Belarus thrusting on with rail electrification scheme
Belarusian Railway and the Export-Import bank of China have signed a loan agreement. The funds will finance the third stage of the electrification of Homiel-Žlobin-Asipovičy and Žlobin-Kalinkavičy sections of track in Belarus. The electrification of the Žlobin-Kalinkavičy... more
Finnair Cargo continues to report double-digit growth
In April 2019, Finnair's available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres (ATK) vaulted by 27% year-on-year, reaching 566 million ATK. Revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 15.3%, culminating at 90.4 million RTK. These results were mostly driven by the positive cargo... more
Ceva Logistics signs deal with Lush in UK and Ireland
Ceva Logistics has been awarded a three-year deal to manage and deliver Lush products to its stores across the UK and Ireland. Under this agreement, Ceva will be in charge of moving the full range of items sold by Lush. Lush is an ethically responsible cosmetics producer selling... more
China–Finland rail service soon to be weekly
RZD Logistics has launched regular a regular railfreight service between China and Finland and vice-versa. At present, container trains depart from Hefei (Anhui province) and head for Europe via China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Finland once a fortnight. The trains run via the... more
BBC Chartering picks Ulrich Ulrichs as CCO
BBC Chartering, an operator of multipurpose and heavy lift vessels, has appointed Ulrich Ulrichs as chief commercial officer. Ulrichs will head the group’s global commercial business development activities, complementing the existing management team. As part of the group’s... more
Hoyer to double its investments in 2019
The international logistics company Hoyer generated a turnover of EUR 1.167 billion in FY 2018, thus increasing its equity ratio to 44%. Earnings before taxes amounted to EUR 40.218 million. In 2018, the Hamburg (Germany)-based provider spent EUR 83.9 million on replacing... more
Temperature-controlled train delivers fresh Spanish goods
The Cool Rail link, a direct rail connection for fresh produce, has started operations. The new, thrice weekly offer consists of a dedicated, temperature-controlled train for transporting fresh produce between Valencia (Spain), and Rotterdam (Netherlands). Forwarding goods... more
EMA counts on shipping for shopping
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is improving its infrastructure to handle aircraft more efficiently at busy times. Fedex/TNT, UPS, Royal Mail already use the east apron at the M1 motorway end of the airfield. The apron is now being widened to allow up to four more aircraft to be... more
Stockholm: first step towards shuttle train services
Stockholm Norvik Port, a new freight port in Sweden, is due to open in May 2020. To create the preconditions for rail transport to/from the new freight port, applications for a number of shuttle train routes were submitted by Ports of Stockholm to the Swedish Transport... more
Directorship for Alberto Hernández
Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao is strengthening its team by appointing a new director - namely Alberto Hernández - who has more than 20 years of experience in managing logistics and port projects. Hernández underwent extensive training in merchant marine and maritime transport... more