From Korea to Poland via Far East 
Trans Container, Pantos Logistics and PKP LHS have launched a weekly intermodal service for containers from the Republic of Korea to Poland via the Russian Far East and Ukraine. The first shipments were recently dispatched in Busan (Korea) and arrived at Nakhodka in Russia by... mehr
Trucks acquired for UAE’s building sector
Abu Dhabi Ports Group is entering the construction logistics business: Its subsidiary Micco Logistics has acquired 31 tipper trucks to offer a wider range of integrated logistics support to the UAE’s construction and metals manufacturing sectors. The trucks will join Micco’s... mehr
VTG expands its footprint in the Balkans
VTG Rail Logistics has opened a new office in Sofia (Bulgaria), thus strengthening its presence in the region. VTG Rail Logistics Bulgaria provides the entire range of services of a global rail forwarder. By integrating its new location in the Bulgarian capital into its... mehr
Workshop services 25 locomotives per week
DB Cargo continues to invest in its site in Halle, Germany, where the German railfreight company has set up and inaugurated a EUR 26 million workshop for line and shunting locomotives. The workshop has six working stations. 75 employees make sure that 25 locomotives of DB... mehr
Joining forces to optimise rail operations
PJ Monitoring (PJM), an Austria-based system specialist for rail transport, and technology group Voith, which is headquartered in Germany, will work together to develop a system that combines coupler-assisted automatic train inauguration and the safe remote-controlled decoupling... mehr
Large investment in intermodal equipment
Russian transport group Fesco has acquired nine thousand new containers, bringing its fleet up to more than 100 thousand teu. Three thousand forty-foot and one thousand twenty-foot containers have already been built at the factory in Dalian in China and delivered to the Fesco... mehr
Reducing age of fleet to under two years
Würfel Spedition in Germany, which specialises in jumbo swap body transports, has expanded its own truck fleet with several new DAF XF 480 swap body vehicles with bodies from SDG Modultechnik. The investment is part of the regular fleet modernisation. The average age of... mehr
Growth potential in Turkey
With its position as a hub between Europe and Asia and its business potential, Turkey is an important growth market for ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The rail company will therefore take part in the international Logistrans trade fair in Istanbul again this year - (from 10 to 12... mehr
Biodiesel trucks deliver beauty products
Bolloré Logistics Singapore and L'Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific have jointly launched a biofuel solution for local trucking services that will be used to deliver L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific’s beauty products across the country. This development marks a new stage in... mehr
60 new tractor units to modernise fleet
UK-based Owens Group is to replace 90% of the trucks operating out of its Carrington site in Greater Manchester with 60 Volvo FH 460 Globetrotter tractor units. The new vehicles will be delivered in three batches over the next nine months. The new fleet comes with three... mehr