Valenciaport feels the breeze 
Valenciaport is also feeling the breeze of a post-pandemic wave at this stage. The Spanish port posted a record handling of more than of 508,000 containers in October 2020. In this month, the threshold of half million containers processed was exceeded for the second time, since... more
250 cool liners to transport flowers
The Spanish transport company ESP Solutions has ordered 250 refrigerated semitrailers from Krone, bringing its fleet up to around 700 trailers, including 600 Krone cool liners. The average age of the vehicles in the fleet is two years. The new Krone cool liners are... more
Harder Logistics builds in Neu-Ulm
Project logistics specialist Harder Logistics has held the ground breaking ceremony for its new facility in the Riffelbank industrial park in Neu-Ulm (Germany). The company sealed the purchase of the plot a month ago. The investment totals around EUR 7 million, including... more
Important freight route in UK secured
Freight services through Cheshire in UK are now benefiting from a more reliable railway after work to replace two railway bridges. The Middlewich branch line reopened following a GBP 4.5 million (EUR 5.02 million) Great North Rail Project investment. The railway was closed for... more
Trucks return to Scandlines
Ferry operator Scandlines continues its regular service on both routes between Germany and Denmark and is now again transporting more than 10,000 freight units per week on the Puttgarden-Rødby route. “With 10,056 trucks in calendar week 43 and 10,282 in calendar week 45 we... more
Forecasts for growth till 2027
The development of volumes in the transport markets until 2027 has been analysed in a new report published by the consultancy Research & Markets, headquartered beside the Guinness Brewery in Dublin (Ireland). Amid the current pandemic, the global market for seafreight... more
Ten locomotives for Luxembourg’s carrier
Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with the Luxembourg-based railway undertaking CFL cargo for ten innovative TRAXX MS locomotives, taking a major leap towards integrated railfreight transport in Europe. The new engines will ensure seamless cross-border... more
Turkish Cargo starts Covid-19 vaccine transport
Turkish Cargo has carried seven active cooling containers packed with Covid-19 vaccines, manufactured in China, to Brazil, from Beijing to São Paulo via Istanbul (17,000 km). By shipping pharmaceuticals to key destinations such as Amsterdam, Basel, Brussels, Dubai, London,... more
Train to link Lower Rhine with Sweden
TX Logistik is expanding its portfolio of railfreight services to and from Scandinavia. The company belongs to the Mercitalia group and specialises in transport services across Europe. It recently launched a three weekly roundtrip service between Kaldenkirchen in Germany via... more
Norwegian investment in Italy
The Italian IT company IB, with headquarters in Rapallo, Italy, a software provider for ship management and artificial intelligence for fleet control, has been acquired by the Norwegian group Arribatec. The latter was recently listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. All shares of... more