Eastern Europe prefers electric locomotives 
Despite climate commitments and decarbonisation strategies, the European market for electric locomotives is showing rather mixed results. Significant growth can only be expected in the east, while demand in Western Europe will even decline slightly after peaking in 2018.... more
BLG handles logistics for fischerwerke
With immediate effect, BLG Logistics has taken charge of all logistic services for articles from the fischer-System-Tec-product portfolio and the fischer standard fixings range as a strategic partner of the Fischer group. After the contract was signed in May 2019, the first... more
Lothar Thoma replaces Heinz Senger-Weiss
Heinz Senger-Weiss has announced his withdrawal from the operative management of Gebrüder Weiss. The managing director air & sea will leave the transport and logistics company for personal reasons on 31 December 2019."We respect his decision and thank him for his... more
Heaviest jumbo train completes successful trial run
A Freightliner 3,690-horsepower Class 70 locomotive recently hauled a train with a cargo of aggregate between Merehead in Somerset and Acton in London, UK. Weighing 4,624 t, this is the heaviest ‘jumbo’ train currently running in the UK, said Freightliner. The trial run was... more
International routes for new Swedish airport
During the 2019-2020 winter season SAS will start direct flights from Copenhagen, Aalborg (Denmark) and London (UK) to Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), the new Swedish airport in Sälen/Trysil which is only a short distance from around 250 ski slopes in Sweden and... more
Twelve roundtrips between Luxembourg and Trieste
Mars Logistics, DFDS and CFL multimodal have formed a partnership to expand their service offering on the Europe-Turkey route. The three partners are convinced that this cooperation will increase the attractiveness of their multimodal services, including railfreight and sea... more
DB Schenker tests nationwide use of exoskeletons
DB Schenker has intensively and successfully tested the use of exoskeletons at several logistics locations. The logistics services provider thus continues its efforts to relieve warehouse staff of physically-demanding tasks. Exoskeletons, also known as outer skeletons or... more
22 new locomotives for Spanish ADIF
Switzerland-based rail manufacturer Stadler, in consortium with Erion, has emerged as the winner of the tender issued by the Spanish Administration of Railway Infrastructure (ADIF) for the supply of 22 rescue locomotives. Furthermore, the consortium is to be commissioned... more
Nice welcomes first direct flight from China
Ten days ago, on 2 August 2019, a French airport outside of Paris welcomed a direct flight from China. Air China‘s A330-200, which offers a three-weekly service between Beijing and Nice, has an underfloor cargo capacity of 37.5 t. After being honoured by an official visit... more
B&H Worldwide appoints group compliance and quality manager
B&H Worldwide has appointed Mike Barber to the position of group compliance and quality manager. Based at the company's global headquarters at London Heathrow (UK), he will be responsible for managing trade compliance across the group and for supporting its ISO9001/AS9120b... more