One million HGVs to be taken off the roads 
The first train carrying 1,470 t of spoil removed from HS2 construction works in London, UK, recently left the HS2 Logistics hub in Willesden and arrived in Barrington in Cambridgeshire, where the spoil will be reused in a disused quarry, where there are plans for a new housing... more
Fresh breeze for Port of Valencia
In Spain, the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has taken another step towards the use of renewable energies in the port facilities. The installation of wind turbines is part of the Valenciaport 2030 zero emissions strategy. The tender for the preliminary project concerning the... more
DHL in the land of plenty
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPW) has reported its preliminary results for Q2/2021 and raised its outlook for the current financial year and for 2023. Operating profit (ebit) more than doubled in the second quarter compared to the previous year and amounted to almost EUR 2.01... more
2,000 train kilometres in 60 hours
InRail has despatched its first train from Croatia to France. At 2,000 km, it was the longest distance covered by an InRail train so far. The train loaded with propylene started in Skrljevo (Croatia), travelled through Slovenia, northern Italy, Ventimiglia on the... more
Partnership for B737-700/800 conversion
Following the rise in demand for cargo aircraft, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Aviation Group will establish a passenger to freighter conversion site to convert the B737-700/800 with Atitech, at the Italian company’s MRO centre in Naples. The site, which can convert two... more
Another rail-road service launched
DSV is offering a new daily multimodal rail–road full load service between UK and Spain using the VIIA (French Railways) ‘lorry-rail’ operation between Calais and Le Boulou on the Franco-Spanish border. The transport company will collect the trailer from the train and... more
And the winners are...
Representatives of Arculus (category "intralogistics software"), Cargotec ("special vehicle"), Idealworks ("automated guided vehicle"), Interroll Group ("special of the year"), Still ("integrated warehouse solutions") and Volume... more
Three "C" for contactless tracking
Champ Cargosystems partners with e-logistics solutions provider Cargosoft and Central Global Cargo (CGC), a time-critical logistics company, to co-create a first/last mile tracking tool to help forwarders to better manage their operations. The aim is to ensure full and... more
Cargotec - Konecranes merger revisited
The European Commission, which recently started a phase II review of the merger between Cargotec and Konecranes, decided to open an in-depth investigation to assess the project under the EU merger regulation. The message is clear: "The Commission is concerned that the... more
Geodis expands US footprint
Freight forwarding group Geodis has acquired Velocity Freight Transport, a freight brokerage company based in Plano, Texas. The seller is the McLane Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. The details of the transaction, effective 30 June 2021, were not disclosed. Mike... more