Fresh impetus for air transport of heavy cargo 
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), a British company that designs and manufactures airships, is launching a new partner programme to enable key partners and customers to influence, optimise and accelerate the design specification of Airlander 50. Unlike HAV’s first aircraft,... more
Make a mint from rubbish 
Great potential for rail transport. In November 2021 the Austrian government set the course for the accelerated use of the railways in the network for the transport of waste. A railway eager to get its hands dirty is banking on a flexible container system. more
Danger looming for air cargo?
New Foca air cargo regulations to enter into effect in 2023. Regulations promulgated by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Foca, Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt, Bazl) don’t quite seem to have made it into people’s minds yet. On 1 January 2023 a system change will take... more
Goods flows on the Seine
Urban supply chain training for the 2024 Olympic Games. OBD Grand Paris, a beverage distributor in the greater Paris region, is set to compete in some ‘disciplines’ in 2024, in order to deliver goods more sustainably in the French capital region. It wants to put in a top... more
Inspection jam
Disrupted Turkish-Bulgarian border traffic. Food is currently scarce and expensive. This makes the change of a veterinary service at the southern border of the EU all the more incomprehensible. Corruption is suspected. more
Energy turnaround through ports
Cooperative projects in Belgium and Germany. Importing, storing and distributing sustainable energy resources have become key factors determining strategic locations in logistics. This calls for international cooperation between ports and enterprises. more
Erhard Stadler takes the helm
Erhard Stadler has taken over the management of Berger Logistik, a transport and logistics company headquartered in Wörgl (Tyrol, Austria). He brings many years of expertise in international companies and an in-depth knowledge of global logistics and supply chain management to... more
Funding for alternative drives in rail transport
CO2-neutral technologies are also needed for the railways if the transport sector wants to achieve its climate protection goals as planned. In Germany, the application procedure for subsidies for climate-friendly drive systems in rail transport runs until 31 August 2022. EUR... more
Inspiration I: the return of the airships
While airships were able to fill the empty headlines in the popular media during the summer with the recent deal between British manufacturer HAV and Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his company LTA Research (after "lighter than... more
A new tool for checking up on global ports
The International Association of Ports and Harbours (Iaph) has developed a new source of information. The first edition of its quarterly dashboard and detailed report on the global port industry for its members is now available. For this publication, Iaph sources data from... more