More and more timber being shipped by rail 
Working closely with Austria’s federal forestry office (Österreichische Bundesforste, ÖBf), the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has digitalised the entire rail logistics process for timber transport - from the electronic consignment note and empty wagon orders to future transport... more
More space in Poland
Pall-Ex Poland has opened a new central hub in Łódź. About 140 km from Poland’s capital Warsaw, the site is located in the traditional centre of the Polish textile industry, with the city featuring impressive turn of the century factories and warehouses. Thanks to its... more
Scania orders robots for battery assembly plant
Truck manufacturer Scania is investing more than SEK 1 billion (USD 108 million) in a comprehensive range of robotic solutions from technology company ABB for its new highly automated battery assembly plant in Södertälje, Sweden. The 18,000 sqm facility is expected to be... more
More links between Iberia and the Baltics
Arcese's road haulages services in Spain are expanding with new consolidated weekly connections linking the Iberian Peninsula with Lithuania, and with relaunching towards the Baltic States and the CIS countries. The import/export service from Spain and Portugal to Lithuania... more
Caution due to unclear situation in Ukraine
What can be said from a logistics point of view on the first day of the Russian attack on Ukraine, whose airspace is now closed to civilian air traffic? Naturally, in a first phase of armed conflict, airport infrastructure is a prime target. For example, there has apparently... more
Faster France - China transports
Contargo has now added export transports to China from Northern France to its portfolio. The Escaut Valenciennes Terminal, operated by the trimodal container hinterland transport specialist, is one of the newer players on the Silk Road between China and Europe. For about a... more
Ex-chancellor Kern leaves Russian state railways
After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, former ÖBB manager and Austria’s ex-chancellor Christian Kern sees no other way out: he is withdrawing from the board of directors of the Russian state railways. "This morning I informed the bodies of the joint stock company Russian... more
The Port of Rotterdam is back
The Dutch port of Rotterdam has also passed the worst of the crisis. Container throughput rose to 15.3 million teu, while total throughput was 7.3% higher than in 2020, amounting to 468.7 million t. This corresponds to the pre-crisis level of 2019. While dry bulk cargo... more
UPS and ASL did not succeed
The CEP giant UPS has failed with a billion dollar lawsuit against the EU commission in the European Union General Court in Luxembourg. Two Irish air freight companies had also claimed damages for lost profits in the amount of EUR 263 million in the same context. The... more
Logista picks Pedro Losada Hernández
Logista has appointed Pedro Losada Hernandez as new chief financial officer (CFO), reporting to Iñigo Meirás, the company's chief executive officer. The appointment will take effect on 1 March 2022. Losada held the same position at Cintra, where he also worked in other roles... more