Jetzt fährt er Holz umher 
Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Gesellschaft (SETG) setzt ihr Holzwaggon-Konzept um. Pünktlich am 15. März wurde der vor wenigen Monaten hier vorgestellte «Sflexwood» (vgl. ITJ 01-04-/2023, S. 22) zur Beladung gestellt. Ebenso pünktlich wurden die Waggons der ersten... mehr
Beyond (east of) Munich: Japanese buy Cargo-Partner 
The deal was signed on 12 May 2023: Japanese stock-listed Nippon Express Holdings (NX), which is also the parent company of Nippon Express, APC, Franco Vago and others, reached an agreement with the Austrian Cargo-Partner Group Holding and its subsidiaries Multi Transport und... mehr
First USA-Faroe service bookable from today
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced the USA’s first-ever nonstop service to the Faroe Islands with flights by Atlantic Airways between New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) and Vágar, the sole airport on the Faroe Islands. The seasonal weekly... mehr
Historic moment for Jaxport
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport), Florida’s No. 1 container port by volume and one of the USA’s major vehicle-handling ports, set a new port record with the arrival of the vessel “One Stork”, the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. This vessel is... mehr
Pharma expert Mark Maurer joins Loxxess
Loxxess, a medium-sized logistics company specialising in complex logistics and value-added services and headquartered in Tegernsee, Germany, has a new member on its executive board: Mark Maurer took over as managing director of Loxxess Pharma on 17 April 2023 and now acts as... mehr
VR launches first Dr19 locomotive in Finland
Finland’s rail company VR has started operating the first of a total of 60 diesel locomotives it ordered from manufacturer Stadler Rail a few days ago. With the new unit, the carrier can deploy larger trains and reduce its carbon footprint, VR said. The ordered locomotives... mehr
2,300 trucks to shift from road to rail
At this year’s transport logistic fair in Munich, CFL cargo and Bertani Trasporti signed a partnership for operating two roundtrips per week to transport vans from the Gliwice Port in Poland to Marckolsheim in France, a distance of more than 1,300 km. This new, cross-border... mehr
Booking a shipment in six steps
At the third myDHLi Digital Summit, DHL Global Forwarding presented its upgraded state-of-the-art digital customer portal. The software is intended to help customers enhance their logistics’ performance, resilience, and sustainability, even in uncertain times. In a live... mehr
Anglo-Eastern uses Wärtsilä’s FOS
Wärtsilä, a specialist for innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions, is partnering with DNV’s industry cloud platform Veracity to create secure and seamless connectivity between Wärtsilä’s fleet optimisation solution (FOS) and the platform. FOS provides a unique... mehr
Pelican ready for take-off
A2Z has begun to roll out its new flagship long-range delivery drone, the "RDSX Pelican". Capable of carrying payloads up to 5 kg on routes up to 40 km, the drone is claimed to be "a highly efficient platform for the last-mile fleet". Unladen it can travel 50... mehr