Fostering trimodal solutions at duisport 
Duisport has developed a trimodal container terminal as part of the new logistics concept for the logport VI location, including the basic conditions for legal approval. The area measures roughly 430,000 sqm and has a 500 m quay wall. The aim of the town of Duisburg and the... more
Circle continues its growth
The Italian software provider Circle Group recorded a value of production of EUR 6.1 million, +27% compared to EUR 4.8 million on 31 December 2018. This result was possible also thanks to significant synergies connected to the purchase of 100% of the Progetto Adele software... more
Open cloud-based solution without box
RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once the software has been configured, the industrial... more
New branch manager for Mosolf Wilhelmshaven
Today, 1 April 2020, Inke Onnen-Lübben has taken charge of the Mosolf branch in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), where she will manage the group's entire product portfolio. Her tasks will include supervising the building of an automobile handling terminal for ship loading in... more
Ro-ro terminal at Stockholm in the making
The last two of nine ramps for rolling goods have been installed at the Stockholm Norvik Port. Five were delivered to the recently newly rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the reconstructed Port of Kapellskär. The ro-ro terminal is scheduled to open in September and will be... more
Schweizerzug adds China to its network
On 1 April 2020 Schweizerzug will launch a container train between Switzerland and China. The new train links Frenkendorf near Basel and Niederglatt near Zurich (Switzerland) with Xian in Shaanxi province and Hefei Anhui province in China. The door-to-door service will begin... more
Group7 offers inventories per Skype
Since March, customers and auditors do not have to be personally present for an inventory in logistics centres. The logistics services provider Group7 offers inventories per Skype at all warehousing locations in Germany – in total these services cover an area of more than... more
Air Baltic uses all A220 capacities
After a request from the national health service of the Republic of Latvia this weekend (28 and 29 March 2020), Air Baltic performed a special cargo flight to and from Ürümqi in China, bringing 900,000 face masks and 80,000 respirators made in Zhengzhou and Yiwu regions to... more
Rail company MKB invests in vehicle fleet
Mindener Kreisbahnen (MKB) in Germany intends to upgrade its locomotive fleet as from 2021. To this end, the 121 year old rail company has ordered two new types of locomotives from Siemens. The “Vectron Dual Mode” combines a high-performance 2,400 kW diesel engine with the... more
Obligatory sale of Long Beach terminal pays off 
The decision of the committee on foreign investment in the United States to make Orient Overseas International (OOIL) sell its stake in Long Beach happened at the right time - for the seller. Since China’s Cosco Shipping acquired a majority stake in OOIL in July 2018, the US... more