An open marketplace for intermodal transport 
Modility, a digital booking and brokerage portal for combined transport, has started operations. Thus combined transport operators can now market their capacities on the platform and forwarders can find and book them easily.The portal is the result of cooperation between several... more
Too many boxes in British ports
Post-Brexit trade disruption and ongoing congestion are causing critical build-ups of containers at UK ports, according to data from Container X Change, an online platform for buying, selling and leasing shipping containers.“The UK’s major gateways for box traffic suffered... more
100 trains between Doncaster and Whitemoor
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has been working on a project to renew the signalling system and overhead line equipment in the King’s Cross area, followed by major work to install a simplified track design at London King’s Cross railway station.This work is part of Network Rail’s east... more
Alstom broadens contract with Wincanton
Alstom UK has extended a contract with Wincanton by three years. Alstom's supply chain partner, who has worked for the shipper since 2018, will widen its services portfolio by adding a new logistics facility.In detail, Wincanton will provide a dedicated warehouse for the... more
"Qare" and commitment to people
Qatar Airways Cargo recently surpassed a milestone – it transported 10 million Covid-19 vaccines. This total includes doses for Unicef, as part of a recently-signed 5-year MoU to support the UN organisation’s Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Since December 2020, the carrier... more
Vallair expanding footprint in Central France
Vallair has signed a LoI with the Centre-Val de Loire region and the operator of Châteauroux airport (CHR). It will see the aviation service provider awarded a ten-year lease to operate an 8,500 sqm full-service aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul and cargo conversion hangar.... more
Russian rail operator modernising fleet
Russia’s United Wagon Company (UWC) has delivered a new batch of 40 ft timber flat cars to rail operator Arkhbum, a subsidiary of the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill.The units are equipped with 25 t axle-load bogies, feature a high load capacity of 74 t and a body volume that... more
Less clouds in the coffee
The insolvent Bremen-based German freight forwarder Diedrich Meyer, which specialises primarily in coffee transport, is becoming operational again. With effect from March 2021 the joint venture B-LOG Bulk Logistik, which is made up of the Brake-based L.I.T. Group and the port... more
CEO Jasienski leaving Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Craig Jasienski, the president and CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, agreed with the board on 8 March to end his employment with the company. He served in various positions in the group for more than 30 years. CFO Torbjørn Wist will act as CEO while the board initiates the process of... more
More traffic via Ireland
In April, the Danish company DFDS Seaways is adding a fourth ship to the ferry line between Rosslare (Ireland) and Dunkirk (France). The link, launched with three vessels on 2 January, has operated well so far.The ‘Ark Dania’, a ro-ro vessel with the capacity to carry 188... more