UK intermodal operator plans new maintenance facility 
UK-based intermodal operator Freightliner is planning to build a state-of-the-art rolling stock maintenance and fuelling facility at its existing freight yard in Ipswich. After evaluating various sites throughout the UK, Ipswich was chosen due to its strategic positioning close... more
Cargonetwork renews advisory board
Several changes have been made to the Cargonetwork advisory board. Bernd Schäfer, CEO of Streck Transport Germany, replaced advisory board member Stefan Rehmet In spring 2018. The System Alliance CEO, Georg Köhler, stepped down from the said board at the end of 2018, and then... more
Atlas Group of Networks inks pact with Flenzies
Antwerp (Belgium)-based Atlas Group of Networks, encompassing the Atlas Logistic Network, the Atlas Logistics Family Alliance and the Atlas Breakbulk Alliance, has established a multi-year partnership agreement with the Munich start-up Flenzies. The transport industry's... more
Asashi Tanker and MOL pooling resources
The Japanese carrier MOL and Asahi Tanker have signed a contract to establish a pool operation company named Asahi MOL Tankers, and inked an agreement to launch MR-type product tankers that will be assigned to the new pool. MR stands for medium range and refers to product... more
Nallian supports Vienna air cargo community
Vienna airport (VIE) is empowering its cargo community with Nallian’s open data sharing platform and collaborative applications suite. In a first phase, the vehicle database application will be used to control access to the now crowded cargo grounds. The statistics app will... more
Regular container train connecting Yiwu and Moscow
Fesco, a Russian transport group, has launched a weekly container train from Yiwu, a city in China's Zhejiang province, to Moscow, via Mongolia, thus expanding inland services between China and Russia. The first train with imported cargo recently completed the trip in 14... more
Centralised office in Scandinavia
Following office openings in Helsinki and Stockholm over the past four years, the service provider Deugro is continuing to focus on the Scandinavian market. To support this, the company has consolidated its Scandinavian workforce in one regional head office. This centralised... more
Port of Oakland optimistic for 2019
The US port of Oakland says it is optimistic about its growth prospects in 2019. Maritime director John Driscoll acknowledged, however, that it is too soon to know exactly how freight markets will respond. He pointed out that Oakland’s containerised cargo volume reached an... more
Shenzhen - Vancouver without Tianjin stop
Today (28 January 2019), Hainan Airlines, a private Chinese carrier, is launching a non-stop service between Shenzhen and Vancouver, eliminating the Tianjin stopover of the service it inaugurated in May 2018. The twice weekly B787-9 service is the first non-stop route connecting... more
Doubling rail shuttle frequency
Multi Modal Rail is stepping up its train frequencies on the Rotterdam - Weil am Rhein (Germany) corridor. From February, the company’s rail shuttle will run twice a week between Weil am Rhein, near Basel in the /Swiss/French/German border triangle and the Dutch port. Multi... more