NEE: no tolls for railfreight during the corona crisis 
The network of competing rail transport companies calls upon the German federal government to suspend tolls for railfreight trains during the corona crisis. "For reasons of price, transports are already being shifted back from the railways to the roads," the Netzwerk... more
More Latin American carriers link the world
Colombia-based Avianca Cargo is providing uninterrupted freight transport service now with the support of aircraft and passenger crew, to contribute to the supply of food, medical equipment, toiletries, and medicines. On 26 March, a B787-8 made its first cargo flight between... more
No April Fool: Greek carrier temporarily adjusts PAX cabin
Star Alliance member Aegean and Hellenic Petroleum support the current effort to combat the Covid-19 crisis, by operating cargo flights for the transport of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. By further expanding their cooperation recently launched in Greece, the two... more
App shows waiting times at border crossings
Currently, every day brings new challenges for transport logistics. These include waiting times at the borders that result in delays in shipments. An additional data layer provided by the company Sixfold enables users of the digital map of PTV’s route planning software... more
Nelt supports the fight against Covid-19
All companies in the Nelt group have been implementing intensive internal communications and concrete measures against Covid-19. Nelt has reated a group crisis team, consisting of crucial managers and associates, and come up with a business continuity plan for both logistics and... more
A bigger slice of Hapag-Lloyd
Special circumstances demand special measures. In this case, Kuehne Holding, in contrast to earlier statements, has further increased its share in the Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd through its subsidiary Kuehne Maritime. After having bought its first stake of Hapag-Lloyd... more
Air Canada delays BRU launch but adds cargo-only flights
Air Canada, which had planned to complement its existing daily service between Montreal and Brussels with a six times weekly B787 service from Toronto, as of 1 May 2020, had to drastically reduce its domestic and international network and shelve these plans which are... more
Fostering trimodal solutions at duisport
Duisport has developed a trimodal container terminal as part of the new logistics concept for the logport VI location, including the basic conditions for legal approval. The area measures roughly 430,000 sqm and has a 500 m quay wall. The aim of the town of Duisburg and the... more
Circle continues its growth
The Italian software provider Circle Group recorded a value of production of EUR 6.1 million, +27% compared to EUR 4.8 million on 31 December 2018. This result was possible also thanks to significant synergies connected to the purchase of 100% of the Progetto Adele software... more
Open cloud-based solution without box
RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once the software has been configured, the industrial... more