Launch of mega-truck service in Portugal ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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XPO Logistics has introduced a new mega-truck service in Portugal. The company's longer and heavier vehicle (LHV) will make dedicated deliveries for the Portuguese beverage company Sociedade Central de Cervejas from its brewery in Vialonga and its collection and bottling site... mehr
Mozambican forwarder invests in fleet telematics ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Lalgy Transports, based in Mozambique, will equip its 730-strong vehicle fleet with a comprehensive telematics solution from MiX Telematics. The group has a diverse fleet that includes 300 super-link side tippers, over 200 flat-deck trucks, fuel tankers and low-bed trailers to... mehr
Forces unite along China-Europe-China rail route ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Russia and Uzbekistan intends to cooperate in the railway sector due to a 2% increase in foreign trade freight traffic between the two countries in 2018. The overall tonnage amounted to 6.8 million t that year. Some 63% of transit containers were hauled by Russian Railways... mehr
More trains due to expanded multimodal partnership ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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P.O. Scandex is expanding its multimodal transport offering on the France-Benelux-Scandinavia route by increasing its commitment to the trains operated by CFL multimodal. P.Ø Scandex now uses the Lyon - Bettembourg connection on a daily basis, as well as the connections to Ghent... mehr
New rail links between Rotterdam and Southern Germany ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Eurogate Intermodal (Egim), a Hamburg-based service provider for international intermodal container transport by road and rail, is adding new rail links to its portfolio. From 1 July 2019, the company will offer three weekly direct connections between the port of Rotterdam... mehr
Extra fuel cell for an up to 500 km range ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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DHL Express and electric vehicle maker Street Scooter are working together to develop a new electric delivery vehicle. The new H2 panel van will become the first 4.25 t electric vehicle with an added fuel cell, which will provide additional power and enable a range up to 500 km.... mehr
Norway: service contract awarded for 100+ trains ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Norwegian transport provider Vy has awarded Stadler Rail a maintenance contract for more than 100 Flirt trains that were built by the Swiss company. The five-car electric multiple units (EMUs) operate mainly in the greater Oslo area. The full service contract, which will... mehr
China – Rotterdam train finishes 800th trip ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Tilburg's multimodal terminal operator GVT, and Chengdu International Railway Port have signed a declaration of intent (DoI) to transport more railfreight between Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Chengdu (China). The DoI was signed on the day... mehr
Kufstein: HGV block processing to resume ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Processing HGVs in blocks began again in Kufstein on the Austro-German border on 27 May. The only exception this week will be on 30 May (Ascension Day). The resumption of this procedure is likely to cause mile long queues of HGVs on Austria’s Inn valley motorway. Trucks will... mehr
UK: 100 t "lady" safely lifted ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The specialist lifting engineering company Modulift was recently engaged by Swanage Railway to assist with a project to safely lift an old steam locomotive in the UK. The Southern Railway U class 31806 engine needed to be lifted off its wheels in a workshop to allow the... mehr