Real estate developments at Brussels airport 
Brussels airport cargo boss Steven Polmans told us about it earlier this year, now the airport has published an update of its real estate developments. The following new buildings have been delivered this year: Building 832 to WFS in January; VTAC (Valuables Transport and... more
New board for active logistics
The IT services provider active logistics has changed its board. Effective immediately, Thomas Braun, Michael Otto and Hermann Schmidt have taken over the helm at the company that supplies software for the logistics industry. All three new members of the board have been working... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In 1932, the Welsh actress Millicent Lilian Entwistle jumped to her death from atop the "H" of the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. more
Better railway connection for Rijeka
Ten companies have submitted their offers in response to the public tender issued by the infrastructure department of the Croatian railways Hrvatske zeljeznice (HZ) concerning an upgrade of the Krizevci - Koprivnica rail link in the north of the country. 85% of the costs of EUR... more
Solid H1/2019 for Port of Vancouver
In Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has reported its 2019 mid-year cargo statistics for goods moving through the harbour. Between January and June 2019, overall cargo through the port moved sideways (+0.5%) in comparison to the period last year, reaching a... more
Pop-up ports?
Now that a new prime minister has taken office in London it would appear that the UK’s departure from the EU is only still a matter of time. Free ports and free-trade zones have been identified as measures to combat the economic and logistics fallout and promote international... more
Deutsche Bahn to test Russian flat cars
The Tikhvin freight car building plant, a member of the UWC Group, has sent a batch of Sggrs80 articulated flat cars produced for Deutsche Bahn for testing. The cars, which are designed to transport heavyweight containers, were produced under a contract for the supply of 160... more
ZIM also shows an upward trend in H1/2019
The Haifa (Israel)-headquartered ZIM Group has reported improved results for H1/2019. Revenues amounted to more than USD 1.6 million compared to USD 1.56 million in H1/2018, an increase of 4.9%. Cargo volumes dropped by the same percentage, since ZIM carried 1.39 million teu... more
RTB leases three locomotives from Northrail
Northrail, which leases and manages the rolling stock of the Hamburg (Germany)-based Paribus group, is leasing three Siemens Smartron locomotives to RTB Cargo. The railfreight division of the R.A.T.H. holding with branches in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria is... more
New head for Shiprocket's supply chain
Shiprocket, the logistics aggregation platform for online sellers, has taken Indranil Nath on board as senior VP supply chain and operations. Prior to this, Nath held key positions in a number of industry start-ups like Club Factory, Flipkart and Ola Cabs. Saahil Goel, CEO... more