Two awards for iPort Rail Doncaster 
iPort Rail in Doncaster has scooped two industry awards in less than a week. It was named ‘Business of the Year’ in the annual Rail Freight Group Awards, and won the ‘Freight and Logistics Achievement of the Year’ prize in the National Rail Awards.The ‘Business of the Year’... more
Special hopper cars to ship fertilisers
Mineral fertiliser producer Acron is the first company in Russia to use innovative 19-6978-01 hopper cars, manufactured by the United Wagon Company (UWC). The six-axle cars combine articulated structures and hopper boxes located at the lower end of the body.The 25 tf axle-load... more
Ceva anchors in Laem Chabang
Ceva Logistics, an affiliate of CMA CGM, is expanding its footprint in Thailand with a new station for marine transport at Laem Chabang, the country’s main deep-sea port. The infrastructure of the port, located in Thailand’s ‘Eastern Economic Corridor’, makes it a growing hub... more
Ron Crouch Transport acquires AG Logistics
Ron Crouch Transport, a Sydney-based Australian freight carrier, has entered into a contract for the acquisition on 1 October of the 3PL warehouse and transport company AG Logistics, based in the Adelaide suburb of Cavan, South Australia.AG Logistics’ site at Cavan is a... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavik shows penises of every Icelandic mammal. more
Additional charge for Sander Breugelmans
Prologis has revealed that Sander Breugelmans has taken over as regional head for northern Europe, now that Bram Verhoeven has left the company. Breugelmans will be in charge of Prologis's real estate portfolio covering 5.7 million sqm, and head all activities in the Benelux... more
A South Floridian matter
GA Telesis from Fort Lauderdale (pictured), which is already a customer of the Miami-based MRO Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), is exercising an option for a second Boeing B737-800SF freighter conversion. This follows an announcement for a first B737-800SF, awarded in July. The... more
Containers carry the country’s ports
Ports play an important role on Morocco’s 1,835 km coastline. In the first half of the year they were largely able to withstand the effects of the pandemic. They largely made up for the lack of passengers with adequate volumes of goods. more
New rail link between Xi’an and Dunajska Streda
Thanks to close cooperation with Metrans, cargo-partner now offers a regular, direct FCL service from Xi’an, China to Dunajska Streda, Slovakia with departures every Friday. The new link includes pickup throughout China and delivery anywhere in Central and Eastern... more
Port of Rotterdam picks COO
Boudewijn Siemons has been appointed as the new COO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority as of 1 October. He will also be joining the Port Authority’s executive board. Siemons succeeds Ronald Paul in this role. Until recently, Siemons served as president of Royal Vopak’s... more