12 days from Khorgos to Kosakoy 
Members of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Consortium – ADY Container (Azerbaijan), KTZ Express (Kazakhstan), GR Logistics (Georgia) and Pacific Eurasia Logistics (Turkey) - have set a new record by delivering a freight train from Khorgos (Altinkol train station) on... more
Operational changes at European air cargo hub
Today, 8 July 2020, Frankfurt airport’s northwest runway (07L/25R) will go back into operation to ensure stable flight operations for the upcoming summer holiday season. The runway has not been in use since 23 March and has served as a parking area for wide body aircraft, most... more
Eco laurels for Port of Dunkirk
The French port of Dunkirk has again gained Pers (port environmental review system) certification. The award was set up by the Eco Ports network and is regularly issued by Espo (European sea ports organisation). This environmental management certification, specific to the... more
Prologis chooses senior vice president for Germany
Prologis has appointed Björn Thiemann as senior vice president, country manager Germany. In this position, Thiemann will be responsible for all the company's operational and capital deployment activities in Germany. During the past seven years, Thiemann worked as head of... more
New building in Amiens
BT-Immo is setting up a new logistics facility on an industrial area in the northern part of Amiens (France). On a former Goodyear site, the company is building a logistics property with an 80,000 sqm storage area and 2,000 sqm of office space. The real estate developer has... more
Direct link from Belgium to Turkey via Romania
H.Essers and Rail Cargo Austria have joined forces to launch a new and direct rail link between Romania and Turkey. The cargo rail connection had been in the pipeline for some time, but the roll-out has now been accelerated due to the Covid-19 crisis. H.Essers already... more
100,000 pallets in one week
EV Cargo’s Palletforce in UK has just set new weekly and daily records for network volumes after successfully implementing a range of measures and member support to protect and grow its business amidst the Covid-19 challenges. In the last week in June Palletforce volumes hit... more
CFL multimodal strengthens sales team
Sven Löffler has joined CFL multimodal in Luxembourg as general sales manager, alongside CCO Alain Krecké. With 20 years of experience in the railway and logistics industry in Germany and France, Löffler will be in charge of managing the sales teams – rail, intermodal and... more
More ULCV, more handling troubles
The recently published tenth WPSP-IAPH Covid19 port economic impact barometer gives a first indication of the development of container handling in ports located in countries where lockdown restrictions are being eased. The report is based on the figures of ninety ports... more
Pamyra partners with CTL
Effective immediately, logistics start-up Pamyra has formed a strategic partnership with logistics services provider CTL Cargo Trans Logistik as part of the new business customer segment Pamyra Pro. CTL’s national general cargo network will be a key component of the platform’s... more