Commemorative locomotive unveiled 
CSX’s “Spirit of our Law Enforcement” commemorative locomotive was unveiled at the company’s Huntington (WV, USA) locomotive shop. CSXT 3194 is being renamed to honour the nation’s police officers who dedicate their lives to serve and protect communities across the network.... more
No aviation without air freight
The debate on climate change has brought the aviation industry into public focus. For this reason, politicians, economists and scientists gathered at Germany’s first national aviation conference at Leipzig-Halle airport last week to sign a statement regarding the future of the... more
IM Properties and Jaguar Land Rover plan logistics hub
IM Properties is working with Jaguar Land Rover to create a new global aftermarket parts distribution centre for the automotive company. The proposed new 273,000 sqm campus in the Midlands between Birmingham and Leicester (UK) would supply around 80 markets worldwide and meet... more
Rhine traffic rises at the Port de Strasbourg
The Port of Strasbourg (France) has reported good figures in river traffic on the Rhine from January to June 2019. Throughput grew by more than 6% and amounted to 3.8 million t, a slight increase of +1% compared to 2017, which was a very good year in terms of river traffic.... more
New general director for Air Bridge Cargo
Volga-Dnepr Group, which consists of three air cargo carriers – Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC), Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA) and Atran airlines (Atran) - has summed up its H1/2019 results. All three carriers showed a 6% cargo volume decline to 2.58 million ftk, which is 20% below... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Randy Fowler, the brother of actor Kevin Spacey, earns his living as a double of Rod Stewart. more
Amazon adds Cargojet to its global network
Only a few weeks after handling record volumes in support of Amazon’s Prime Week (see ITJ 31-35/2019, p. 13), the Canadian all-cargo airline Cargojet has entered into a new strategic agreement with Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings, an affiliate of Amazon.com.ca. The new... more
First electric heavy-duty trucks delivered in the USA
Daimler Trucks is further expanding its field tests for medium and heavy-duty e-trucks in North America: Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries have acquired the first heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia trucks (class 8) with a range of up to 400 km. Since the end of 2018,... more
Speedy construction progress
About 120 days after the first turning of the sod, construction work on the new logistics halls for Nosta Logistics in Ladbergen, between Münster and Osnabrück (Germany), is proceeding according to plan. The commercial real estate will be finished even before the contractually... more
Pharmaceutical logistics trends
What are the issues facing pharmaceutical logistics? Pelican Biothermal, a company that specialises in temperature-controlled pharmaceutical packaging, recently surveyed biopharmaceutical industry players on challenges, trends and technologies. more