“From Lisbon to Kyiv” 
In conversation with InRail CEO Guido Porta. The Genoa-based enterprise InRail, a very large Italian railfreight group with cross-border experience and ambitions, operates 20 electric and five diesel locomotives of its own, has 400 employees and a turnover that’s expected to... more
Transport sector demands priority for railfreight 
The reopening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) on a single track announced for today, Wednesday (23 August), will bring relief for freight traffic and is welcomed by the transport sector. Transport and logistic companies demand that emergency capacities be utilised as... more
Geodis strengthens intermodal network to China
The extended network to Shenzhen from Singapore will officially launch on 23 August 2023 and will subsequently be extended to Hong Kong (China), and soon to Indonesia, connected by an inter-modal road-sea service. The network features advanced IoT technology and equipment... more
Expanding trucking services in southern Africa
A. Hartrodt has set up a cross-border trucking division in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the aim to build up and expand cargo volumes in the region, the company says. The intra-Africa business is mainly focused on exports from South Africa. For example, mines in Botswana... more
Gotthard to reopen for goods trains tomorrow
Good news for the transport sector: from tomorrow, Wednesday 23 August, around 90 goods trains per day are expected to run through the Swiss base tunnel again, plus around 20 trains via the old mountain route. To ensure that all goods can be transported, however, some goods... more
Tightening the reins in road haulage
Joining forces for fair competition: in Germany, the BGL (federal association of road Haulage, logistics and waste disposal) and Balm (federal logistics and mobility office) are working together to ensure the consistent enforcement of fair competitive conditions in road haulage.... more
Laos: from a landlocked to a land-linked country
Since its launch in December 2021, the China-Laos-railway has transported 24 million t of freight. Laos is one of the countries benefiting from the 1,035 km line, as China’s state council information office (SCIO) reports. With only a 3.5 km long railway to Thailand, Laos’... more
Automating transport processes
Delo in Russia has implemented the first stage of the Itrans multimodal transport management information system at Transcontainer. The software enables the company to automate its operative processes in Eurasia. Now in commercial service, the system supports more than 700... more
More wheels for beverages in East Africa
35 new trucks have been delivered to Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Kenya. A first-time customer, the shipper purchased a mix of rigids and prime movers of 6x4 trucks with day cabs and plastic bumpers from Scania East Africa. The trucks are currently being used to transport the... more
Coffee transported by wind and hydrogen
With its partners, the Swiss coffee manufacturer Atinkana ships coffee along an 8,500 km route that is 98% sustainable. From Columbia, the coffee beans are first carried by sailing ships from Fairtransport across the Atlantic to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, then by truck to... more