Two new northern routes by the end of the year 
From today, 3 December 2019, Air Senegal is offering daily flights between its home base in Dakar and Casablanca, Morocco’s largest airport. While the intra-African route will use A319 aircraft, the new, three-weekly connection from Dakar – Marseille (France) – Barcelona (Spain)... more
Facility at inland port Groveport concludes first phase
Specialising in steel, forest products and dry bulk cargo, Groveport is an inland complex on the River Trent. PD Ports, a port operator running 13 UK locations, has just concluded the first phase of a new steel handling facility at Groveport in partnership with the shipper All... more
Turkish Cargo wins two awards
This year, Turkish Cargo participated in Logitrans, Turkey's annual international transportation and logistics fair, for the 11th time. Competing for the Atlas Logistics Awards, which were organised for the 10th time this year, Turkish Cargo won the first prize in the... more
Euziel inaugurates logistics hub
In the presence of guests and partners, Garbe Industrial Real Estate and Euziel International celebrated the opening of the new logistics hub in Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) with an official handover of the keys. “With the new building, we can now consolidate the... more
Fleet modernisation with 150 sulphuric acid tank cars
The Russian manufacturer United Wagon Company (UWC) will supply 150 sulphuric acid tank cars mounted on bogies with an axle load of 25 t to the transportation and logistics operator Polar Freight Company. The batch is to be delivered by the end of the current year. The deal is... more
Time Matters is preferred supplier for Bosch
Time Matters, a provider of special speed logistics services, has been awarded the status of “preferred supplier” by Bosch. For the technology and service company Bosch, Time Matters thus becomes the preferred provider of “logistics services for global courier services”. Bosch... more
Unitax expands its capacities
The 20,000 sqm logistics area at the company’s headquarters in Berlin-Schönefeld (Germany) is no longer sufficient: The pharma logistics provider Unitax has signed the leasing contract for another 10,000 sqm pharma warehouse and a 1,000 sqm refrigerated warehouse in the cargo... more
Multi-voltage installation for locomotive workshop
In Muttenz (Switzerland), SBB Cargo has put a new multi-voltage installation into operation. It enables to check the efficiency of state-of-the-art multi-voltage locomotives using their accustomed power supply system directly in the hall. European railway systems are powered... more
Iberia to add IAD
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) in USA has announced that Iberia Airlines will begin a nonstop service between Madrid (Spain) and IAD from 1 May 2020 with four A330 flights per week, expanding to five flights a week from 6 July 2020. Yil Surehan, VP airline... more
Agnes Heftberger joins DVF's presiding board
Agnes Heftberger, managing director, VP sales, IBM Global Markets has joined the presiding board of the Deutsches Verkehrsforum (German transport forum) as a new member. Heftberger replaces Wolfgang Wendt, who has assumed a new position within IBM and has therefore resigned from... more