More responsibilities for BLS Cargo's CEO 
For several years, Switzerland's second-largest railway company BLS has been receiving more public subsidies than were originally intended. This is substantiated by an investigation report published by the Swiss federal audit office. These findings have consequences for... mehr
Zufall and konfid.io launch "Zukonft"
Medium-sized family business Zufall logistics group has partnered with the Berlin-based company konfid.io, software experts for blockchain technology, to found the joint venture “Zukonft”, as part its strategy to position itself for future and long-term competitiveness. A... mehr
Niedersachsen Ports with positive surprises
Not all of Lower Saxony's nine sea ports saw a decline in cargo throughput in H1/2020, although total throughput dropped by 11%. All in all, the group of ports handled 24 million t of goods in H1/2020 (27 million t in 2019). Papenburg, Oldenburg and Stade however recorded a... mehr
Simacan and Transfollow form partnership
Simacan, the cloud platform for transport and logistics, a Transfollow, an eCMR platform that links up the digital systems of shippers, carriers and customers, plan to deepen their cooperation and connect their logistics platforms for transport execution. Both companies... mehr
Madile to head DACH division at Meyer QSL
Stefano Madile has been appointed director key account management DACH at Meyer Quick Service Logistics (QSL). Besides heading the offices in Germany, he will focus on the strategic development of the company's locations in Austria and Switzerland. With Stefano Madile, an... mehr
From China to Uzbekistan in nine days
The Kazakhistan multimodal operator KTZ Express (KTZE) recently organised the shipment of a train on the China-Uzbekistan route with a full range of services, from loading and processing cargo to providing its own containers and using the terminal belonging to the KTZ group. 50... mehr
Ontario and Anchorage airports flying high
Only two US airports – Southern California’s Ontario International Airport (ONT) and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) – experienced significant growth of commercial air freight shipments in the first five months of 2020 as consumers and businesses increasingly... mehr
Treffen und Bangen 
Die Freude stand Veranstaltern und Teilnehmern des Air Cargo Days der IG Air Cargo Switzerland Ende August ins Gesicht geschrieben: Nach Monaten war es endlich wieder möglich, einer grösseren Menge von Fachleuten im persönlichen Austausch zu begegnen. Für Motivation sorgen auch... mehr
Ceneri tunnel officially opened
Today, Friday 04.09.2020, the Ceneri base tunnel in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland) is officially opened in the presence of federal president and transport minister Simonetta Sommaruga and foreign minister Ignazio Cassis. The Ceneri base tunnel is the third and last piece of... mehr