- Industry & Infrastructure
The technology group Knorr-Bremse AG sees good progress in the implementation of the global strategy program BOOST 2026. To strengthen continuity in the Executive Board, the Supervisory Board unanimously extended the contract with CEO Marc Llistosella by five years as of January 1, 2026.
- Air Transport
CO2-neutral cargo flights, is that even possible? DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo say yes! On January 11, 2022, they welcomed Lenovo, the global provider of hardware technology, as a new major customer.
- Maritime
The new coordinator of the German federal government for maritime economy and tourism is Claudia Müller. The 40-year-old business economist was born in the Baltic Sea port city of Rostock.
- Land Transport
It looks sleek, the Volta Zero - more like a bus with no passenger windows than a truck. Now the vehicle is to support the logistics company DB Schenker in its environmentally friendly climate strategy.
- Uncategorized
In recent months, the network of European railways NEE has sent angry letters of complaint to politicians in order to achieve improvements in rail freight transport. Now there is a new strategy: play!
- Land Transport
The logistics service provider CargoBeamer has been operating a new connection since January 10, 2022: between Kaldenkirchen in Germany and Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.
- Industry & Infrastructure
Since the summer of 2021, freight trains from across Europe have been able to reach Lithuanian’s Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) – one of the most important logistics centres for the Rail Baltica project and the North Sea to Baltic Sea transport corridor.
- Research & Development
One of Stimio’s long-standing clients, SNCF VOYAGEURS, which recently placed its trust in the company once again by signing a framework agreement, also works for SNCF Group’s FRET (freight) subsidiary through its Materials Engineering Department.
- Logistics, Services
ArcelorMittal and CFL cargo announced the strengthening of their partnership on December 17th, 2021. The signing of a new contract aims to improve rail transport between the ArcelorMittal production sites in Luxembourg and freight transport across Europe.
- Industry & Infrastructure
We are happy to inform you that we are on the market with two new B2B trade journals: CARGO FREIGHT JOURNAL (CFJ, in English) and rail & mobility (r&m, in German).
- Maritime
The trade union ver.di and the Central Association of German Seaport Companies e.V. (ZDS) have reached a settlement at the Hamburg Labour Court. Three more negotiation dates will be agreed by July 22, 2022 to take place by August 26, 2022 and collective bargaining will continue. During this period, no further industrial action will be taken by ver.di with the plaintiffs' employees.
- Land Transport
The portfolio of SBB Cargo's older mainline locomotives will reach the end of their economic and technical life in the coming years. That is why the Swiss company is now renting 35 modern Vectron mainline locomotives from the manufacturer Siemens Mobility.
- Industry & Infrastructure, Land Transport, Research & Development
The city of Braunschweig is a traditional industrial center in north-west Germany. In the immediate vicinity of the main train station is a large research and production plant of the Siemens group with 3,500 employees. It is the largest Siemens site for rail automation worldwide.
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