Quicker and greener transports to Turkey 
The logistics provider Hellmann and Talay, a Turkey-based intermodal specialist, have formed a new partnership, in which Talay carries goods from the Turkish ports by ro-ro ships to Trieste in Italy. Here, the cargo is reloaded onto block trains and transported to hubs in... mehr
More efficiency through digitalisation
In Upper Styria in Austria, the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Voestalpine are working at the Donawitz site to optimise rail-bound supply chains, including supply and process control, with the help of digitalisation. The aim of the project is to avoid empty runs, improve the use... mehr
Schenker to open semiconductor site
DB Schenker is expanding its semiconductor logistics portfolio and developing a new 18,000 sqm hub near Amsterdam. At this location, the logistics provider will be able to operate 12,000 sqm of space for its storage, cross-docking, vendor managed inventory and returns... mehr
IAPH 2024 sustainability awards are out
The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) recently announced the winners of the IAPH 2023 Sustainability Awards during the gala dinner of the IAPH World Ports Conference in Hamburg: American, European & Asian ports are all among the winners, with Ulsan Port... mehr
ADL gets three green trucks
The new vehicles - two FM Electric 4x2 trucks and an FH Aero 460 6x2 tractor unit - join the two Volvo e-trucks which Alliance Flooring Distribution (ADL) received in early 2024. The UK-based company is now operating all five Volvos from its recently opened carbon-neutral... mehr
Adding in Austria
Craiss Generation Logistik is expanding its site in Weis, Austria by 20,000 sqm to strengthen its partnership with its customer, Siemens Energy. By enhancing the warehousing capacities of the hub, which was first opened in 2021, Craiss seeks to meet the growing demands for... mehr
Seacube bolsters its board of directors
Seacube Container Leasing, a specialist for intermodal equipment leasing solutions and one of the largest purchasers of refrigerated containers in the world, has added two members to its board of directors: Anthony Chiarello, who has been appointed to chairman of the board, and... mehr
Container statt Ruhrkohle 
Eröffnung des grössten Containerterminals im europäischen Binnenland. Am 16. September wurde der Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) feierlich eröffnet. Was Duisport als «einen der bedeutendsten Meilensteine in der über 300-jährigen Geschichte des Hafens» bezeichnete, ist für... mehr
Switzerland: first rail tracks to get solar panels
The first solar panels designed to produce electricity from solar energy are about to be laid between the tracks at Buttes station in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. The federal office of transport (FOT) recently approved a pilot project to this effect. The photovoltaic... mehr
Meeting port call data challenges
The Supply Chain Resilience Taskforce, comprising IAPH, Chainport, DCSA, TIC 4.0, and IPCSA, has released the study “Port Call Optimisation through Data Quality” at the IAPH World Ports Conference in Hamburg. The report addresses challenges in adopting the IMO Compendium for... mehr