Heaviest jumbo train completes successful trial run 
A Freightliner 3,690-horsepower Class 70 locomotive recently hauled a train with a cargo of aggregate between Merehead in Somerset and Acton in London, UK. Weighing 4,624 t, this is the heaviest ‘jumbo’ train currently running in the UK, said Freightliner. The trial run was... more
International routes for new Swedish airport
During the 2019-2020 winter season SAS will start direct flights from Copenhagen, Aalborg (Denmark) and London (UK) to Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), the new Swedish airport in Sälen/Trysil which is only a short distance from around 250 ski slopes in Sweden and... more
Twelve roundtrips between Luxembourg and Trieste
Mars Logistics, DFDS and CFL multimodal have formed a partnership to expand their service offering on the Europe-Turkey route. The three partners are convinced that this cooperation will increase the attractiveness of their multimodal services, including railfreight and sea... more
DB Schenker tests nationwide use of exoskeletons
DB Schenker has intensively and successfully tested the use of exoskeletons at several logistics locations. The logistics services provider thus continues its efforts to relieve warehouse staff of physically-demanding tasks. Exoskeletons, also known as outer skeletons or... more
22 new locomotives for Spanish ADIF
Switzerland-based rail manufacturer Stadler, in consortium with Erion, has emerged as the winner of the tender issued by the Spanish Administration of Railway Infrastructure (ADIF) for the supply of 22 rescue locomotives. Furthermore, the consortium is to be commissioned... more
Nice welcomes first direct flight from China
Ten days ago, on 2 August 2019, a French airport outside of Paris welcomed a direct flight from China. Air China‘s A330-200, which offers a three-weekly service between Beijing and Nice, has an underfloor cargo capacity of 37.5 t. After being honoured by an official visit... more
B&H Worldwide appoints group compliance and quality manager
B&H Worldwide has appointed Mike Barber to the position of group compliance and quality manager. Based at the company's global headquarters at London Heathrow (UK), he will be responsible for managing trade compliance across the group and for supporting its ISO9001/AS9120b... more
ECS strengthens customer base in Northern Europe and Turkey
After several months of partnership with Nordic GSA in Sweden, Air Europa has just awarded its partner a GSSA contract covering Finland and Norway. Following the launch of freight capacity marketing on 1 June between Stockholm (ARN, Sweden)) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands),... more
Crane Worldwide names Stefan Boehler as VP for EMEIA region
Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Stefan Boehler to serve as vice president of operations for the EMEIA region (Europe, Middle East, India, Africa). In this role, Boehler will be responsible for managing the extensive operations of Crane Worldwide Logistics in the region.... more
New logistics hub in Ljubljana goes on stream
The Austrian logistics services provider cargo-partner has completed the construction of its storage hub near Ljubljana’s airport in Slovenia. The iLogistics centre, which covers a storage area of 25,000 sqm, became operational in August and will be officially inaugurated in... more