EU green-lights TrailerTails for new commercial vehicles 
New directive for motorways more
Indian Railways transporting more freight
Indian Railways consistently boosted volumes between April 2012 and February 2013 more
Railway between China and Asean states now operational
Around 140 km of new track laid more
Ships are the most critical issue - The Hamburg Süd Group
At a recent meeting of the Propeller Club, Port of Basel, Dr Ottmar Gast, the chairman of the Hamburg Süd Group's executive board, gave a lecture on the current market situation in and the challenges faced by the container shipping industry. Jutta Iten took the opportunity to... more
A degree of relief for the industry?
The European Transport Market Monitor, a quarterly information bulletin published by the logistics platform Transporeon and Capgemini Consulting, has reported a positive development in the index in the last quarter of 2012. The Transporeon platform links more than 600 companies... more
Cautiously optimistic - Growth in Asia and the Middle East...
Even though traffic to and from Asia will remain the problem child of the global logistics industry, the local situation is stable, thanks also to intra-Asian trade. China remains the growth engine. In the Middle East the UAE, Qatar and Oman make up the leading trio. more
The race of the giants - Shanghai stays ahead of Singapore
Shanghai needed only a comparatively short time to overtake its main rival, Singapore, after the latter had only recently moved ahead of Hong Kong. One thing is certain, namely that in terms of volume the Asian ports play in an entirely different league than their European... more
Second Filipino destination soon - Emirates set to serve...
The Dubai-based Emirati carrier Emirates is set to begin daily nonstop flights to Clark international airport on 1 October. Emirates has been operating flights to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, since 1990 and has continually increased frequencies on the route since then. more