Scotland’s first all-electric tractor unit 
Scottish whisky producer Chivas Brothers is now deploying the first all-electric tractor unit to be delivered into service in Scotland. The Volvo FM Electric 6x2 tractor unit pulls a tri-axle box van trailer and operates at up to 44 t gross vehicle weight. It can haul 24 t... more
Transfracht: more intermodal hinterland services
With its Albatros Express service, TFG Transfracht offers daily intermodal connections between the Rhine-Main-Neckar region in Germany and the North Sea ports. The company is now expanding these hinterland transports. From 4 June 2023, the Albatros Express will operate with... more
1,450 EVs worldwide in two years' time
Ceva Logistics is planning to grow its fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) to 1,450 by the end of 2025. The expanded EV fleet would reduce the company’s CO2 emissions by 67,000 t per year — the equivalent of 30,000 round trips by a truck between Paris and Munich. Along with the... more
Shifting more goods to rail
Oman and Etihad Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Brazilian mining company Vale, to explore the use of rail to transport iron ore and its derivatives between Oman and UAE. The train will run between Vale’s industrial complex in Sohar Port and... more
Winning new business and expanding fleet
UK-based container logistics specialist MBBA in UK has expanded its trailer fleet and invested in 13 new skeletal trailers from Krone. The new equipment is to replace older units but also to help winning new and improved contracts from the company’s client base. Some of the... more
Now transporting wood 
Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Gesellschaft (SETG) implements wooden wagon concept. On 15 March the ‘Sflexwood’, presented here a few months ago (see page 22 of ITJ 1-4 / 2023), was provided punctually for loading. The wagons of the first train composition had previously been... more
VR launches first Dr19 locomotive in Finland
Finland’s rail company VR has started operating the first of a total of 60 diesel locomotives it ordered from manufacturer Stadler Rail a few days ago. With the new unit, the carrier can deploy larger trains and reduce its carbon footprint, VR said. The ordered locomotives... more
2,300 trucks to shift from road to rail
At this year’s transport logistic fair in Munich, CFL cargo and Bertani Trasporti signed a partnership for operating two roundtrips per week to transport vans from the Gliwice Port in Poland to Marckolsheim in France, a distance of more than 1,300 km. This new, cross-border... more
German logistics network partners with ABC
Elvis, a European cargo association of international freight forwarders based in Knüllwald (Germany), has signed a co-partnership agreement with the transport and logistics network ABC Business Network based in Verona, Italy. The aim is to expand the performance of both... more
US class I railway CSX to deliver renewable fuels
Energy company Oleo-X has chosen rail as a major supply chain partner to transport its renewable energy. On a CSX-served location in Pascagoula, Mississippi (USA), Oleo-X has launched a renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock merchant pretreatment... more