Innovative rail ferry for Lake Victoria 
Students in the shipbuilding and marine technology master programme at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences have won the design competition of the worldwide ferry safety association (WFSA) with a prize money of USD 5,000. With its innovative plan of a safe and... more
Kevin Ducksbury to lead the Air Charter Association
Kevin Ducksbury of Emerge Aviation has been chosen as the new chairman of the Air Charter Association, succeeding Nick Weston of Weston Aviation. Ducksbury is the first appointed chairman since the association’s rebrand in 2019 and will formally take on the role from The Air... more
ICS calls not to forget about IMO 2020
Maybe in the second line due to coronavirus precautions, port state control authorities nevertheless have been enforcing the IMO’s Sulphur 2020 since the beginning of March, making it an offence for ships to carry fuel that contains a sulphur content higher than 0.5% unless the... more
P&O to double train capacity at its Dutch hub
P&O Ferries is doubling its rail capacity at Europoort, the Netherlands, with the launch of a second line into its terminal at the continental hub. The 650-m long track will complement P&O's existing rail line and means that the integrated ferry and logistics company... more
New intermodal P400 semitrailer service for Italy
Arcese has expanded its intermodal network in Italy by adding the new Turin – Pescara – Foggia Adriatic line. The connection organised by Arcese and operated by Mercitalia Rail offers three departures per week, a transit time of less than 20 hours and can handle up to 10,000... more
Hard days for Italian air freight specialists
Anama, the Italian Association of air freight agents, reiterates that, albeit with difficulty, the national air industry and airports are not closed. They operate and guarantee their service, which is essential for the country since more than 26% in value of its non-EU exports... more
Russian Global Ports back in black
The container terminal operator Global Ports, Russia, has reported its figures for 2019. Revenues went up by 5.3% to USD 361.9 million (+4.0% like-for-like, adjusted for JSC Logistika-Terminal (LT) revenue and revenue from VSC railway services). While adjusted ebitda went up... more
K+N realigns its contract logistics in UK
This news does not come as a surprise. Kuehne + Nagel has been restructuring its contract logistics business in the United Kingdom for several years now. In an interview with the ITJ at K+N‘s annual media conference in Zurich on 27 February, CEO Detlef Trefzger had already... more
Head of sales appointed for Europa’s new facility
Europa Warehouse has appointed its first head of sales at its new facility in Corby, Northants (UK) which is set to open this summer. Sally Watson, who joined Europa as a senior account manager in 2014, soon became branch manager in Nottingham, then Birmingham and has now... more
More funding for turn-off assistants required
Last year, the German ministry of transport and digital infrastructure provided funds in two EUR 2 million instalments to promote the deployment of turn-off assistants in trucks. The funding only sufficed for 7,000 vehicles. "Considering that there are several million... more