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HHLA Intermodal transport volume climbed to 1.5 million TEU – LOGISTIK express News

247 Customs Broker

The positive course of business resulted not only from the strength of the global economy and global trade. HHLA’s Intermodal activities continued to develop very successfully. percent, the transport volume climbed to 1.5 This trend was driven by growth in both rail traffic (1.1 million TEU) and road transport (0.4

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Can Cargo Transport Capacity in the Danube River Be Increased?

MTS Logistics

Because of the Danube’s geographical course, it is regarded that its cargo transport potential is not fully realized, given water transportation’s comparable advantage over road and rail transport. It is suggested that higher volume Ro-Ro transport ships can be deployed immediately with current conditions.

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MSC’s Driven Approach for Engaged Employees Leads to Workplace Success

Logistics Manager

There are a few companies that buck this trend though, such as MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. As for services, the group handles general cargo, reefer cargo, project cargo, and intermodal transportation covering more than 500 ports worldwide. Working at MSC, I am very impressed with the company’s growth.

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TRANSLOG Interview: Waberer’s CEO Ferenc Lajkó

Logistics Business Magazine

We plan to use these trucks in our fleet from 2019, but of course, the filling station infrastructure must be further improved to let this happen. As we are committed to cheaper and more environment-friendly propulsion methods, we took the first steps forward and recently tested LNG & CNG fueled vehicles. for more information.

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TRANSLOG Interview: Waberer’s CEO Ferenc Lajkó

Logistics Business Magazine

We plan to use these trucks in our fleet from 2019, but of course, the filling station infrastructure must be further improved to let this happen. As we are committed to cheaper and more environment-friendly propulsion methods, we took the first steps forward and recently tested LNG & CNG fueled vehicles. for more information.

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Moore on Pricing: Rail

247 Customs Broker

Here’s a quote from a recent Federal Railroad Report (FRA) on rail trends: “Population and demographic trends pose an enormous challenge for U.S. transportation infrastructure. But, of course, intermodal consumes rail capacity too. Reduction in capacity leads to higher prices (see highway freight rates).

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Trust in Turkey

Automotive Logistics

Of course, such plans could always be disrupted by forces outside the industry’s control. Insufficient rail connections to ports and manufacturing plants are one of the factors hindering the development of Turkey’s intermodal transport,” he said, stressing that only six of the 15 Marmara region ports had rail connections.