Switzerland: private rail company buys freight locomotives 
The Swiss railfreight company BLS Cargo is purchasing 25 new multi-system locomotives that are equipped for rail networks from Belgium or the Netherlands to Italy. The new traction units will modernise and extend the fleet, the company says. The engines are Vectron... more
El Al lands on digital cargo booking platform
EL AL Israel Airlines Cargo has added its capacities to the digital air cargo booking platform Cargo One. After a customised integration of 12 weeks, the first EL AL Cargo digital booking was made via the multi-airline platform by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics from Frankfurt... more
330 more new trucks for Maritime
Maritime Transport in the UK has ordered 330 new generation trucks from Scania; 260 vehicles to be added to its fleet by the end of the year, with the remaining to enter service in 2020. Maritime’s latest fleet expansion will extend its customer-offering and capability to... more
Trade conflicts have an impact on Rotterdam's Q3
Combined with the 112.4 million t of freight handled during the third quarter of 2019, the port of Rotterdam saw a total of 353.5 million t being transhipped in the year 2019 up to the end of the third quarter. Compared with the previous year, this represents a modest 1%... more
Succession secured at Harder logistics
The family-run specialised business Harder logistics, which focuses on business relocations and bespoke logistics projects, has taken another step to pave the way for the future. Johannes Danieli will assume the position of junior project manager and strengthen the management... more
Goldbeck builds multi-user warehouses for Nosta Logistics
After a construction period of five months, Goldbeck Nord has handed over two multi-user warehouses to the owner and customer Nosta Logistics in Ladbergen (Germany). This is already the third major project that Goldbeck has implemented for the logistics services provider. It was... more
New services between Great Britain and Portugal
The Netherlands-based shipping group with roots in Iceland, Samskip, is launching a new direct weekly service connecting Portugal and the UK. The company intends to sustain its links between Tilbury (UK), Lisbon and Leixões in Portugal and its hub port Rotterdam, using its own... more
New head for Ceva's global healthcare business development
As part of its continuing focus on the expansion of its healthcare business, Ceva Logistics has appointed Niels van Namen global head of healthcare business development. He will report to Ceva's CCO, Laurent Binetti. With more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare and over... more
Envirotainer upgrades pharma ULD network
Envirotainer, a global provider of secure cold chain solutions for the air transport of pharmaceuticals, has upgraded its network of stations supporting its state-of-the-art e-technology container, the "RAP e2", by adding Liege (LGG, Belgium) and Hyderabad (HYD). The... more
Wolfurt on the way to becoming a paperless terminal
In its first year of operation, the new ÖBB intermodal terminal in Wolfurt, Austria, loaded more than 70,800 containers on or off trains, 14,238 of which were containers coming from or going to Hamburg (Germany). This means that per month, 2,700 fewer trucks were travelling on... more