Extending rail connections from Germany to Xi'an 
DHL Global Forwarding has launched two new block train connections from Germany to China. Trains departing from the German KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen travel via Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to the destination terminal in Xi'an in the Chinese province... more
40 million Chinese masks en route to Paris
RZD Logistics, SNCF Forwardis, Cosco group and UTLC are organising the delivery of medical devices from Nanchang in East China to Paris in France. A train consisting of 41 forty-foot containers loaded with 40 million medical masks, gloves, gowns, gel dispensers and other... more
Study examines rail link from Addis Ababa to Port Sudan
The African Development Bank has approved a USD 1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for the construction of a standard-gauge railway link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. The two-year, comprehensive feasibility study will assess... more
Sanitary containers now available at GVZ Bremen
New sanitary containers with showers and toilets for truck drivers are now available in the service park in the GVZ Bremen, Germany. The containers were supplied by the industry initiative #Logistikhilft, and the rents are financed by donations. About 6,000 to 7,000 trucks... more
Cargo sous terrain wins big shareholders
Cargo sous terrain (CST) has continued its work on the Swiss project for underground goods transport uninterrupted by the corona crisis. Currently, the main focus is on agreeing and fine-tuning spatial development plans and defining the privately financed basic logistics... more
Signing receipts from a distance
DB Schenker has developed an innovative no-touch signature capture feature for safe documentation of deliveries while everyone involved maintains the required coronavirus distance. The logistics service provider is now using this technology in several European Countries such... more
Chinese masks for Berlin's hospitals
Hellmann has developed a flexible logistics concept using various modes of transport to guarantee continuous and reliable deliveries of medical products and equipment, thus making an important contribution to supplying hospitals in Berlin during the corona pandemic. In a... more
New China train en route to the Netherlands
A freight train left Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Saturday 6 June 2020), heading for Tilburg in the Netherlands for the first time, according to the Chinese state council information office. The train, carrying 82 teu of cargo, will travel around 15 days... more
South Korea – St. Petersburg bimodal in 16 days
Maersk’s Asia-Northern Europe ocean-rail service, previously offered on a monthly basis in west-bound direction only, will now be providing fortnightly connections in both directions, from Asia to Europe and from Europe to Asia. This is expected to help many customers who are... more
Suitable vehicles wanted for container service
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has published a request for tenders among sector parties for the provision of a new transport service that enables container terminal operators at Maasvlakte to exchange containers via the container exchange route (CER). The European tender... more