Woodland Group's new Dewsbury facility 
Woodland Group has acquired a 3,326 sqm warehousing and distribution facility in Dewsbury, UK, complementing the group’s existing 31,165 sqm warehouse portfolio in Yorkshire. Woodland’s growing UK road fleet and services out of the North of England include customs... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Tomorrow will be the 50th anniversary of the first use of the Safety Car, which appears on the track at motor races in the event of irregularities. It had its premiere at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Canada on 23 September 1973. more
Porky Pig’s relatives not allowed to enter USA
From 20 – 28 August 2023, agriculture specialists stopped 13 shipments from the same corporation in Hong Kong that were heading to the same company in Bellerose, New York. Each shipment contained pork items, some contained pork and poultry items, and one contained pork and other... more
From barge to dredger: Damen's “Sayonara”
Concordia Damen has successfully converted a Dutch barge into a Nigerian trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) named “Sayonara”, which is now operational in the Lagos lagoon. This conversion project, initiated through Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, offers numerous benefits,... more
Hermes hires industry veteran as sales director
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has appointed Stuart Piper as global sales director to spearhead the launch of new developments in the Hermes Ecosystem of cargo management solutions. Piper brings 27 years of software & solutions experience to HLT, having previously... more
A regular container train from Moscow to Siberia
Transcontainer has launched a regular domestic service for container deliveries from the Moscow region to Omsk in Siberia. Transit time is three days. The company is expecting to operate three trains a month to start with. The service is focused on the shipment of food products... more
Three years in Pall-Ex Group
Northampton-based pallet network, Fortec Distribution, is celebrating its three-year milestone as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pall-Ex Group. Fortec has benefitted from the support of Pall-Ex Group, which has allowed it to retain the agility of a smaller network while... more
New gateway to the Gulf
Russia is stepping up its ongoing efforts to gain access to the Iranian railway network – not only on the western shores of the Caspian Sea (see also page 38 of ITJ 23-26 / 2023). Iran is willing to improve the transit of Russian goods through the eastern branches of its railway... more
Finland: e-loco to pull over 2,000 t trains
Siemens recently delivered a Vectron electric locomotive to Fenniarail in Finland. It is the first e-locomotive to be acquired by a private railway company in this country. The locomotive has been designed for Finnish conditions and is particularly suitable as a freight... more
Cargo-Partner: control tower solutions in Ireland
Cargo-Partner's Dublin office offers not only physical connections to all major airports, ports and logistics hubs. Acting as a neutral control tower and working from a multi-carrier perspective, the logistics services provider is also getting closer to its Irish customers,... more