New vehicles to speed up deliveries 
Globaltruck in Russia plans to use new cargo vehicles for its express delivery service, which it provides through its subsidiary Cargopipeline. The Russian FTL-trucking company has acquired ten extended semi-trailers from Schmitz Cargobull. The high-margin service allows the... mehr
Die vernetzte Schiene 
Die Softwarelösungen von Circle kommen immer mehr auch im Schienengüterverkehr zum Einsatz. Besonders bei der Schnittstelle zwischen Seefracht und Bahntransport sieht das Unternehmen viel Potenzial. mehr
DPD Switzerland opts for e-truck
DPD already guarantees carbon-neutral deliveries to every recipient – without additional costs for the customer. As from December 2020, DPD will go a step further and deploy an e-truck. The vehicle runs purely on electric power and is equipped with the largest battery available... mehr
Double track capacity for intermodal business
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is set to start operations at its new intermodal sidings at Peterborough, UK. The investment provides GBRf with much needed track capacity – which will be doubled in order to facilitate the business’ growing intermodal sector, the company said. This is... mehr
Increasing freight volume to Kaliningrad region
In cooperation with Transcontainer and other partners (Delo, Ecopolimery, Stroykeramika, Lazurit Cargo), Belarusian Railway has organised contrailer transportation between Russia’s Kaliningrad oblast–Lithuania–Belarus–Moscow and Moscow oblast. The Kaliningrad Railway... mehr
Elvis improves protection for truck drivers
Elvis, the network of European truck forwarders and carriers, has integrated several offers into its programme that permit freight forwarders to improve their support for their drivers in the corona crisis. Thanks to a cooperation with the smart payment and booking platform... mehr
Cutting carbon emissions by 6,500 t per annum
Moelven, Grenland Rail and Green Cargo have renewed their agreement to continue their sustainable freight transport services from Norway to Sweden. The new three-year agreement starts this December. Shipments run seven days a week, carrying wood chips and pulpwood on... mehr
Over 42% more secure parking places
The transported asset protection association (Tapa) has partnered with Bosch Secure Truck Parking, a digital booking platform for truck parking spaces in Europe. The partnership has contributed to a 42.9% growth in the association’s database of secure parking places over the... mehr
UWC completes delivery of box cars to Kuchukterminal
United Wagon Company (UWC) has shipped 100 box cars manufactured in Tikhvin, Russia, to the fleet of Kuchukterminal, which is part of the network run by logistic group LTB. Taking the latest delivery into account, Kuchukterminal now operates a total 220 box cars mounted on 25-t... mehr
60 million truck kilometres covered in three months
Russian FTL trucking company Globaltruck operated a total of 1,366 trucks in Q1/2020, 3.2% down from the same period last year. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 1.1% and reached 61.2 million km versus 60.5 million km in Q1/2019. Average monthly distance per... mehr