Five locomotives delivered – despite corona 
Although the coronavirus pandemic has closed some borders and significantly complicated the movement of goods and people, Czechian manufacturer CZ LOKO recently delivered five locomotives to Finland, Ukraine and Italy. Two EffiShunter 1600 locomotives will be operated by the... more
Contship Italia's intermodal targets till 2024
The Melzo/Milan-headquartered Contship Italia Group has published its new business plan targets. By the year 2024, Eurokai's Italian container terminal and intermodal branch plans to achieve more than 1.8 million teu new handling capacity, including gateway and transhipment... more
Berlin airport about to open - really!
Berlin's new airport (BER) will finally go into operation tomorrow, 31.10.2020, thus ending an odyssey that began in 1996. At the beginning, it was decided to extend the already existing Schönefeld (SXF) airport and then close down the Tegel (TXL) and Tempelhof (THF) locations... more
CBRE: Logistics in Catalonia resilient
According to an analysis run by real estate group CBRE in Spain, Catalan logistics remains robust thanks to contracting linked to e-commerce. Since January, the warehouse surface in Catalonia used for e-commerce has risen to 56,000 sqm, surpassing the 54,000 sqm in 2019 - an... more
Norwegian railways upgrades signalling system
By the beginning of 2021, trains equipped with Alstom’s latest ERTMS Baseline 3 Release 2 (BL3R2) onboard train control system will be ready for commercial service in Norway. Now, the first locomotive furnished with the upgraded signalling system has started digital test... more
India: 20 years without docking
India’s first LNG-FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit) has been classified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, which is a milestone in India’s energy shift towards natural gas. The unit is owned by Triumph... more
Trade body elects chair and Asian representative
Interferry, a trade association representing 260 members of the global ferry industry, has appointed Christophe Mathieu as the new chair of its board of directors. Board member since 2010, he was elected at the association’s AGM on 27 October - held virtually e due to Covid-19... more
Brexit a benefit for air freight?
The British aviation services group and air freight broker Air Partner is preparing for a possible influx of air freight requests as the UK approaches the end of its transition period out of the EU (31 December 2020). In fact, loaded trucks that at present enter England via... more
More automotive in Argentina
Dachser's Argentine affiliate launched its dedicated automotive desk in October. This dedicated office will be housed in the company’s Mendoza sales facility which was opened in spring 2020 and is intended to offer special services for complex or time-critical global logistics... more
Funding for fuel cell drives
Companies in Germany may submit applications for the funding of fuel cell technology projects in intralogistics until 20 November 2020, the industry network Clean Intralogistics Net (CIN) said. The funding is intended for forklift trucks with fuel cell drives and an... more