Russian flat cars to operate in Europe 
The Russia-based freight car manufacturer, UWC, has obtained the vehicle type approval for its Sggrs(s) 80ft six-axle and Sgmmns 40ft four-axle flat cars from the European Union Agency for Railways. This permit enables this rolling stock to be operated on the European railway... more
UK-Belgian partnership
The road division of British group Europa and Transuniverse Forwarding in Belgium are launching a new groupage partnership. Based in Wondelgem, Transuniverse, which has a turnover of GBP 72 million, Transuniverse provides road haulage services to 43 forwarding destinations in... more
Saudia Cargo pushes presence in Belgium
Liège airport and Saudia Cargo have signed a commercial partnership valid until 2023 under which the airline will increase cargo flights to and from the Belgian airport which will be connected to Saudia's network for regular cargo operations and charter flights. Airport CEO... more
MAN Truck & Bus names CIO
André Wehner has been named chief information officer (CIO) at MAN Truck & Bus. He succeeds Stephan Fingerling, who is moving to Volkswagen group IT services as managing director. In his new role, Wehner will head the company's global IT division, which also includes the... more
Truck2Train project launched
The non-profit association, Allianz pro Schiene, and Germany’s federal association for road freight transportation, logistics and waste management (BGL) recently launched a Truck2train project in Germany. It focuses on giving small and medium-sized hauliers easier access to the... more
More vessels between Thamesport and Moerdijk
The Netherlands-based transport company A2B-online Container has enhanced its service between Hutchison Ports London Thamesport and Dutch Moerdijk by adding a fourth weekly sailing. The new sailing was inaugurated by the “A2B Comfort”, one of six of the 508 teu container... more
First ATR 72-600 for Fedex feeder airline
Empire Airlines which is based in Coeur d'Alene, ID, has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600F which was delivered and ferried from Toulouse, France, to Spokane, WA at the end of last month. The airline which is performing cargo feeder services in the Western part of the... more
New truck enhances vehicle fleet
The Swiss haulage provider, Beda Steiner, has added a Renault T380 P4x2 to its fleet. The vehicle is the fourth Renault truck in the family-owned company's fleet, which comprises a total of 55 vehicles. The firm’s 85 employees provide temperature-controlled deliveries for a... more
China delivers next GG5G newbuild
Another Grimaldi GG5G-class hybrid ro-ro vessel: The “Eco Catania”, the fifth of the twelve hybrid ro-ro ships belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class and ordered from the Jinling shipyard, has just been launched in Nanjing (China). As recently certified... more
Two Asia trains launched
Nurminen Logistics will be the first operator to operate blocktrains from Europe to India via the western wing of the international north-south transport corridor (INSTC), a 7,200 km multimodal network of ship, rail and road routes for moving freight between India, Russia,... more