More than a ripple 
Ripple Operations, a maritime software company formed by the merger of New Orleans-based Marine CFO and Vancouver-based Marine Learning Systems (MLS), has acquired Adonis HR, a Norwegian family-owned provider of crew management and payroll software solutions for the maritime... more
Equal opportunities for railfreight
In a two-pager memorandum, the Belgian railfreight carrier Lineas has outlined the key strategies and actions that are required to improve the competitiveness of the railfreight sector and promote the shift from road to rail. In addition to infrastructure investments and the... more
Duties on Chinese BEVs
The European Commission is set to impose countervailing duties on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China. This draft decision is based on comments received on a previous proposal published in July. As of now, the definitive findings disclose an adjustment of the proposed... more
Synergies in Copenhagen
Spliethoff and Biglift, both members of the Spliethoff Group, a shipping company headquartered in Amsterdam, continue to pool their strengths and integrate their representative offices worldwide. Joining the combined forces in the USA, the UK, China and Japan, a new office... more
Logisticians elect new leadership
After 25 years of service to the German Logistics Association BVL, Thomas Wimmer (right) has handed over the role of chairman of the board to Kai Althoff (CEO 4flow SE). Althoff was elected to the presidium together with Ilse Henne (CEO Thyssenkrupp materials services), who has... more
Freight wagon market to grow globally by 2.6% p.a.
North America, the CIS and Asia are currently the largest markets for the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) freight wagon business. Europe follows in fourth place. North America is the only one of these regions not to have achieved growth in the past five years... more
Japanese typhoon and European holidays
Air cargo tonnages in week 33 dipped sharply, compared with the previous week, dropping especially steeply in traffic from Asia Pacific (-9%) and Europe (-11%). Further analysis, based on the over 450,000 weekly transactions covered by World ACD’s data, reveals that most of... more
Improved services on Antwerp-Catalonia line
Lineas started running traction services for its customer Hupac on the Antwerp – Catalonia (Perpignan & Barcelona El Morrot) at the beginning of this year. As of 16 September 2024, the partners will increase the frequency of the intermodal services between Belgium and Spain... more
International partnership to develop DRC port
British International Investment (BII) has committed up to USD 35 million towards the development of the port of Banana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s first deepwater container port, in partnership with DP World. This investment is expected to create 85,000 jobs and... more
18 t truck manages 400 km per full tank
Logistics services provider Noerpel is currently testing a hydrogen-powered truck in Germany. Two of its drivers are currently on the road with an H2 vehicle from Hylane, travelling an average of 140 km per day with around 19 stops to distribute and collect cargo. The first... more