Number of China trains doubled 
Railfreight traffic between Asia and Europe continues to grow. Around 878,000 teu were transported on the New Silk Road's various rail corridors in 2020. The International Union of Railways (UIC) assumes that this figure could double by 2025. Metrans is also benefiting from... more
Roofing ceremony in Roermond
It's an investment from Singapore in Europe. Frasers Park in the Roerstreek-Noord industrial park in Roermond, the Netherlands, held its roofing ceremony recently. Frasers Property Industrial, which acquired the 50,000 sqm site of in November 2020, is a business unit of... more
New East Africa service is on
The new East Africa Service 3 (EAS3) is now in operation. The sailings cover routes between China, South-East Asia, Kenya and Tanzania. The port rotation is the following: Shanghai ▪ Ningbo ▪ Nansha ▪ Singapore ▪ Port Kelang ▪ Mombasa ▪ Dar Es Salaam ▪ Port Kelang ▪ Singapore ▪... more
Geodis to open new site at Paris CDG
Geodis is planning to open a 6,000 sqm site within the cargo area of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to provide certified services (Iata CEIV Pharma and TAPA Level A), especially for customers in the health and luxury goods sectors. The new complex will become operational in... more
Express service for automotive manufacturer
Priority Freight finds a time-critical logistic solution for an automotive manufacturer: The company's plant in Spain required immediate support transporting 2 t of automotive parts from Tianjin, China, in just 48 hours. When the call came in from the customer in Spain on... more
More exports go via Stockholm
Exports via the Stockholm Norvik Port container terminal keep rising, which is also due to the shortage of empty containers in Sweden. The access to empty containers at Stockholm Norvik has led to more export goods being shipped via Sweden’s new port. Logistics company... more
A day of joy and emotion
The first locomotive to be branded in railfreight operator Frachtbahn's corporate design has been symbolically "christened". The custom, adopted from shipping, has also long been a tradition in the railway industry. The blue Frachtbahn locomotive was named... more
Fast China – UK link launched
DHL Global Forwarding has launched a new rail-sea freight solution that will link businesses in China with UK, and vice versa, in 18 to 20 days. Compared to ocean freight that would typically take 40 days, the new service cuts transit time by more than half. Consolidating... more
Sputnik V to India, Mexico and Moldova
144 thermo-containers with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines were recently delivered onboard charter flights of Volga-Dnepr Group's carriers – Air Bridge Cargo Airlines and Atran Airlines - to Hyderabad, Kishinev and Mexico City. The transportation of over 25 t of special cargo... more
Rasquinha: back to the roots
Aditi Rasquinha will join DB Schenker on 1 July as new head of ocean freight for the APAC Region, based in Singapore. She is currently working for Kuehne + Nagel, where she has held several senior management positions since 2014, most recently as director sea freight for the... more