MSC on EHSQ 
On the world maritime day, the Switzerland-based carrier published its fourth report on sustainability. This year's report, called ‘Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet’, also raised awareness of the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs). The... more
Wagon keeper goes on the safety offensive
Safety on the railways involves more than technical regulations and procedures. Human factors are at least as important. Wagon keeper Ermewa is therefore going on the offensive: over the next few months, its 220 employees will take part in a training programme that was developed... more
Railfreight companies demonstrate in Berlin
It was the first demonstration to take place on rail tracks, and SBB Cargo International was one of the participants. Yesterday, Monday, 28 September 2020, a line locomotive of SBB Cargo International joined 19 other locomotives of just as many other private railfreight... more
Satisfactory result for Circle in H1
Circle announced the half-year consolidated financial report on 30 June 2020, which is subject to limited audit. The value of production amounted to EUR 3.2 million (EUR 2.6 million H1/2019) with an increase of 21%. Ebitda amounted to EUR 0.4 million (EUR 0.7 million H1/2019)... more
Rail and truck bring olive oil to Belgium
Transfesa has enhanced its intermodal transport services for food products within Europe by adding a new weekly connection to its network. Over the past two months, Transfesa has been transporting olive oil from Spain to Belgium via a new international route. It is a... more
Sculptures on the move
Harder Logistics, a specialist for the transport of artworks headquartered in Neu-Ulm (Bavaria, Germany), took over the challenging task of transferring three sculptures from the Ulm museum’s roof terrace to the city’s central artworks depot free of charge. The tricky part... more
Pan-European call for Brexit deal
The International Road Union (IRU) and 32 transport business groups and road transport associations from across Europe call on EU and UK negotiators to reach a Brexit deal for the sake of consumers and the economy. In an open letter to Michel Barnier and David Frost... more
New Flexis for Norish
Third party multi-temperature warehousing and logistics network Norish operates lithium-ion battery-powered Flexi articulated VNA truck technology at one of its cold store facilities in the West Midlands. The company, which has used Flexi VNA trucks throughout its business... more
Turkish Cargo integrating its virtual workforce
Turkish Cargo is continuing its journey to the future by integrating robotic process automation into its business processes that can minimise errors. In an initial phase the robots Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta will go live. Bravo will be in charge of spot rate approvals,... more
Daily trains from China to Hamburg
UTLC ERA, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, and Belintertrans Germany, are launching a joint end-to-end regular multimodal service from Altynkol, on the border with China, to Kaliningrad (Russia) and Hamburg (Germany). The new service will provide competitive and reliable... more