Less CO2, more capacity, reliable transit times 
DB Cargo Full Load Solutions (DB Cargo FLS) expanded its intermodal offering with several new trade lanes in 2023. They also allow companies without their own sidings to transport their goods by rail. New additions last year included the German trade lane between Nuremberg... more
In-house news from the ITJ
MedTriX AG, the publisher of the ITJ, and Christian Doepgen have parted ways. Christian Doepgen, who worked for the publisher from 2002, was editor-in-chief of our journal, founded in 1939, from 2011 onwards. In the multimodal editorial team his reports specialised on the field... more
Changes within the Stef group
Stef, a provider of transport and logistics services dedicated to temperature-controlled food products, as announced several changes within its executive committee and the management of its activities in Spain and Portugal. Christophe Leray has been named Stef group... more
Bilbao Port at Empack
The Port Authority of Bilbao and Uniport Bilbao are participating in the Empack and Logistics & Automation trade fair at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre on 28 and 29 February. They aim to showcase the port's logistics services to over 2,300 professionals from the packaging,... more
50,000,000 shipments cleared in three years
In mid-February, the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary CB Customs Broker exceeded the 50 million mark of customs cleared shipments in just three years. The full-service customs expert is thus making a significant contribution to the expansion of the c-commerce business in Germany and... more
Handing over a Hesse hub
Four Parx, a German logistics real estate developer, has announced a new tenant for its industrial park in Hesse. Located in the heart of the Rhine-Main-region, the site, which comprises three buildings with a total area of 7,100 sqm, will be leased to a public corporation and... more
Up to 15% less fuel
The Singapore-based forwarder SNL Logistics has extended its green fleet and acquired 16 new Scania Super trucks to improve performance and save fuel. Four months after putting the vehicles into service, SNL recorded a 12%-15% decrease in fuel consumption, which is double than... more
The end of a neverending story? 
New deadline in mid-2024 for the opening of the important Linha da Beira Alta railfreight route. Developing railfreight options is a complicated affair in the Iberian Peninsula, not only on account of its different gauges. The rail logistician Medway Iberia, for example, which... more
Metrans augments its Turkey service
HHLA’s intermodal company has been running a regular rail connection between TK Halkali (Turkey) and Dunajska Streda (Slovakia) via Budapest (Hungary) and Indjija (Serbia) since September 2022. From March 2024, Metrans will increase the capacity by adding more departures.... more