Third shunting track at the Schwedenkai 
                     
                    An additional track will be built at the rail terminal at Kiel’s Schwedenkai, raising the number of entrance tracks to three. This will enhance the port’s line-up capacities for wagons in order to cut back the amount of train movements to and from the Kiel-Meimersdorf shunting... more
 New player on the waters: E2F in France 
                     
                    In France, a new body has been created to promote inland navigation: On 1 November 2019, the French national chamber of craft industry (CNBA) and the French committee of river owners (CAF) agreed to set up a new organisation to speak for the fluvial transport and... more
 Testing "Dumbo"  
                     
                    Russia has taken another step towards developing its own successor to the AN-124. Specialists of the Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute (Tsagi) in Moscow have now presented an aerodynamic model of the "Slon" (elephant), a high capacity freighter whose properties are... more
 Scottish carrier starts fleet renewal with full freighters 
                     
                    Glasgow (UK)-based regional carrier Loganair is replacing its ageing Saab fleet with ATR. The first aircraft to be substituted will be the freighters. Danish aviation service provider Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) confirmed that it has delivered one ATR 72-500 to Loganair on... more
 UK carrier delivers cement to infrastructure projects 
                     
                    GB Railfreight in the UK has transact a seven-year deal with Hanson Cement for railfreight services from the Ketton cement works in Rutland and the Ribblesdale cement works in Lancashire to terminals in London, Bristol and Glasgow. The carrier will operate on average nine... more
 New country manager for Serbia 
                     
                    The management of Gebrüder Weiss has appointed a new country manager for Serbia. Roland Raith is now responsible for running the company’s branch in this Balkan country. Furthermore, he is also in charge of Gebrüder Weiss Montenegro, since the management of this office reports... more
 DHL and Hewlett Packard aim at improving invoice processes 
                     
                    DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have worked to deploy a blockchain solution for logistics payment processing. Based upon smart contracts and blockchain technology, this solution offers a... more
 Emirates Skycargo strengthens its pharma offerings 
                     
                    With +75,000 t of pharmaceuticals flown during FY 2018/19, Emirates Skycargo continues to enhance its offerings to pharma shippers and freight forwarders. Earlier this year, the carrier inaugurated a 1,000 sqm facility with an annual capacity of 15,000 t of pharma shipments... more
 Raben expands to Bulgaria 
                     
                    Raben has opened its first warehouse in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The regional group, Raben Logistics Bulgaria, plans to expand its business activities across the entire country and offer services in the national and international distribution segment (LTL, FTL). The... more
 AN-22 returns to commercial market 
                     
                    With two flights on the Madrid-Baghdad-Madrid route performed for DSV Spain, the logistics operator of the Spanish ministry of defence, Antonov Airlines' AN-22 "Antei" is back in the commercial market of outsized air transportations after scheduled maintenance.... more

