New rail links between Rotterdam and Southern Germany 
Eurogate Intermodal (Egim), a Hamburg-based service provider for international intermodal container transport by road and rail, is adding new rail links to its portfolio. From 1 July 2019, the company will offer three weekly direct connections between the port of Rotterdam... more
Lufthansa Cargo shrinks schedules
Given the weakening global air cargo demand, Lufthansa Cargo is adjusting its schedule to reduce its overall offering for Q2 and Q3/2019. This will allow the company to ensure profitable load factors and continued deployment of its aircraft at optimum levels into the... more
Klog represents Geodis 
Thanks to its close collaboration with the French logistician Klog can deliver goods to other European countries even faster now. It focuses is on various categories, including the Portuguese export hit cork. more
Extra fuel cell for an up to 500 km range
DHL Express and electric vehicle maker Street Scooter are working together to develop a new electric delivery vehicle. The new H2 panel van will become the first 4.25 t electric vehicle with an added fuel cell, which will provide additional power and enable a range up to 500 km.... more
US Navy orders Sikorsky heavylift helicopters
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, will build twelve production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new USD 1.13 billion contract from the US Navy. Under the terms of the contract, known as low rate initial production (LRIP) lot 2 and 3, Sikorsky will begin deliveries of... more
CMA CGM teaching 50,000 containers to talk
The Marseille (France)-based CMA CGM Group has placed an order for 50,000 trackers from the smart container creator Traxens. A shareholder and the first company to invest in Traxens in 2012, CMA CGM participated in the tracking systems’ development and introduced them... more
Mail service providers elect new board member
At the recent annual general meeting of the German mail service providers’ association (Bundesverband Deutscher Postdienstleister/BvDP), Klaus Ehrnsperger was elected to the executive board. He is a senior vice-president of Deutsche Post, and has headed its e-post product... more
Norway: service contract awarded for 100+ trains
The Norwegian transport provider Vy has awarded Stadler Rail a maintenance contract for more than 100 Flirt trains that were built by the Swiss company. The five-car electric multiple units (EMUs) operate mainly in the greater Oslo area. The full service contract, which will... more
Noerpel lays foundation stone for facility near Munich
The Noerpel Group recently laid a foundation stone for its new facility in Odelzhausen, near Munich (Germany). The building is expected to go into service at the end of 2019. The service provider’s managing partner, Stefan Noerpel-Schneider, sees great potential in the... more
Plans to send smart container on two year journey
The port of Rotterdam is sending Container 42 as a data provider round the world. The foundations for the project rely on the port's existing internet of things (IoT) platform. The Dutch port authority will use this cloud-based platform to collect and process data coming in... more