MacAndrews offers new service from Teesport 
The feeder operator MacAndrews, part of the French container shipping line CMA CGM, has introduced a new weekly multimodal logistics service into the UK's Teesport, run by PD Ports. This new weekly service connects Teesport with Iberia, Sweden and Poland. MacAndrews has... more
New freight terminal in Linz
A new freight terminal at Linz airport was inaugurated on 17 October. Linz, which last reported an annual cargo volume of 43,000 t, is Austria’s largest regional freight airport. The new, state-of-the-art air centre, now covering more than 23,000 sqm, offers a full airfreight... more
CSX goes ahead with plan for Pittsburgh intermodal facility
CSX and its transportation and intermodal terminals subsidiaries plan to design and build a new intermodal facility in McKees Rocks and Stowe Township near Pittsburgh PA (USA). The platform will utilize CSX's National Gateway project, an USD 850 million public-private... more
FedEx Express builds new cold chain facility at Memphis hub
The US integrator and CEP service provider FedEx Express has begun building a new state-of-the-art temperature controlled facility next to its world hub in Memphis TN (USA). The company said the 8,200 sqm centre will connect directly with the Memphis hub operations, and will... more
Massive boost for Rotterdam LNG hub
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has been granted two European subsidy applications relating to liquid natural gas (LNG9 The European Union supports the development of a Rotterdam LNG hub through a subsidy of EUR 40 million for LNG infrastructure for the Rhine-Main-Danube area... more
Global head for automotive sector appointed
Frank Vorrath has been appointed as DHL Global Forwarding’s global sector head for automotive this month (October). He was previously head of sales for automotive, manufacturing and engineering, technology and energy at DHL Supply Chain Germany and Alps. In this new role,... more
UIC launches European Capacity4Rail project
The Capacity4Rail project, co-funded by the European Commission, has held its kick-off meeting in Paris. It was attended by around 70 participants representing 46 European partners from 13 countries in Europe and Turkey. The four-year project, addressing the issue of railway... more
Cargo-Partner opening up in Ho Chi Minh City
After Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, the Austrian transport and logistics company Cargo-Partner has now opened its own branch office in Vietnam. Cargo-Partner’s Vietnamese premises are located on the main trunk road between Ho Chi Minh City’s airport and industrial... more
Volvo Group to optimize truck manufacturing in Europe
The Volvo Group (Sweden) has made a directional decision to implement changes in the European industrial structure for truck manufacturing. The group's intention is to, step-wise over the next two years, relocate cab trim operations from Umeå to Gothenburg (both Sweden), to... more
CaroTrans expands transpacific services
CaroTrans, a global NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, has announced a direct Los Angeles (USA) to Suva (Fiji) LCL export service with a twelve day transit, which is said to be the fastest in the market. This transit has been reduced... more