Paris now a bit closer to the sea ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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New multimodal terminal for MSC north of the French capital. In a few months shippers will be able to make use of new services in Paris that are usually part of a seaport terminal’s portfolio. The new centre, which is being built in Bruyères-sur-Oise, relies on hinterland... more
Platform to improve e-trucks supply ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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DAF Trucks has joined forces with the HDV Booking to increase the availability of fully electric HGVs for long-haul transports, for instance with the DAF XF Electric model. HDV Booking is a new consortium that includes providers of charging facilities, card reader systems,... more
LTG Cargo to make operations more sustainable ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Lithuanian freight carrier has developed a fuel saving plan and is acquiring electric locomotives. The fuel plan will reduce diesel fuel consumption by 6 t a week, enough to fill the fuel tanks of about 120 cars. The new electrically powered locomotives will save about... more
CMA CGM Air Cargo’s first transpac freight service ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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With its third B777-200F, taken over on 18 August and operated by Atlas Air, CMA CGM Air Cargo has inaugurated a new transpacific route. This milestone represents a significant step in the company's global expansion strategy and aligns with the ambition of the CMA CGM Group to... more
Changing of the guard at VAP ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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At its general assembly on 27 August 2024, the Swiss Shippers' Association (VAP) announced a change in its operational management and appointed Simon Wey as the association’s new managing director. He takes over the position from Frank Furrer, who has been elected to the... more
Expanding digital air cargo capacity to Hawaii ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Pacific Air Cargo has joined Freightos’ Webcargo, thus expanding the digital booking and payment platform’s reach to its routes from Los Angeles to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The collaboration also increases Webcargo’s offered capacity to include key routes from Los Angeles... more
Four Parx's Frankfurt focus ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Four Parx is developing a new 10,214 sqm logistics site close to Frankfurt airport. Terminal 3 can be reached within around 9 minutes, while the other terminals and Cargo City Süd are also just a short distance away. There are road and rail connections to the cities of Frankfurt... more
Subsidies for services and not for companies ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The revision of its freight transport act and temporary bridging finance for single wagonload transport are to modernise the country’s freight transport sector and promote multimodal services, said transport minister Albert Rösti at the general assembly of the Swiss Shippers’... more
An e-truck for long-haul beer deliveries ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Swiss brewer Feldschlösschen used an e-truck for its beverage transport operations for the first time in 2013. It has gradually extended its fleet to a total of 20 fully electric Renault Trucks since then, recently adding a 44 t Renault Trucks E-Tech T. With its six... more
Peel Ports welcomes head of marine for Scotland ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Alex McIntosh has been appointed to the senior position at Peel Ports Clydeport as the first women to hold the role for the port group in Scotland. She recently returned to the business after becoming its first ever female pilot in Scotland in early 2010. Now based at the... more