VP promotions at Bolt Express 
Bolt Express, headquartered in Toledo (Ohio), has promoted three new members to its senior management team. Jorge Cazares, who has 20 years of experience in expedite transportation, has been promoted to vice president, operations for Mexico cross border services. Sam... more
Rotterdam: Innovation boosts railway
The C.RO Ports terminal in the Botlek in Rotterdam will be the first terminal to add ‘VEGA-VTG plates’ to its portfolio. These platforms can be used for transporting non-craneable trailers by rail. The trailer is driven onto the platform, after which it can be loaded on board... more
Reception in Miami
Global Crossing Airlines Group, operating as "GlobalX", has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft, marking the beginning of the new airline which has also big cargo plans. Chairman and CEO Ed Wegel: "We are building our airline around Airbus with the A320 and... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In 1914, it took 93 minutes to build a Ford Model T on the assembly line. more
Jan de Rijk augments fleet
Dutch company Jan de Rijk Logistics, with headquarters in Roosendaal, is enhancing its fleet. Daniel Uijtdewillegen, its director for international transport, recently received the keys of the first batch of new trucks from Johan Claassen, sales manager with TB Bastianen.... more
Port of Brussels shows resilience
While waterway transport is under pressure because of the economic slowdown caused by pandemic, overall traffic in the port of Brussels moved sideways in 2020 (+0.3%). The port handled 4.95 million t of cargo for Brussels in 2020 (5.22 million t in 2019) and 1.7 million t in... more
The industry remained lively
The contradictory news of 2020 included hiring freezes and people frequently changing jobs. Moritz Blaser, a specialist in human resource services, explained the background of this and other paradoxes to Christian Doepgen. more
Swiss hydrogen truck saves 80 t of CO2
Gebrüder Weiss has added a hydrogen truck to its vehicle fleet. Instead of using diesel, the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell model delivered to the Altenrhein branch in Switzerland runs on what is called "green hydrogen", meaning that this commercial vehicle is able to save... more
ETCS technology for German freight locomotives
ETCS Alstom will equip a total of thirteen electric freight locomotives for DB Cargo with the latest ETCS signalling technology standard (ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2) for trans-European freight traffic between Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This complies with the latest European... more
Critical cargo from China to Pakistan
International transportation and logistics specialist Dimerco has delivered oversized cargo - three sets of product line equipment, totalling chargeable weight 91,577 kg - for a telecommunications client to Lahore, Pakistan from Guangdong, China within a tight five-day... more