DHL brings the Rugby World Cup 2019 to Japan 
DHL Express has already accomplished the first mission as the official logistics partner for the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. DHL has fulfilled the delivery of all necessities for the 20 participating teams, such as team equipment and training and technical gear. By the end of... more
Clark expands its sales activities in Spain
Johannes Menzel has now assumed his new role as regional sales manager for Spain at Clark Europe. In this position he is also responsible for the supervision and expansion of Clark’s forklift and spare parts activities in Spain. In his 14 years at Clark Europe, where he has... more
Swiss Worldcargo highlights "success stories"
Swiss Worldcargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines, has launched a new marketing campaign. Each advertisement, continuing the previously launched "Success Stories", provides insight into the company’s shipment of care-intensive assets. The... more
Additional equipment for Le Havre and Marseille
Announced at the beginning of 2019, the first new generation of hybrid straddle carriers have arrived at the terminals of the Port Synergy Group in France. It was in Marseille that the group received the first delivery of its first ten new hybrid straddle carriers at its Fos... more
Investing in GPS receivers for precision positioning
Wabtec is implementing Septentrio GPS receivers in its latest GoLINC platform as part of its PTC solution for freight railroads in the United States. Septentrio receivers are also being installed as position reference modules along 50,000 km of track. They will provide GNSS... more
Greenhouse in the desert
Dava corporation is forecast to grow in the agricultural business since it has entered into a contract for a large-scale turn-key greenhouse project with the company Debets Schalke. Faisal Al Batal of Dava corporation and Wim van Weele of Debets Schalke confirmed the cooperation... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In his mid-twenties Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates when sailing the Aegean Sea. After he was released for a ransom he had his kidnappers nailed to the cross. more
Macron names Jean-Pierre Farandou as new head of SNCF
The French state-owned railways SNCF will have a new boss. According to various reports in the media, President Emmanuel Macron has chosen Jean-Pierre Farandou as the new director of SNCF. The Elysée confirmed this information to the newspaper Le Monde and added this... more
New intermodal service into Swedish industrial heartland
Samskip has launched a new four times weekly rail shuttle link between Duisburg, Germany and Falköping, Sweden, focusing on unitised services connecting Sweden’s southern industrial heartland and the rest of Europe. Under the terms of a new haulage agreement with Hector... more
Canberra airport shares freight opportunities
The preliminary draft 2020 master plan, which is available for public comment from today, 19 September 2019, presents the vision for Canberra airport (Australia) for the next 20 years. It outlines the opportunity for launching an overnight express freight hub in response to... more