Global container turnover declines 
The RWI/ISL Container Turnover Index, a collaborative effort by the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), showed a slight drop in July, reaching a seasonally adjusted 121.9 points compared to the revised 123.3... more
A whale at MUC
Munich Airport welcomed a very rare guest recently: An Airbus transport aircraft "Beluga ST" picked up fuselage segments for the production of long-haul aircraft in Munich and flew them to the Hamburg Airbus plant in Finkenwerder. Normally, these flights are... more
Recht Logistik: cartons instead of plastic
Recht Logistik will be ordering 50,000 storage boxes for its contract logistics division in 2023. The boxes will replace the previous plastic boxes and will be used for picking goods from selected e-commerce customers. "In the future, the display boxes will be used as... more
DSV buys its first e-truck in Singapore
The transport company has signed a MOU with Volvo Trucks about the purchase of one Volvo FL electric truck. Developed and specially adapted to an urban environment, the vehicle will be used for package deliveries in the Asian city-state. The acquisition is only a first step... more
New ideas for the working world
At this year's European Forum Alpbach (EFA), Austria's railway company ÖBB is taking a look at the world of work of tomorrow and focusing on the labour market and recruitment. Austria’s largest mobility service provider - like many other companies in the country - is facing... more
Switzerland: guidelines for seven aerodromes
At its meeting on 30 August, the Federal Council approved the amendments to the structural plans for the aerodromes of Saanen (Icao: LSGK), St. Stephan (LSTS), Zweisimmen (LSTZ) and San Vittore (LSXV) as well as new structural plans for the aerodromes of Pfaffnau (LSXP), Bad... more
Cargo growth in Gothenburg
Amid global and domestic economic slowdown, the Port of Gothenburg maintains solid cargo volumes, backed by Sweden's resilient export industry. Import dips, reflecting economic caution, are stabilising, with signs of autumn recovery. The port handled 446,000 teu in... more
Road haulage partners in Europe 
Two Arab cargo airlines expanding their RFS networks. July saw two full-freighter airlines operating from the Arabian Peninsula announce that they had assigned their pan-European road feeder services to a single experienced partner each. While Etihad Cargo from Abu Dhabi (UAE)... more
Weekly block trains from Greece to North Macedonia
Starting on 6 September 2023, the new regular container block-train service will connect the Port of Thessaloniki in Greece and Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia, initially on a weekly basis. It will depart from Thessaloniki every Wednesday and arrive in... more
Swiss train paths: carriers demand lower prices
The partial revision of the ordinance on access to the railway network access adopted by the Swiss federal office of transport (FOT) provides for an increase of the wear factor by 18.5%. At the same time, energy costs are to rise again: by 16.7% from 2024. For the logistics... more