Railway industry in search of skilled workers 
In a joint statement published during the Innotrans in Berlin last week, the two industry associations VDB (Association of German railway companies) and VDV (association of German transport companies) called for targeted political measures to combat the shortage of skilled... more
Two dual-mode locos for La Spezia
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal, a subsidiary of FS Italiane, will soon be putting Italy’s first two dual-mode shunting locomotives in operation in the port of La Spezia. They are Dual Shunter 2000 locomotives manufactured by the Czech company CZ Loko, which can be operated... more
Ethiopia banks on rail for livestock transports
The Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR) has completed its first-ever shipment of livestock from central Ethiopia to Djibouti ports on the Red Sea. The new offer will further diversify the 752-km railway's transport services between the two countries,... more
Direct train from Munich to Trieste launched
With the new intermodal service, Kombiverkehr is integrating the HHLA Italy terminal in the port of Trieste into its international network. The new direct train now runs between Munich-Riem (Germany) and Trieste twice a week. In Trieste, the train provides a direct... more
Intermodal link between Maasvlakte and Linz
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has completed the integration of the Netherlands into its own traction network. ÖBB Rail Cargo Group RCG acquired the Dutch railway company Captrain Netherlands at the end of May this year, thereby expanding its own traction network to 14... more
Indian-made locos to be exported to Africa 
For the first time, a joint venture between Indian Railways and Wabtec will manufacture locomotives for export to a global customer. The Marhowra plant will supply Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives, which feature a 4,500 HP Evolution Series engine. The plant will begin... more
Regular container train from China to Russia
Multimodal transport operator Ruscon (part of Delo Group) has launched a new railway service to deliver cargo from China to Russia. The regular container train departs in China from Mianyang and Shijiazhuang in the Sichuan and Hebei provinces and ends its journey in Russia... more
More rail services between Dublin and Ballina
The Irish rail company Iarnrod Eireann has introduced two new services from Dublin Port to Ballina to meet the ever-growing demand for railfreight. Operated by IWT (International Warehousing and Transport), the services deploy twelve pocket wagons, or low floor container Wagons,... more
The first of 170 in operation
Vehicle manufacturer MAN and EON want to jointly establish around 170 locations with 400 charging points in Europe along the existing MAN service network for the public charging of electric trucks. The first such station has now gone into operation in Berlin-Wildau. It will... more
50 e-Actros to replace one-third of the fleet
The West Flanders-based haulier Eutraco is investing EUR 14 million and purchasing 50 eActros 600 trucks from Mercedes-Benz, thereby electrifying one-third of its fleet in one go. Eutraco will be the first logistics player in Belgium to possess such a large number of electric... more