Blockchain pilot between Lyon and Marseille 
The closure of a blockchain pilot scheme coordinated and part-financed by the Marseille Fos port authority in France has proven the solution’s scope for enhancing intermodal freight movements on the Mediterranean-Rhone-Saone (MeRS) corridor. Focused on export processes... more
AN-12 cargo plane crash in the Ukraine
The aviation safety network reports that early last Friday, 4 October 2019, Ukraine Air Alliance flight 4050, an Antonov AN-12, crashed on approach to Lviv-Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO), Ukraine. The aircraft departed Vigo Airport (VGO), Spain, in the evening of 3... more
Deep-water terminal at Liverpool takes next hurdle
The building and civil engineering company McLaughlin & Harvey, located close to Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK), has been awarded the contract to deliver the next phase of development at the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal. The multi-million project will... more
Cargo partners continue cooperation in Zurich
Swiss World Cargo and Cargologic have agreed to continue their long-standing partnership for another seven years. The partnership will see the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines continue to use Cargologic’s airfreight handling competencies at its hub in Zurich,... more
Provia installs its one millionth spare part
Provia, the commercial vehicle spare parts brand designed by aftermarket specialists, announced that its one millionth component has been installed at an independent workshop in Poland. “The installation of the one millionth spare part is an important milestone in what can... more
More connections to Romania
TX Logistik (TXL) is exploring options for a new intermodal connection from Oradea in Romania to the Rhine-Ruhr area in Germany. During a presentation event in Oradea, first talks on the subject were held with executives from the business community. Furthermore, TXL showed on... more
Worldwide Flight Services names Nils Andersen as chairman
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Nils Andersen chairman of the WFS board of directors. Andersen joins WFS to work with the management team to build upon the progress made since the company was acquired by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management last year.... more
New real estate specialist for Germany
Scannell Properties, an American real estate development and investment company, has hired Thomas Unzen as development manager, Germany. Unzen will be responsible for designing, constructing and implementing building and development projects for the German market. The new... more
Bright future forecast for road haulage
In spite of the predicted slowdown in economic growth, the German federal office for freight transport (BAG) expects the steady increase in freight traffic to continue until 2021. For the current year, the BAG predicts a 0.9% rise in freight volumes and a 1.2% growth in... more
T-Link puts facility in Thun into operation
The Swiss company T-Link has been specialising in industrial export packaging and freight forwarding logistics for 30 years. It continues to expand its network and has now opened an office in Thun in the canton of Berne, where a new packaging facility came on stream at the... more