Taiwan: 30,000th vehicle handed over 
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has delivered the 30,000th Fuso truck in the Taiwanese market. The vehicle was handed over to construction company Yi Kung Construction, which currently operates 15 Fuso vehicles in its fleet. The light-duty Canter will therefore... mehr
Belarusian sawmill orders Russian flat cars
Russian freight car manufacturer UWC will deliver a batch of new generation flat cars for the transportation of timber to the Belarusian woodworking company Vitebsk Sawmill. The cars are scheduled to arrive by the end of Q1/2022. The flat car of the 13-6895 model... mehr
Rail hub in Zalaegerszeg to open in 2023
HHLA subsidiary Metrans is expanding its network. The first foundations for a new Metrans terminal were laid in Zalaegerszeg (Hungary) earlier this month. The hub will be used for transport services along the Adriatic corridor and towards southern and south-eastern Europe.... mehr
More cargo handling capacity for Vancouver
Maersk and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) have opened a new hub in Vancouver. The Pacific transload express facility will transload international containers into domestic 53 ft trailers, thus reducing storage costs and speeding up cargo deliveries. CP will shuttle containers... mehr
Several hundred trucks to rejuvenate fleet
Duvenbeck is expanding and modernising its fleet. The company took delivery of twelve Schmitz Cargobull curtainsiders in Altenberge, Germany recently. S.CS MEGA curtainsiders are deployed in transport logistics services for Claas, an international agricultural machinery... mehr
Migrants could help fight driver shortage
In a virtual debate, representatives of the transport industry suggested that one way to ease the big driver shortages in the European Union would be to attract a more diverse workforce including young people, women and migrants. Companies such as Transports Main Forte in... mehr
Im Hafen Nürnberg zugespitzt 
Die Geis Gruppe errichtet an ihrem Standort im Nürnberger Hafen ein 25 Mio. EUR teures und 17 000 m2 grosses Logistik- und Technologiezentrum. Der erste von zwei Teilen wurde im April eröffnet, in den zweiten zieht Schreibwarenhersteller Faber-Castell 2022 ein. mehr
More intermodal services
Kombiverkehr has launched a new intermodal link between Germany and Austria. The direct trains offer a three weekly service between the terminals München-Riem (Germany) and Wels CTT (Austria). The terminals can also be used as hubs for ongoing transports, connecting... mehr
Certification for quality management
VPI European Rail Service (VERS) has receive the ISO 9001:2015 certificate, as the certification agency System CERT confirmed after an intensive audit: The publisher of the European Maintenance Guide VPI-EMG works with a quality management system that fully meets the required... mehr
Russian timber for the Far East
Fesco Transportation Group and RFP Group have formed a partnership to organise export shipments of sawn timber and veneer sheets of the timber holding to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea. The agreement was signed by German Maslov, vice president, linear & logistics... mehr