New multimodal access to the port of Barcelona 
In a joint effort between the authorities and private companies, a protocol has been inked concerning the new southern road and rail accesses to the port of Barcelona. The ministry of public works, the Generalitat de Catalunya; Adif, the Spanish corporation of rail... more
CP connected to shipping platform
Canadian Pacific Railways (CP) has joined Trade Lens, a blockchain-based platform that enables the secure and transparent transfer of container-shipping documents. This open-API platform will help CP intermodal shippers create, amend and share documents with other supply... more
Magnolia Award goes to Nippon Express
Tatsuo Sugiyama (left), managing executive officer and regional general manager of Nippon Express, East Asia Region has received the Magnolia Award from the Shanghai municipal people's government at a presentation ceremony, 16 September. Since 1989, the Magnolia Award has... more
Because Manhattan Associates is worth it
The French global beauty company, L’Oréal, which was founded 110 years ago, has chosen to implement Manhattan Active Warehouse Management, a software as a service (SaaS)-based and cloud-native solution. The first implementation is due to be launched by mid-2021, with... more
An e-vehicle for city logistics
In the old town of Freiburg, Germany, logistics service provider Dachser has designated an emission-free delivery area of roughly 1.5 sqkm. Effective immediately, B2B and B2C customers in the old town will receive all their groupage shipments via a 7.5 t all-electric Fuso... more
BDI flying high
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), the main index of the international dry cargo freight market, has maintained its upward trend for five consecutive sessions and recently surpassed the 2,000 point barrier, reaching 2,097 on 7 October. This is the highest mark since September last... more
Mesa's first cargo flight for DHL Express
Phoenix, AZ-based Mesa Air Group operated its first revenue cargo flight for DHL Express last week from its crew and maintenance base at Cincinnati airport. Under a previously announced agreement, Mesa will operate two B737-400F aircraft on behalf of DHL for a five-year... more
Logwin takes business with China to the streets
11,000 km through China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland to Germany. The 235 boxes of bicycle parts from a Chinese plant in Dongguan, which Logwin, based in Luxembourg, transported for the first time by truck to Koblenz in Germany instead of by rail or sea freight, were... more
DF Industrial Partners grows
DFI, a project developer of commercial and logistics property based in Germany, is founding two new offices in Stuttgart and Hamburg and therefore also strengthening its sales team. In order to make local exchange easier with the municipalities and the partners, DFI is now... more
90 years ago today: the Graf at Basel’s first airport
On 12 October 1930 LZ 127, the most successful airship in the history of aviation, which transported more than 100 t of cargo on 1.7 million km between 1928 and 1937, landed at Basel's Sternenfeld airport, which had been inaugurated exactly one year and one month earlier, on 12... more