CISCO Newsletter August 31st 2018
PORTS AND TERMINALS
RUSSIAN CONTAINER TRAFFIC GROWTH DECELERATES …………………………………………. Page 3
SMART PORT OF ANTWERP: USING AUTOMATIC SOUNDING BOAT FOR SAFE SHIPPING ….. “ 5
MARITIME TRANSPORT
HURDLES MAKE BLOCKCHAIN SLOW BURN FOR CONTAINER SHIPPING .. ……………………. “ 7
THE E-VOLUTION OF SHIPPING ………………………………………………… ……………………. “ 14
RAIL TRANSPORT
MOVING TOWARDS PAPERLESS TRANSPORT FROM EUROPE TO CHINA ………………………… “ 20
DB-VTG PUBLISH INNOVATIVE FREIGHT WAGON INTERIM REPORT …………………………….. “ 23
ROAD TRANSPORT
DB SCHENKER TESTS AUTOMATED “WIESEL” SWAP-BODY TRANSPORTER …………………….. “ 25
HELLMANN AND BERGISCH ACHSEN KG START FIELD TESTS WITH RETRO-FITTED
ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES …………………………………………………….. “ 27
TRASPORT & ENVIRONMENT
EGCS: DO THEY SCRUB UP WELL? ………………………………………………………………………. “ 29
LOGISTICS
3PLS FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGE FROM E-COMMERCE GIANTS ………………………………… “ 33
LAW & REGULATION
MODELLING THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT: THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S 2050 STRATEGY “ 36
PROGRESS & TECHNOLOGY
HAPAG-LLOYD BECOMES FIRST CONTAINER LINE TO LAUNCH ITS OWN
ONLINE RATE QUOTATION TOOL ……………………………………………………………………. “ 40
ECO-FRIENDLY POWER FOR HAMBURG TERMINAL ………………………………………………. “ 42
STUDIES & RESEARCH
BOX TERMINALS STILL HEADING FOR OVERCAPACITY ………………………………………….. Page 44
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
A DAY TO REMEMBER: THE FIRST EVER BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CARGOX SMART B/L™
HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS HISTORIC MISSION DURING A TRIAL SHIPMENT
FROM CHINA TO EUROPE ……………………………………………………………………………… “ 47
REEFER
GROWTH IN REEFER TRAFFIC OUTPACING DRY BOXES AS GLOBAL DEMAND FOR PERISHABLES RISES 50
ON THE CALENDAR …………………………………………………………………………………. “ 53
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