India invests in its rail system on a grand scale 
Indian Railways has initiated 498 railway projects of a total length of 49,069 km, which are at different stages of execution/planning/sanction. The commissioning of 8,979 km has been achieved. The plan includes 188 new line projects measuring 21,295 km in total, 55 gauge... mehr
Flying Whales and small AI-controlled airships
Québec intends to invest at least CAD 30 million (EUR 20 million) in the Flying Whales airship project in southwestern France and in a new local subsidiary, Les dirigibles Flying Whales Québec. The plan to invest public funds to open up remote areas of the Canadian province to... mehr
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Twelve states allow only military personnel to wear camouflage, for all other people such clothing is illegal. These countries are the Caribbean states of Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and St. Lucia plus the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Oman and the... mehr
bremenports improves its climate balance
Bremen’s ports have been able to reduce their emissions by 70% over the last eight years. The current aim is to make the port infrastructure completely C02 neutral by the end of 2023. The port management company bremenports drafted a sustainability strategy already in 2009.... mehr
Ekol Logistics and UBV join forces
Ekol and UBV have decided to take another step forward to strengthen their market position in Europe and have signed a long-term exclusive cooperation agreement. UBV is a large international groupage transportation company and Ekol Logistics is a 3PL company that specialises not... mehr
Steerprop appoints new CEO
Steerprop’s board of directors has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as the company’s new CEO. Hägg will assume his new role at the start of January 2020. As former vice president of ship design at Wärtsilä, Hägg brings decades of maritime technology know-how, digital and strategic... mehr
UIC: Railway safety achieves a record high
Rail transport is the safest mode of overland transport and is improving continuously in terms of safety, as the International Union of Railways (UIC) demonstrates in its latest report on railway accidents. Accidents and numbers of victims were reduced by almost 17% between... mehr
Europa kumuliert sich in Verona
Neue Geleise, mehr Züge und eine Position als einer der führenden Terminals des Kontinents. Der Interporto Quadrante Europa hat grosse Pläne und will 59 Mio. EUR in die Infrastruktur Schienengüterverkehrs investieren. Die bereits heute gut ausgebauten Anlagen nutzt unter... mehr
Kiwi Rail: A major step forward linking rail and road
New Zealand’s government has unveiled a master plan for a new freight hub near Palmerston North. The 3 km long intermodal freight hub combines a container terminal, warehousing for road transport operators and bulk goods and forestry loading operations with KiwiRail’s train... mehr
Bcube implements handling solution from Champ
Bcube, one of Italy's largest and most dynamic air cargo handlers and logistics companies, has implemented "Cargospot Handling". The solution of the global IT logistics provider Champ Cargosystems is a cargo operations and terminal management system which is... mehr