ACI calls for an end to trade disputes 
According to the latest World Airport Traffic Report published by Airports Council International (ACI) World, the world’s airports accommodated 122.7 million t of cargo last year. Global year-over-year volume fell by -1.7% in December 2018 against the previous year, bringing... more
Joining forces against dangerous distractions
The time of distraction may be short, but the consequences can be deadly. In five seconds, a truck travelling at 90 km/h covers a distance of 125 m. If the driver is busy with his smartphone instead of paying attention to the road, serious accidents can occur. In order to... more
Intermodal operator expands Scandinavian network
Kombiverkehr will launch TT-Line, a direct train link within Sweden between Trelleborg and Hallsberg. On 5 November 2019, the direct train will start in Trelleborg with three departures per week and direction with links to the TT-Line ferries from Trelleborg to Germany (Lübeck... more
LOT chooses Delhi for return to India
25 years after LOT Polish Airlines stopped its scheduled services to India - Mumbai was a destination until 1982, the airline flew to Delhi (via Tashkent) from 1985 to 1992 - the member of Star Alliance launched a five times weekly service between Warsaw and the Indian capital... more
Rail service Rotterdam – France launched
The Dutch multimodal operator Multi Modal Rail has launched a new container rail service between Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and the French town of Ottmarsheim near the French-/Swiss-border. Starting with one round trip per week, the shuttle connection is expected to swiftly... more
Origin Logistics opens Bursa office
Origin Logistics in Turkey continues to grow and has opened its sixth office in the country in Bursa. Bursa, a sea-port city and the fourth largest y in Turkey, is an important industrial and cultural centre and it has a significant share in Turkey's economic growth. In... more
Mobile Industrial Robots forges ahead
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) has opened its first German office in Eschborn. Together with a team of ten people, sales director Jörg Faber will head and further develop the company’s trade in DACH and Benelux. With this move, the Danish robotics pioneer MiR strengthens its... more
New toll collection devices required for Czechia
Czechia will change the technology for the collection of tolls for vehicles with a weight of over 3.5 t, effective 1 December 2019. As from this date, vehicles liable to pay tolls will no longer be registered by means of microwave technology but with the help of a... more
Frédéric Barra to preside council of development
Frédéric Barra, president of the port handling company Barra SNM, has been elected president of the council of development of the port of Dunkirk and Franck Gonsse, secretary general of the trade union CNTPA, has been appointed vice president. Barra was already a member of... more
On the double: unloading and LNG-bunkering
In the Swedish port of Södertälje, located close to Stockholm, the world’s largest bunker supply vessel (BSV) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) “Kairos” conducted the first LNG bunker supply operation for the product tanker “Ternsund”, chartered by the Finnish fuel supply company... more