Uniexpress selects pioneer software 
UK-based international freight forwarding company Uniexpress has become the largest customer of the innovative technology platform Forward Solutions. The Forward Vision software allows freight management companies to closely track the real-time progress of customer... more
Two new vehicles to gear up for festival season
Krone Trailers UK has helped Southern Van Lines to gear up for a busy year as the sector continues to bounce back after covid. The theatre and music tour specialist provides transport and logistics for some of the biggest names in theatre and music, as well as for festivals,... more
Switzerland to support CT terminal in Italy
Switzerland aims to further strengthen the railways as an alternative for transporting goods through the Alps. The Federal Office of Transport (FOT) is therefore participating in the construction of a large transhipment terminal east of Milan. The terminal will be built on... more
Heiko Krebs joins Kombiverkehr
Kombiverkehr’s administrative board has named Heiko Krebs, an authorised officer of the company’s operations department, as a second managing director. He assumed his new role on 13 April 2023. This appointment also entails a reallocation of responsibilities for the various... more
Closer to big cargo charter markets
Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in the centre of Mexico City, the aircraft charter specialist's 12th operation in the Americas and 30th in total. Richard Thompson (left), president ACS Americas: "This is a very exciting time for ACS, investing and... more
Cambodia orders its first mobile harbour crane
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the operator of Cambodia's sole deep-water port, which is owned and run by the government, has ordered two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour cranes. Cambodia’s first-ever mobile harbour cranes will be delivered in Q4/2023.... more
Drone deliveries for Royal Mail
In Q2/2023, Skyports Drone Services will launch the Orkney I-Port operation, a fully electric drone logistics project created in partnership with Royal Mail, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. The project will deliver two new capabilities: daily... more
RCG: new train to link Budapest with Rijeka
Quick connections to the northern Adriatic: ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its Transnet with a new transport solution between Hungary and the northern Adriatic. The port of Rijeka (Croatia) is an important transhipment hub for Southern, Central and South-Eastern Europe.... more
ID Logistics picks Martin Whitcombe
Contract logistics provider ID Logistics has appointed Martin Whitcombe as global director of e-commerce, FMCG and fashion market development. With over thirty years of professional experience, Whitcombe will bring his extensive knowledge of international supply chains to... more
Swiss hyperloop team wins innovation prize
At the 2023 "Not-A-Boring Competition" in Bastrop, Texas, at the beginning of April, the "Swissloop Tunnelling" team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was awarded the top prize for innovative design. Sponsored by Gebrüder... more