New highway for Addis Ababa?

Germany is planning a steep increase in motorway tolls for goods transport to fund the development of rail infrastructure.

The port operator has launched a major initiative to directly incentivise customers to move their imported goods off the road and onto rail.

This month, APL added a trucking service to extend the reach of its Eagle Express X service (APL EEX) to shippers in Haiphong, Guangzhou, Yantian, Xiamen and Xingang.

Inland port operator and logistics company RheinCargo GmbH & Co KG is supporting modal shift from road to water across a range of cargoes.

Nagel, one of Germany’s leading food cold chain specialists, is testing the use of solar panels on the tops of 20 new refrigeration trailers to generate a small amount of energy to provide autonomy for telematics, reducing the charge on the batteries, and hence the fuel load on the truck engine.

The APM Terminals (APMT)-controlled Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), which is located in East Port Said, Egypt, is likely to see a significant increase in gateway cargo from now on. This follows the opening on 27 November 2019 of the 3rd July (Port Said) Tunnels under the Suez Canal.