New train between Zeebrugge and northern France 
As from 12 February 2019, the Belgium port of Zeebrugge will have a rail connection to the Delta 3 multimodal platform in Dourges, in northern France. From Dourges there are rail connections to destinations in southern Europe, such as Bordeaux, Avignon, Lyon, Bayonne,... more
Belarusian Railway boosts digital freight transport
Belarusian Railway has launched a new mobile app powered by a mobile platform sub-system that operates as part of a computerised system for digital process flows in freight transport. All participants involved in railfreight operations can now use digital technologies to have... more
Cushman & Wakefield reinforces investment team
Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has appointed Nicole Römer as head of retail investment in Germany. She also becomes an international partner of the company. Alexander Kropf, C&W’s head of capital markets Germany, said: “With Römer on board, the retail investment... more
Panalpina's transatlantic service happy and Brexit-ready
Mexico-based Querétaro airport (QRO), which was added to the Panalpina charter network (see page 14 of ITJ 23-26/2018) last May, is performing very well. Matthias Frey, global head of the charter network: "We closed 2018 with 37 regular flights into QRO, 71 into Mexico... more
SBB Cargo to go it alone
The Swiss federal railway SBB spun off its railfreight division from the group and began managing it as an independent group company at the beginning of 2019. As an independent entity, SBB Cargo will be able to implement the previously announced financial minority interest... more
Crane Worldwide picks Liso as director projects
Ivan Liso has been recruited as Crane Worldwide Logistics’ director projects, EPC & Marine EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and he will lead the global specialised solutions group for the EMEIA region. Liso will report to Joshua van Altena, director of... more
Transport capacities still scarce
Data compiled by the German IT company, Timocom, showed that Europe’s transport market was extremely robust in Q4/2018. When commenting on the transport barometer’s current figures, Timocom’s spokesman Gunnar Gburek said: "The transport industry experienced a traditionally... more
10% more airfreight in Indian Ocean
A month before Air Cargo Africa, which is taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 19 - 21 February, the airport that serves Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean, reported that it had noted a double digit increase in its airfreight volume in 2018. In... more
ACG introduces fresh operation between Oslo and China
The Slovakian airfreight company Air Cargo Global (ACG) has started a twice-weekly B747-400F route between Oslo, Norway’s main airport, and Tianjin, a city around 100 km east of Beijing. ACG's CCO Peter Scholten: "We aim to step up to three weekly departures from March,... more
100 new locomotives for EU cross-border traffic
Siemens and DB Cargo have inked a framework agreement for the delivery of 100 multisystem locomotives. During the contract signing, DB's freight division placed an initial call for 40 Vectron multisystem locomotives. It is planned to use the locomotives for cross-border... more