Italy’s goods onto the rails 
Railpool Group orders 27 locomotives, also for Italian freight traffic. Italian demand for rolling stock for freight transport solutions is increasing, and Railpool, a German leasing company for rail vehicles, is increasingly responding to this demand. The group plans to provide... more
Antonov's biggest single piece in 2022 
Antonov Airlines, a Ukrainian state-owned company that operates a cargo aircraft fleet including five AN-124-100, recently announced that a power supply skid flown from Tekirdag, Turkey, to Hamburg, Germany, was the biggest single-piece cargo it transported last year. The... more
Railvetia launches services within Switzerland
DB Cargo Switzerland has added a new service to its portfolio. With Railvetia – a new brand name combining rail and Helvetia - the company now also operates block train services within Switzerland. While DB Cargo Switzerland has so far offered mainly transalpine... more
Another tenant for London Gateway logistics park
Oasis Group has become the second business to move to DP World’s port-centric logistics park at London Gateway in UK since it became a freeport, as the 836,127 sqm site 45 km from central London continues to attract major investment. This month, the information management... more
First locomotive with ETCS on the Öresund Bridge
The Vectron locomotive has received approval for operation along the Scandinavian corridor (Austria-Germany-Denmark-Sweden-Norway). Now both freight and passenger trains may travel along the entire corridor without changing locomotives. The first to take advantage of this is... more
Kiel-Klaipeda route celebrates 30th anniversary
The ports of Kiel (Germany) and Klaipeda (Lithuania) are celebrating the 30th anniversary of cooperation this year. The only daily direct ferry connection between these two countries for cargo and passengers opened in 1993. For Algis Latakas, general firector of the Klaipeda... more
Spotos: Marc Boileau joins advisory board
Spotos, a logistics startup that has digitised and reimagined freight forwarding principles, announced that Marc Boileau, senior vice president of Fourkites EMEA, has joined its advisory board. He will help guide Spotos through its expansion plans to achieve its ambition of... more
Funding for fleet transformation in France
French forwarders can benefit from financial support by the government when they acquire e-trucks. The French Agency for Ecologica Transision (Ademe), which manages the tender, has opened a call for tenders providing EUR 60 million for 2023 to help finance investments in... more
FAA certifies Opticooler RKN container
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) has certified the Opticooler RKN container for Dokasch Temperature Solutions, a German specialist for active temperature-controlled packaging solutions. The FAA approval of the compact RKN container follows the... more
Three gigantic cranes for Port of Antwerp-Bruges
A EUR 200 million expansion plan is underway at DP World’s Gateway in Antwerp (Belgium), marking a milestone in the terminal’s ambitious modernisation plan. Three gigantic container cranes will be built in the Port of Antwerp-Burges as part of programme which has been... more