Mieloo & Alexander hires sales manager for German branch 
Mieloo & Alexander Business Integrators is a Dutch IT and consulting company from the logistics sector. The fast growing company founded its own subsidiary in Germany in order to respond to increasing demand in the German market. With immediate effect, Eiko Gramlich will... more
Emons invests EUR 13.5 million in new logistics facility
Emons has made the first cut of the spade for its new freight forwarding hub in Kenzingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany). On a 30,000 sqm plot the company is setting up an area of roughly 3,000 sqm for handling general cargo. With 42 gates, the state-of-the-art facility will... more
German railways call for measures to combat climate change
With EUR 5.2 billion, Germany’s railway industry generated a high turnover in H1/2019, which is however 3.7% below the result achieved in H1/2018, the German railway industry association (VDB) said. It added that its members were feeling the effects of international... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Despite its teeming millions, China has only 1,000 regularly used surnames from a total of about 4,000. more
The five biggest winners
The Airports Council International (ACI) confirmed the provisional freight figures for 2018 recently (see page 20 of our Aviation Special in ITJ 21-22 / 2019). The growth registered by five major airports is revealing. more
Stadler wins first large contract in the Pacific region
Switzerland-based rail manufacturer Stadler has won a tender for the supply of 34 diesel-electric locomotives to Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) in Taiwan. Just over three weeks ago Stadler announced the establishment of a joint venture with PT Inka in Indonesia. The... more
Piraeus to handle 10 million teu?
The Greek committee of planning and development of ports (ESAL) has approved the Port of Piraeus Authority's (PPA) master plan of investments amounting to EUR 612 million (USD 673 million). The Greek shipping minister Yannis Plakiotakis welcomed the decision as the "opening... more
Post Luxembourg develops contract logistics portfolio
Post Luxembourg is adding contract logistics to its portfolio of logistics services. The new logistics facility is located in a former cargo centre. The material flows will be managed by the warehouse management system LFS.wms developed by the Ehrhardt + Partner Group (EPG). The... more
CEO of SBB Cargo to step down
Nicolas Perrin will resign from his position as CEO of SBB Cargo at the company’s annual general meeting in the second quarter of 2020. He has worked for the Swiss federal railways (SBB) for 32 years. During this time, he served as CEO of SBB Cargo for the last 12 years.... more
Longest heavy-load railway sets off
The 1,814 km railway connects Haolebaoji South Railway Station in the Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region with Ji'an Railway Station in Jiangxi province. It will mainly be used for transporting coal from northern to central and southern China. The line's construction... more