A successful 2020 for Xpediator 
UK-based Xpediator, founded in 1988, has issued a trading update for the current year ending 31 December 2020. Trading has been strong and the group expects to report adjusted profit before tax of at least GBP 6.0 million (EUR 6.66 million) for the year to 31 December 2020, an... more
Hellmann develops air cargo tracking tool
The global full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is launching "SmartAir!", a new tool for the real-time tracking of air freight shipments. Together with the Bonn-based start-up BlueBox Systems, Hellmann has developed a web-based platform which provides... more
President of IG AirCargo Switzerland retiring
After ten years as the president of IG AirCargo Switzerland, Peter Somaglia is leaving the post. He retired from the airfreight business five years ago and said that he “has now lost daily contact with the industry and its challenges. It’s time for a change.” He will stay in... more
Spanish ports in 2020 so far
Until and including October, Spain’s state-owned ports handled a total of 420.3 million t of merchandise, about 9.8% less than in the same period of the previous year. The volume of containers in international transit totalled 99.9 million t, 1.2% less than in the first ten... more
More help for safe truck parking in UK
Motorway Buddy, the app to assist road hauliers and drivers to accurately plan their overnight parking, has been enhanced with UK police-sourced theft and vehicle interference data to identify safer parking options. The app has already been downloaded 130,000 times and used... more
Keep calm and eat Pizza
Pizza Hut in Germany has decided to continue its cooperation with Meyer Quick Service Logistics (QSL) Deutschland until 2025. As part of the extension of the contract, QSL is expanding its storage facilities for the fast-casual chain from one to two locations. “This enables... more
Swiss brewery now delivers beer by e-truck
In Rheinfelden (Switzerland), the brewery Feldschlösschen and the Carlsberg group have taken delivery of the first 26 t vehicle of an order of twenty Renault trucks D Wide Z.E. Carlsberg and Feldschlösschen have decided to carry out their deliveries without CO2 emissions in... more
Lineas to serve Wolfurt, Wels and Wien Süd
Terminal Service Austria (TSA) has gained a new partner. As from mid-December, Belgium-based rail freight operator Lineas will offer Xpress train services to TSA terminals in Wolfurt, Wels and Wien Süd. Lineas trains will run from Antwerp in Belgium to Wolfurt three times a... more
ITJ Video News – 26 November 2020
In the ITJ Video News of the 26th of November 2020, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen presents news on Valenciaport’s figures for October; Ethiopian Cargo’s new trans-Pacific route; a retirement at Danser; Union Pacific’s new intermodal terminal in the USA; and a new Pernod Ricard... more
Quiet brakes for 30,000 wagons
VTG has refurbished all the rail wagons it deploys in Germany and Switzerland with so-called quiet brake blocks. Now only composite or disk brakes will be used. After several years of work, the conversion programme will be concluded in time for the change of timetable on 13... more