ITJ 5-8/2024 
Dear readers,We all have numerous key events marked in our diaries throughout the business year, and they even rule our timetable between these highlights. But if we leave aside the annual meetings, trips, trade fairs and conferences for a moment, then we come to a field that... more
ITJ 1-4/2024
Dear readers,Decisions were made at ballot boxes in Taiwan and Iowa (USA) in the course of the first month of this year that will resonate throughout the rest of 2024 – a year in which more than half of the world’s population will be called upon to cast their vote. The more – or... more
ITJ 49-52/2023
Dear readers,The dystopian predictions for the coming year are hard to beat – so 2024 can only exceed expectations... Maybe even be in the positive sense!Hope is warranted, however, because there are plenty of good stories to tell set away from the hustle and bustle of everyday... more
ITJ 47-48/2023
Dear readers,The perception that the world is increasingly disintegrating into ever-more disparate pieces is only half the truth. The opposite impression can be also gained at some international events these days – as was the case at this year’s World Ports Conference, which... more
ITJ 45-46/2023
Dear readers, It doesn’t always have to be a global initiative, such as the European Union’s ‘Global Gateway’. You can often find good things on the doorstep of your own office, as with our industry’s ‘Logistics Cluster for the Basel Region’. The private-public partnership... more
ITJ 43-44 / 2023
Dear readers, ‘All aboard for Singapore’ is the watchword for those of us working in the airfreight sector, as Messe München is hosting its first air cargo industry event focused on Southeast Asia there, from 1 – 3 November. From there we’ll speed on to Miami, where the... more
ITJ 41-42/2023 – Robots as friends
Dear readers,I recently learnt a new word – cyber-socio-physical system. Yes, it does indeed belong right in the middle of the world of logistics. It addresses the question of bringing together all the elements – people, physical logistics, digitalisation – of a system, as... more
ITJ 39-40/2023
Dear readers,Allow me to put it this way. It only took the Western community of states a decade to react to the New Silk Road developed by the People’s Republic of China from 2013 onwards. Instead of one, there will now apparently be two intercontinental trade, transport and... more
