Coal accounts for 50% of Russia’s export cargo traffic 
Russian Railways (RZD) reported that shipping volumes to seaports via its networks increased by 4.6% between January and April 2019. The tonnage rose to over 106.8 million t, due to an 11.9% increase in coal shipments, a 5.4% increase in oil and a 21.3% increase in ore. Some... more
Europa gives green light to upgrade Birmingham site
The logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has invested over GBP 250,000 in refitting its Birmingham site as part of a company-wide refresh to ensure that all employees benefit from the same high-standard working environments. Europa’s Minworth site at Prologis Park is... more
Golden hat trick for Swain Group
The Swain Group companies - R Swain and Sons, Gatwick Group and Hallett Silbermann - have delivered a golden hat trick after all three achieved Fors Gold accreditation to the demanding new V5 standards. Version 5 of the Fors standard took effect in January 2019 and includes... more
Linking up the entire supply chain
DB Schenker wants to collect and analyse the data of its entire supply chain from warehouse to goods transport. To achieve this, the German service provider will use new technologies such as blockchain and the internet of things (IoT). In future, information about the entire... more
Latam Cargo for Mother's Day
It was yesterday (15 May) in Paraguay, and it will take place in ten days' time in France and some African countries: Mothers’ Day. It is celebrated in most countries on the second Sunday in May, and was once again a peak time for transporting cut flowers. During the three... more
Too much fish for Oslo airport?
Avinor, operator of Norway's airports, has withdrawn from a memorandum of understanding that it signed with freight handler WFS only 15 months ago. The MoU covered the construction and operation of a fish and seafood terminal at Oslo-Gardermoen airport. The EUR 81 million... more
Imperial Logistics holds first ever safety week
Imperial Logistics has held its first ever safety week, as the latest element in its ongoing “safety takes us home” campaign, which seeks to raise safety awareness among the crews of its major barge operations in Europe and South America. In Europe, a task force of fifteen... more
Gefco testing Duotrailer
The automotive logistics provider Gefco has begun testing the Duotrailer in Spain. The vehicle combination consists of a 600 hp truck and a 13.6 m long trailer that provides more than 180 cbm of storage space. Test drives are currently taking place between the Peugeot... more
Extending Russia's broad gauge railway to Turkey?
The heads of the railway companies in Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan have signed a trilateral memorandum on cooperation to develop rail transport. The memorandum provides for joint action to ensure regular rail traffic along the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars route, the... more
Ansgar Brockmeyer is Stadler's new sales manager
Stadler has implemented changes in its group executive board that have been in the pipeline for a long time: After 19 years at Stadler, sales manager Peter Jenelten has decided to move to the private holding owned by Peter Spuhler, the chairman of the company’s board of... more