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Current Infrastructure Projects: London Crossrail – Digging tunnels across London
One of Europe's largest railway infrastructure projects is almost completed. The London Crossrail, better known as Elizabeth Line – that will be the name of the route after the opening - crosses the entire city center of London from east to west with a distance of 21.6 kilometers. But that's just the underground part. Above ground it goes west out of the city to Reading in Berkshire. In addition, there …
Block processing in everyday logistics
Again and again the same message: Block processing at the German-Austrian border, big traffic jams, annoyed truck drivers. In August, Tyrolean governor Günther Platter presented the plan for the first half of 2019. According to that plan, block processing will increase. Until June 30, a number of 17 are planned. For the whole year Platter expects "at least 30". This year, there will be a total of …
Current Infrastructure Projects: Frankfurt Airport: Fraport is building Terminal 3
What would Frankfurt be without its airport? As a logistics hub, it is the number one in Europe: with approximately 2.2 million tons, Frankfurt Airport has the largest cargo volume of all European airports and the eighth highest in the world. Regarding passenger traffic, it is the fourth largest airport in Europe, after London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol. With the …
747 cargo aircraft at Rostock-Laage Airport for the first time
Thousands experience Rostock-Laage Airport as an interface between everyday life and holidays, between their place of residence and the port where the cruise ships moor. Logistics experts also know Rostock-Laage as a cargo airport, small but ambitious. And in this role, it has now opened another chapter; on October 4, 2018, a Boeing 747 cargo plane was handled for the first time. More precisely, a …
Jobs of the future – discussions at the BVL conference
“Digitalization meets Reality”: That’s the slogan of this year’s BVL conference. And indeed, the companies attending are presenting a wealth of digital solutions and services. There can be no doubt: Germany’s logistics companies have long been in a state of digital upheaval. However, the question of how digitalization is influencing jobs in the industry (from dispatchers to drivers) is not really being …
Jobs of the future – discussions at the BVL conference
“Digitalization meets Reality”: That’s the slogan of this year’s BVL conference. And indeed, the companies attending are presenting a wealth of digital solutions and services. There can be no doubt: Germany’s logistics companies have long been in a state of digital upheaval. However, the question of how digitalization is influencing jobs in the industry (from dispatchers to drivers) is not really being …
Singapore and Hangzhou: Asian Smart Cities
Much is talked about that our cities should be smart. The Asians are already a few steps ahead on the way to the Smart Cities. There, they are already in the process of building it. Singapore with its state-driven Smart Nation Initiative is the most advanced Smart City. But China is hot on its heels. For example, Hangzhou has a City Brain, which is made possible by the Alibaba Cloud. And this City …
“1+1=3″—SMEs benefit from the digital dividend—and will talk about it at the BVL Congress
Digital customer interfaces, improvements in processes and more efficient operations—these are the topics which companies around the world are continuously working on. For logistics companies—one of the most important industries in Germany—digitalization is the decisive lever for survival in the future. For this reason, the German Federal Logistics Association (BVL) has chosen the motto "Digital …