Overcoming digital hurdles 
The trend towards paperless customs clearance procedures is continuing apace. The service provider Zoll-Fit told the ITJ about the advantages digital processes offer its pilot project in Rheinfelden. more
Intermodal operators demand safeguards 
Hupac supports the requests made by several intermodal players in the open letter of 11 March 2020 addressed to Italian and European institutions. The letter demands to safeguard intermodal transport as a safe and controlled system for the logistics of industrial and basic... more
Look at today’s logistics in Italy from within
In Italy, the bridgehead of the coronavirus or Covid-19 epidemic spreading from Asia to Europe, public precautionary measures reached a peak on 12 March. Nevertheless, the transport of goods is not the object of specific state control and regulation. Andrea Condotta,... more
UPS evaluate Gaussin electric shifters
UPS has begun testing the suitability and durability of Gaussin electric vehicles, which also have autonomous driving capability, to move semi-trailers and containers on the grounds of UPS’s advanced-technology London Hub in UK. During the initial phase of the test, UPS will... more
New 52-foot container carriers added
Short, weight-optimised 52-foot container carriers, known as SGMNS, have just been added to Kombiverkehr's existing fleet of wagons. Thus the fleet now comprises 362 proprietary wagons with a total capacity for more than 500 truck consignments. All 100 of the new carriers... more
Scotland promotes shift from road to rail
The Scottish government has allocated GBP 1.49 million (EUR 1.7 million) to the sustainable building materials group Tarmac in a freight facilities grant. The fund, which is open to companies looking to move freight by the more sustainable modes of rail or water instead of road,... more
US railroad heads for a more sustainable future
Union Pacific (UP) intends to set science-based targets to determine a time-plan and strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. A letter of commitment was submitted to the science based targets initiative (SBTi), which independently assesses corporate emissions... more
China - Thailand in five days
In China, the Qinghai international intermodal train with railway containers carried by Hong-Kong-based SITC successfully sailed from Chongqing railway central station to Thailand within five days. According to the logistics company, this is the first launch of the Qinghai... more
Low-emission trucks to transport textiles
For delivering its goods to a large fashion customer, German fashion logistics company Meyer & Meyer now deploys a 12 t vehicle and two long trucks which the also German-based manufacturer Orten Electric-Trucks has converted to run on electricity. Compared to... more
200,000th Western Star delivered
Daimler Trucks has reached the 200,000 mark in Western Star truck deliveries in the USA. The anniversary vehicle – a Western Star 4700 SB with waste water disposal body – was handed over to customer Joe Johnson Equipment at the plant in Portland (Oregon). Joe Johnson... more