceva enables mission to honour fallen US veterans
It has always been a dream of Morrill Worcester, founder of the USA-based non-profit organisation Wreaths Across America (WAA), to place a wreath in honour of every US veteran laid to rest around the world. To breathe life into his dream, Ceva Logistics, for the second year... more
Belarus to upgrade its key transport corridors
Belarus will receive a major boost with a EUR 259 million loan programme provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the expansion of its road network. The package includes the upgrade of 12 bridges as well as the modernisation of the M3... more
“Curiosity of the Day”
"The Poseidon Adventure" was the film that was showing in the "Titanic's" cinema the night the passenger liner sank. more
Small port, great strengths
The Moldovan inland port of Giurgiulesti has a rather special feel to it. Our correspondent Josef Müller last visited it for the ITJ in 2014, reporting on 400,000 t of annual throughput. Now the 1 million t mark has been reached. Business in the compound is also growing. more
Russia: Delo Group buys majority share in TransContainer
Russian Railways (RZD) sold 50% + 2 shares in TransContainer in an auction held on 27 November to the Sergey Shishkarev-led Delo Group. The start price was RUB 36.2 billion (USD 566.3 million). The RF government approved a directive to sell the RZD-controlled share in... more
BG Freight Line links Dunkirk, Dublin and Cork
In the short sea shipping sector, BG Freight Line has decided to establish a service to and from the Republic of Ireland. Three vessels with a capacity of 1,000 teu each, furnished with reefer equipment, will call Dunkirk (France), and Dublin and Cork in Ireland on a weekly... more
New heads for airports association ADV
During its annual meeting, the airports association ADV held the regular election of its administrative board for a next three years’ mandate. The ADV statues stipulate that the administrative board is the association’s highest decision-making body. Hans Georg Reichhart,... more
LIS opens subsidiary in Spain
The German software manufacturer LIS will continue its expansion strategy and open a new subsidiary in Spain. Based in O Barco in Galicia, a team of six employees will serve new customers from Spain and Portugal. After launches in the Netherlands, Poland and France, the... more
Japanese and Germans look back on five years of JV
In December 2014, Lufthansa Cargo and ANA Cargo launched their close bilateral air cargo joint venture. The fifth anniversary of the partnership gives both airlines the opportunity to look back on their cooperation. ANA Cargo CEO Toshiaki Toyama: "We are commemorating... more
VIIA focuses on climate-neutral services
The French Ro-La operator VIIA plans to make all its long-haul overland services climate-neutral as from 2020. Just by shifting cargo previously transported by semitrailers onto the railways, CO2 emissions are reduced by 94%, the operator says. Furthermore, the climate... more