8% growth 
More oversized and heavy loads on Russia’s railways and roads. In the first ten months of this year Russian Railways Logistics, a subsidiary of the Russian Railways RŽD, carried out no less than 290 transports of oversized or heavy goods. The vast majority took to the roads, not... more
More rail links to and from Santos 
The French shipping line CMA CGM has enhanced its intermodal services in Brazil by linking the port of Santos with the four major logistics hubs of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás and Mato Grosso. By extending the hinterland connections from the largest port in Latin... more
Rainbow Dynamics targets the Americas
Rainbow Dynamics, a developer and manufacturer of robotic and automated materials handling solutions from the UK, has appointed Keith Gallant as its general manager for the USA and Canada. In this new role he’ll be responsible for identifying growth opportunities and... more
Arvato moving into computer logistics
Earlier this week Arvato announced plans to acquire ATC Computer Transport & Logistics, securing access to the latter’s Irish and European networks. ATC caters to data-centre operators and high-tech forwarders, as well as saas companies, offering high-security transport,... more
Timocom now offers a parking guidance system
The German IT specialist is taking a stake in the start-up Aparkado and is thus driving forward the digitalisation of European road freight transport. With this investment, Timocom customers will now have access to an electronic parking guidance system for trucks via an Aparkado... more
Growth abounds – except in Africa
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has revealed that total demand measured in cargo tonne-kilometres (ctk), rose for the 16th consecutive month of growth, increasing by 8.2% compared to November 2023 levels (+9.5% for international operations). Asia-Pacific... more
Real-time weather data cuts fuel use in UHL fleet
United Heavy Lift (UHL) has partnered with Syroco to deploy its next-generation weather routing platform on eleven vessels in its fleet of 19 heavylift ships. Following a successful pilot phase, the F900 eco-lifter-class vessels, known for their environment-friendly... more
Changing of the guard at Clark Europe
Clark Europe, a forklift truck and equipment manufacturer based in Germany, announced a management change from 1 January. After ten years of service president and CEO Rolf Eiten is now devoting himself to other tasks in the company, having handed over the baton to Stefan... more
Starlux doubles up
Starlux Airlines from Taiwan has placed a firm order with Airbus for five more A350F freighters. This doubles the airline’s initial order from last year for five of the all-new cargo aircraft, as mentioned in our article. The A350F fleet will be operated by Starlux Cargo... more
Operail testing single-person operations
Traditionally, freight trains are operated by two people – a driver and an assistant in the locomotive cab. Operail has now become the first rail freight transport company in Estonia to test single-person operations, deploying its C30-M series locomotive, which it built... more