Grimaldi remains optimistic - Full speed on motorways of... 

It may not be possible for many shipping companies to look ahead with optimism to the coming months – but the Grimaldi group is an exception. This old-established familyowned company has defied difficult market conditions and remained profitable for the last few years (see ITJ... more
Flying through less turbulence - Cargolux getting itself... 

Cargolux provided Payerne with a premiere with the flying visit of its flagship B747. A fresh sense of calm also seems to have set in at the freight airline, which had recently experienced some serious headwinds. more
Transporting reactors between Poland and Germany - Hampered... 

Best Logistics, a Polish logistics service provider that specialises in project cargo activities and heavylift and oversized transportation options, carried out a rather special inland waterway transportation job this winter. One challenge was the 7.5 m height of the... more
New intermodal container terminal in Tarragona - First... 

In February 2013 the multinational company Bertschi successfully carried out its first shipment in Tarragona – the new intermodal terminal has thus survived its baptism of fire. more
Improving through «Moravia» 

The Polish firm DB Schenker Rail Polska and the Czech entity CD Cargo have linked the largest shunting yard in Czechia to Poland several times a week since the start of the year. more
Cuxport requires additional handling areas - Programmed... 

Cuxport registered high growth rates last year, above all in automobile logistics, but the port operator said that it had also expanded its activities in the wind energy industry and in trailer handling. more
DB Schenker Logistics - Expanding across the board 

The German service provider DB Schenker Logistics is currently constructing three new logistics centres in Czechia, Germany and Singapore. They are due to commence operations in autumn 2013 and in 2014. more
Record year for Marseille 

A total of 85.8 million t of goods were handled in Marseille in 2012, as the volume of cargo slipped by 3%. This was due mainly to an 11% drop in oil and gas volumes, which came in at 52.74 t. Container throughput at Marseille Fos rose by 13%to 1.062 million teu, with Fos... more
Investments analysed - DP World reassesses situation 

DP World, the Dubai-based fourth-largest container terminal operator worldwide, divested last year from four joint venture terminals it was involved in. The corporation wants to concentrate more on those areas and regions where it can attain satisfactory returns. more