UK network expands fleet 
Pall-Ex in UK is adding more urban delivery vehicles to its fleet to increase its share in the market. In total, the company has taken delivery of eight new vehicles in the last months as part of the first wave of a new investment, with more than ten similar vehicles due to... mehr
Frische Schubkraft 
Vor über zehn Jahren brachten die Türkei, der Iran und Pakistan das gemeinsame Projekt eines durchgängigen Containerzugs auf den Weg. Doch dann schlief es ein. Wie Ali Abdollahi von der Iranischen Bahn dem ITJ mitteilte, kommt jetzt Bewegung in die Sache. mehr
20 candles for rolling highway
Rolling highway (rola) trains set off on the Freiburg (Germany) – Novara (Italy) route for the first time on 11 July 2001. As a pioneering user of the 4-m Simplon intermodal corridor, Swiss Rola operator RAlpin has since then shifted over 1.7 million heavy goods vehicles from... mehr
Ore export railway opened
The African SMB-Winning Consortium, Africa, which specialises in bauxite production, has inaugurated a new 125 km railway line in Guinea. Connecting important storage towns between Boké to Boffa with the river port of Dapilon, the new link will now transport ore destined for... mehr
Jumbo swap bodies save time
Germany-based freight forwarder Würfel is investing in jumbo swap bodies that feature a transfer plate for loading cargo into other swap bodies. This means that both jumbo swap bodies of a vehicle can be loaded or unloaded at the same time, using only one gate on the ramp for... mehr
Russian shunting locomotive delivered
The Lyudinovo Diesel Locomotive Plant (part of Sinara Group) recently produced and dispatched a TEM9 shunting diesel locomotive to the Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Association (part of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom). The four-axle shunter with... mehr
CSX extends green fleet
The US class I railway is partnering with Wabtec to accelerate sustainable rail services to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 37% by 2030. An early adopter of digital rail technologies, CSX will be the first railroad to demonstrate Wabtec’s trip optimiser zero-to-zero... mehr
Medway: more locomotives for Spain
The Portuguese railfreight operator is adding another eight locomotives to its fleet in Spain to complement the six already operating in this market. Of these eight new locomotives, four are diesel engines of the 333 model equipped with the Spanish ASFA railway safety system,... mehr
Furniture dealer opts for rail transport
A.P. Moller - Maersk and Ikea have shifted container transports on a 100 km long stretch between the port of Barcelona and the Tarragona terminal from truck to rail. The intermodal solution is managed and operated by APM Railways. The last part of the journey, from the... mehr
Electric trucks for food deliveries in Stockholm
Food transports in the Stockholm region are set to become a lot more eco-friendly: Dagab, Axfood’s purchasing and logistics arm, has commissioned Scania’s first serial-produced all-electric heavy truck for its daily food deliveries to stores in the Swedish capital and the... mehr