More cranes for Liverpool 
A delivery of three ‘megamax’ quayside cranes from China destined for the Liverpool2 container terminal in UK has just been completed. These cranes are part the second phase of the terminal project to provide additional capacity for growing volumes of cargo. In the port of... more
Service over the Trans-Siberian land bridge launched
RZD Logistics successfully has transported the first transit container from Europe to Japan through the territory of Russia over the Trans-Siberian land bridge. The 40-ft test container, consisting of various groupage cargoes, departed from Hamburg (Germany) to the port of... more
Tillmann Fuchs to head communications at Vienna airport
Effective 1 January 2020, Tillmann Fuchs will succeed Stephan Klasmann as head of communications at Vienna airport (Austria). Klasmann will be in charge of rebranding the company in future. Fuchs, who has served as deputy head of communications since 1 April 2019, brings a... more
More trains running between Doncaster and Felixstowe
iPort Rail (UK) has launched its fifth daily rail freight service, just over a year after becoming officially operational. The new route will run five days a week to and from iPort Rail in Doncaster and Felixstowe and is operated by GB Railfreight. The other four existing... more
New CFO for Interroll
Heinz Hössli will move to Interroll and take over the position of group CFO. Hössli, currently CFO/vice president advanced materials of the Bühler Group in Uzwil (Switzerland), will assume his new responsibilities as CFO and member of Interoll’s group management at a date yet to... more
Swiss opens Edelweiss bellies for Mexican exporters
ITJ was the first to announce it: Swiss World Cargo has now opened its Cancun station for exports, which means that all flights between Zurich and Cancun can now carry freight on both their inbound and outbound journeys. Swiss World Cargo connects both airports with a... more
Joint platform for transport logistics
The software developer Inform has added a comprehensive electronic platform for industrial transport logistics to its product portfolio. More than 6,600 transport companies and about 70 attached shippers have already registered, including locations of the major automobile... more
Digital Goodie acquires UK-based Maginus
Digital Goodie, the Finnish creator of a digital platform for headless connected commerce, has acquired Maginus, a UK-based company developing e-commerce software and technology solutions for mid-market retailers and distributors. The two companies share extensive synergies,... more
RCM and Instant launched by Hamburg Süd
Hamburg Süd, an affiliate of Maersk Line, has launched a tool for remote container management (RCM) technology for reefer container shipments. The carrier said that the RCM application monitors parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, and the concentrations of O2 and... more
Krummen Kerzers wins Swiss logistics award
The Swiss transport company Krummen Kerzers has won the Swiss logistics award for its pilot project “Goodbye Diesel – Hello LNG” with its partner Lidl Schweiz. The aim is to reduce CO2 emissions caused by transport. The prize honours new and especially future-oriented logistics... more