Testing new Mercedes electric semitrailer truck 
DHL Freight has put a Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 Tractor to the test over several days in practice in Germany. The battery-electric truck transported an average of 12 t of production material from the DHL Terminal in Hagen near Dortmund to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Kassel,... more
FCEV ready to deliver in 2024
Paccar and Toyota Motor North America are expanding their joint efforts to develop and produce zero emissions, hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) commercial vehicles. The trucks are powered by Toyota’s next-generation hydrogen fuel cell modules. The extended agreement supports... more
Shifting truckloads to the railways – every week
DHL Freight has launched an intermodal service between Germany and Denmark for full truck-load shipments. The freight trains offer three round trips a week between Duisburg (Germany) and Padborg (Denmark), with the rail transport taking about 12 hours. DHL Freight also offers... more
Preparing the fair after the fair – on the day before TL in...
On 8 May, the day before the long-awaited opening of the 2023 edition of the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, Messe München gave a presentation outlining how and why it will be hosting ‘Transport Logistic and Air Cargo Southeast Asia’ in Singapore in November, its first... more
Short-haul blocktrains work too
Blocktrains can also be a better choice than HGVs over the relatively short distance of 150 km. This is proven by a seaport pre-feedering concept over such distances implemented by the intermodal service provider Robert Kukla. The concept includes two weekly round-trips by... more
Hydrogen locos to deliver coal
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Teck have entered into a long-term rail agreement to transport steel-making coal from Teck’s four facilities in southeastern British Columbia (Canada). The companies, collaborating to promote green transport corridors and their shared... more
A tipper in a patriotic royal look
Hopkins Estates, a property development, farming and real estate firm from Wincanton in the county of Somerset in the south of England, has taken delivery of a new Volvo FMX 420 8x4 tipper, wrapped in special livery to mark King Charles III’s recent coronation. The FMX... more
Intermodal service from Kaunas launched
Samskip has successfully completed the first trials for its new intermodal rail service from Kaunas in Lithuania. Together with its partner LTG Cargo, the transport company will now operate rail services between the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal and Samskip’s rail hub in Duisburg.... more
GIC now holds majority share of Railpool
GIC has acquired a further 27% stake in the business from co-owner Palladio Partners, a German specialist in global infrastructure investments. GIC is now Railpool’s majority shareholder. The rail vehicle leasing company was founded in 2008, with GIC first investing in 2016.... more
More than 50,000 rail vehicles authorised
Europe’s 4th Railway Package has been a major step forward for creating the Single European Railway Area. With this legislative package, the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has received the permit to issue vehicle authorisations in the EU. Between June 2019 and... more