ITJ 45-46/2024
Dear readers,
This week we once again have the pleasure of presenting our Turkey Special, as we do every year on the occasion of the Logitrans trade fair in Istanbul. We expect to be involved in many valuable exchanges at the Bosphorus on 20-22 November.
The Turkish government believes that the country’s economic development will be better than the IMF has predicted. The measures the authorities have set up in a medium-term economic programme for the years 2025-2027, published in September, foresee growth of 3.5% in real terms in 2025 – whilst the IMF only expects 2.7%.
The scheme also cites structural transformation, with digitalisation and the green transition amongst the important fields.
There’s been some changes at the ITJ too – find out more in the box below!
Here’s to an enjoyable read!
Andreas Haug
Editor-in-chief
Box
Logismedia buys the ’International Transport Journal’ from MedTriX
The MedTriX Group and the Logismedia Group have signed an agreement for the International Transport Journal (ITJ), and its associated publications ITJ Daily, Swisstrans, Worldtrans and Swiss Shipping Guide, including all the concomitant rights and obligations, to be transferred to the Logismedia Group. The asset deal between the two companies headquartered in Basel took effect on 1 November 2024.
The MedTriX Group ceded all rights and obligations to the titles International Transport Journal (ITJ), ITJ Daily, Swisstrans, Worldtrans and the Swiss Shipping Guide to the Logismedia Group on 1 November 2024. The group also took over most of the workforce on that day.
Oliver Kramer, CEO of the MedTriX Group, said that “as a part of MedTriX’s focus on medical media and on digital transformation we decided to divest ourselves of the ITJ and its related publications. The Logismedia Group will focus on media in the fields of logistics, the supply chain and transport. The various ITJ publications fit perfectly into this plan.”
Andreas Müller, the publishing director of the Logismedia Group, underlined the fact that “the titles around the ITJ fit well into our portfolio, which consists of Loginfo24, PHARMALOGISTICS Magazin, transport.ch Magazin (Swisstrans Magazin from November) and BdKEP Magazin. The International Transport Journal celebrated its 85th anniversary this year. It will be our flagship publication.”
Tradition and modernity
Andreas Müller added that “the ITJ has distributed industry information from all over the world for readers in the entire world for more than 85 years. It has always adapted to the times, both in terms of content and appearance. The ITJ is the only magazine in the logistics and transport industry that covers all of the modes of transport worldwide in several languages.”
Furthermore, as Andreas Müller continued, “the ITJ is published as a print edition, as an e-paper and is supplemented by a daily newsletter that is linked to the website. At Logismedia we want to live up to these obligations, taking into account market conditions.”
Smooth transition guaranteed
To ensure a smooth transition, MedTriX will support Logismedia on all technical and administrative matters for the next few months. Responsibility for all editorial and other content was transferred to Logismedia on 1 November 2024.
Andreas Haug, who has already worked for the ITJ for more than 20 years, will remain editor-in-chief of the International Transport Journal and its associated titles. This will ensure editorial continuity. The ITJ’s proven sales team and other administrative staff have both also moved to the new publisher. From 1 December 2024 the Logismedia Group will thus have six employees on board.