“Curiosity of the Day” 
From 1838 to 1839 Mexico and France fought the so-called pastry war. Hostilities began when Mexican soldiers ransacked a French bakery near Mexico City. more
Daily service between Belgium and Poland 
As from the fourth week of 2020, PCC Intermodal will add new regular services between Poland and Belgium to its European transport network. Antwerp and Genk will have connections to most major business locations in Poland. Currently, the company offers a three times weekly... more
Chinese cargo carrier opens first international route
Tianjin Air Cargo, a subsidiary of HNA Group with a fleet of four B737 freighter aircraft, launched its first international all-cargo route exactly one week ago, on 8 January 2020, as it commenced a once-weekly B737-800F service from the central Chinese city Zhengzhou to... more
A trio for battery hybrid LNG powered PCTC
United European Car Carriers (UECC), which is jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, recently gathered with representatives from Japan Marine Science, MUFG Bank, DNV GL, SDARI, CSSC and CSTC at the Jiangnan Shipyard 2020 in Shanghai (China) to... more
Electric start to 2020
In UK, Menzies Distribution is hailing an electric start to 2020 as it unveils the expansion of its zero-emissions delivery fleet to more than 120 vehicles. The company already has the UK’s largest all electric vehicle fleet as well as the largest commercial charging... more
Transinvest shareholder celebrates 80th birthday
Werner Albert, long-time president of the board and one of the main owners of Transinvest Holding, celebrated his 80th birthday on 4 January 2020. Albert is regarded as one of the major architects of today’s railway services between Europe and China. In the transport and... more
Drugstore chain dm relies on Loxxess
The German health and beauty retail chain dm is expanding and increasing its e-commerce services portfolio with the assistance of its partner, the logistics and fulfilment provider Loxxess. The logistics company operates a multi-user-campus that specialises in... more
Terminal de Flandres starts "cold ironing" operations
At the port of Dunkirk, the “APL Singapura”, a container ship belonging to CMA CGM, was the first vessel to use the cold ironing facilities at the port of Dunkirk’s Terminal des Flandres. Present at the inauguration ceremony were Christine Cabau Woehrel, CMA CGM group... more
Swiss interest group shares know-how
For the first time IG Air Cargo Switzerland offered professional air cargo training in cooperation with Spedlogswiss in Q4/2019, welcoming nine participants mainly from the forwarding business. Building on this initial success, the interest group decided to offer a second... more
Another bridgehead on the north-south axis
SBB Cargo International has founded SBB Cargo Nederland, a wholly-owned subsidiary which will further strengthen the company’s position in the European network. Subsidiaries already exist in Germany and Italy. Service quality will be improved thanks to cross-border... more