Hapag-Lloyd deploys more vessels in the East Med 

Hapag-Lloyd will change its Levante Express Service (LEX) as from next year. As from the second calendar week in 2020, Hapag-Lloyd will add one additional vessel to the LEX service to ensure improved schedule reliability during the upcoming winter months. Hapag-Lloyd... plus
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... plus
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... plus
“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... plus
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.... plus
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... plus
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... plus
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... plus
«Extension européenne» à Vérone 

De nouvelles voies ferrées, davantage de trains et une position parmi les principaux terminaux du continent. L’Interporto Quadrante Europa nourrit de gros projets et va investir 59 M. d’EUR dans les infrastructures du transport ferroviaire de marchandises. Les installations déjà... plus
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... plus