Linking Casablanca and Istanbul 
Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), the smaller international airport in the Asian part of Istanbul, which, after the inauguration of the new Istanbul International Airport this spring, is promoting itself as the “city airport” of the Turkish metropolis, has added two new links to Casablanca,... more
International Maritime Rescue Federation renews board
The members of the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) have elected their new board of trustees. The new trustees, who will serve a four year term, then held an initial meeting to elect a new chair. The trustees are: Dean Lawrence (chair) (Coastguard New... more
US haulier deploys Globe Tracker's IoT devices
Southwest Dedicated Transport, a motor carrier from Oklahoma (USA), has selected Globe Tracker, a provider in IoT tracking and monitoring solutions for logistics assets, to outfit its refrigerated trailer fleet with IoT devices that track and monitor cargo conditions. The GT... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Lake Baikal is the largest lake in the world and contains over 20% of the world's unfrozen drinkable water. more
More rail transports for building and recycling industries
Switzerland’s railfreight company SBB Cargo and Sersa, a specialist in the construction and maintenance of rail infrastructure, have decided to intensify their cooperation in future. The aim is to shift more cargo transports for the building and recycling industries onto the... more
50,000 trackers at sea
There is a plethora of discussions concerning the technical details of container trackers in the maritime shipping industry. CMA CGM is now going the whole hog and deploying Traxens trackers on all of its 50,000 containers; Maersk and MSC are also in action. more
Stainless tank cars improve molasses transport
In Russia, the United Wagon Company (UWC) has shipped 26 tank cars for the transportation of molasses and vegetable oils to GATX Rail Vostok. The tank car is a new addition to UWC's product line and the only model on the 1,520-mm gauge market for freight of this type with a... more
More dividends for HHLA's shareholders
The Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA, Germany) will raise the dividend per listed class A share to EUR 0.80. This figure is 19.4 % higher than in the previous year. EUR 56 million will thus be distributed to the shareholders of the port logistics subgroup for the financial... more
Five new B777F on three new routes
Qatar Airways Cargo has announced a significant new order for five Boeing 777 freighters. Qatar Airways Group chief executive, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker (left, together with Kevin McAllister, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes), also revealed three new... more
Improving access to truck-to-rail transload in Illinois
The city of Peru in Illinois (USA) and Omnitrax will receive a USD 6,081 million grant for extensive track work on the transport company-managed Illinois Railway (IR). It will improve crossing surfaces and install 40 km of 50 kg rail, 20,000 ties and seven switch sets, and... more