Medway: more locomotives for Spain 
The Portuguese railfreight operator is adding another eight locomotives to its fleet in Spain to complement the six already operating in this market. Of these eight new locomotives, four are diesel engines of the 333 model equipped with the Spanish ASFA railway safety system,... more
Xpediator raises expectations for 2021
UK-based Xpediator, an international freight management company, has raised its financial outlook for the full year on the basis of its good results in H1/2021. As stated in the general meeting on 8 June 2021, demand for the group's services in all three divisions has been... more
Riyadh: new airport management platform
Riyadh Airport Company (RAC), which operates King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is working with ADB Safegate to launch a next-generation airport management platform at KKIA. The platform will enable RAC to take... more
Furniture dealer opts for rail transport
A.P. Moller - Maersk and Ikea have shifted container transports on a 100 km long stretch between the port of Barcelona and the Tarragona terminal from truck to rail. The intermodal solution is managed and operated by APM Railways. The last part of the journey, from the... more
IAPH names winners of sustainability awards
The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) has announced the winners in seven categories which honour efforts to support its world ports sustainability programme. MPA Singapore won in the category “resilient digital infrastructure” for its “digital port... more
Procter & Gamble invests in Germany
Pocter & Gamble (P&G) is investing around EUR 70 million in the expansion of its German distribution centres in Euskirchen and Crailsheim. This will strengthen delivery capabilities for retailers in the DACH region, for direct deliveries to customers in other countries... more
Two acquisitions in Finland
The Finland-based Logistikas Group, established in 1997, is acquiring the Piccolo Packing and Piccolo Solutions companies and thus expanding into the Vaasa region. Piccolo Solutions and Piccolo Packing provide in-house logistics, local storage and packaging services mainly in... more
Electric trucks for food deliveries in Stockholm
Food transports in the Stockholm region are set to become a lot more eco-friendly: Dagab, Axfood’s purchasing and logistics arm, has commissioned Scania’s first serial-produced all-electric heavy truck for its daily food deliveries to stores in the Swedish capital and the... more
Cold-ironing project in five European ports
Five North Sea ports – Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa (including Le Havre) and Rotterdam– have revealed plans to make the shipping industry cleaner by providing 14,000 teu containerships or larger moored in their hubs with power from the shore (cold ironing) by... more
Turkish Cargo enters Vaqtec's partner network
Vaqtec has secured air cargo airline Turkish Cargo as another partner for its global network. The German company’s thermal containers will now continue to move within the extensive air freight network of the world's fastest growing air cargo carrier and thus ensure the... more