“Curiosity of the Day” 
In the 1930s, Ford offered a barbecue frame to fit over its car engines so you could cook your meat en route to your picnic site. more
Road network for new multimodal platform 
The port of Dunkirk is creating a new multimodal platform named Dunkirk International Logistics South (DLI South). Covering a total area of 125 ha, this new platform for logistics companies and in particular the container industry will provide 400,000 sqm of warehouse space that... more
Expansion work starts at Caen-Ouistreham port
Work has begun on the extension and refurbishment of the outer harbour of Caen-Ouistreham in Normandy (France). The broad development project of the Ports Normands Associés (known as Ports de Normandie since 7 January 2019) is also related to the installation of the wind... more
Coal rich region Xinjiang gets new rail service
China Railway Urumqi Group has established the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway that connects the coal-rich northeast Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwest China with wider areas in the east. The first train, carrying 3,700 t of coal, ran along the 435.6 km track in week... more
Thailand's Nokscoot appoints ECS Group as GSSA
Created in 2014 through a joint venture between Singapore Airline's subsidiary Scoot and the Thai Nok Air company, the "smiling" low-cost airline Nokscoot has appointed the ECS Group as its GSSA to represent its cargo business in total cargo management (TCM). It is... more
More autonomous trucks on trial in Australian mine
Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active... more
Fourth B737-400BCF for Atran Airlines
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within the Volga-Dnepr Group, has marked the start of the new year by taking delivery of a B737-400 BCF, thus enlarging its fleet to four freighters. The additional aircraft will support the carrier’s growing volumes,... more
Krone overshoots EUR 2 billion turnover mark
Despite the somewhat taxing conditions in the agricultural machinery and commercial vehicle sectors, the Krone Group registered bumper sales of EUR 2.1 billion in FY 2017/2018 (1 August 2017 - 31 July 2018). The new record turnover came in well above the EUR 1.9 billion turnover... more
Crew fighting fire on "Yantian Express"
The Hamburg-headquartered carrier Hapag Lloyd has announced that an incident occurred the "Yantian Express". On 3 January, a fire broke out in one container on the deck of the vessel and spread to additional containers. While the crew of eight officers and 15 seafarers... more
Balkan rail upgrade progressing
The modernisation of FYR Macedonia’s railway infrastructure will be able to make more progress. The EU has signed a grant agreement for a further EUR 68.6 million with Macedonian railway. The money will be used to co-finance the construction of 34 km of the rail network from... more