Pakistan to modernise inland facilities

Framework agreements signed by government officials from Dubai and Pakistan should result in significant improvements in the latter country’s maritime and logistics sectors, potentially resulting in the development of a dedicated freight corridor (DFC) and special economic zone near Pakistan’s largest port Karachi.

Partnership will see chassis produced in Vietnam for the US market, avoiding tariffs in the process.

Optimisation software will play a key role in the ambitious project to implement a central system for internal container logistics at the Port of Rotterdam.

Switzerland’s Hupac will use data from its Nexiot rail car monitoring system to automate route planning and traffic management.

The City is spending $100M on initiatives to overhaul its ageing freight distribution systems, with a focus on barge and rail transport, improved distribution centres and clean trucks.

Total intermodal volumes rose 7.2% in Q1 2018 according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report.