Rail projects in the Balkans in progress 
In North Macedonia, rail construction work has begun along the 34 km section from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka and the remaining works on a 31 km section from Kumanovo to Beljakovce are currently being finalised. The two stretches are part of the 89 km eastern part of the... more
Robotics meets automation
Two partners are joining forces to automate warehouse processes: Addverb, a global robotics company is entering into a strategic partnership with Element Logic, a warehouse optimisation provider. While Addverb offers a logistics combination of fixed and mobile automation and... more
More rail services between North and South Italy
The Italian cargo terminal Verona-Giovinazzo will see an increase from 12 to 18 freight trains per week linking the logistics hub Quadrante Europa with the terminal in Puglia in Southern Italy. This 50% rise in frequencies was also made possible by FS Italiane’s subsidiary... more
Ocean Technologies Group hires Thomas Zanzinger
Ocean Technologies Group, (OTG), a global learning and operational technology innovator, has appointed Thomas Zanzinger as new CEO to drive OTG’s growth strategy. He brings over 30 years of leadership experience working at global SaaS and software vendors that provide mission... more
Austrian forwarder involved in rocket mission
The international transport company Gebrüder Weiss (GW) is the official logistics partner for the Sub Orbital Express rocket mission to be carried out by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). GW is organising the transport of twelve scientific experiments from the SSC’s head... more
Third project close to Hamburg
Prologis is developing a new logistics property in Neu Wulmstorf near Hamburg: around 22,000 sqm of logistics, mezzanine and office space is being built on a site measuring approximately 35,400 sqm. Completion of the property is planned for Q3/2023. Prologis already owns two... more
Philippe Van Hove joins Shippeo
Shippeo, a global provider of real-time multimodal transportation visibility, has appointed Philippe van Hove as chief revenue officer. As a senior executive and SaaS veteran, van Hove will oversee the global expansion of Shippeo in Europe, USA and the APAC region. He brings... more
Easier transport between EU, Ukraine and Moldova
The European Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee has approved two separate agreements with Ukraine and Moldova to simplify cross-border goods transports. The new road transport agreements will replace existing bilateral transport agreements with EU countries and... more
Twelve sisters complete
It is the end of a long journey. The last of twelve hybrid ro-ro ships of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class was recently delivered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing. The “Eco Italia” flies the Italian flag, has a length of 238 m, a beam of 34 m, a... more
West African carrier introduces widebody capacity
Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national airline of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, has signed a firm order for two A330neo aircraft. The agreement was announced at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse (France), in the presence of Amadou Koné, minister of transport of Côte d’Ivoire,... more