UK to receive new wagon type in September 
The first JNA-X Box Wagon have rolled off the production line at Greenbriers plant in Romania. Leasing company Porterbrook ordered 50 vehicles of this new wagon type for GB Railfreight earlier this year. The wagons will be delivered to UK in two batches, with the first arriving... more
China launches another Southeast Asian service
A new train links China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi with Vietnam. The first train left Xi’an on Tuesday, 23 August 2022, marking the first China–Vietnam freight train route connecting Shaanxi and Vietnam, according to the Chinese government’s homepage. The train is... more
UK haulier expands facilities in Doncaster
Maritime Transport has taken an additional 160,000 sqm on a long-term lease at iPort, the multimodal logistics hub just outside Doncaster (UK), doubling the size of its HGV parking facility on-site. The forwarder can now accommodate up to 170 HGVs and 85 car parking spaces with... more
Alstom wins locomotive maintenance contract
Alstom has signed a contract with DB Cargo Belgium and DB Cargo Netherlands to provide full-service maintenance for the fleet of 60 DE-6400 locomotives operating in Belgium and the Netherlands. This fleet plays a key role in DB Cargo’s operations in the two countries, in... more
Capacity for 200 LNG trucks per day
The German transport company Elflein has joined forces with Shell and BMW to open another LNG filling station in Rosenhof (Germany). For Elflein this expansion of the LNG network is another step towards decarbonisation.Together with BMW, Elflein is going a step further and has... more
Regular Balkan train launched
The port of Thessaloniki (THPA) has launched a new regular intermodal service between Thessaloniki (Greece) and Nis (Serbia). The first block-train carrying containers from CMA CGM recently departed from THPA’s container terminal and arrived at the Mbox terminal in Nis on the... more
Digital marketplace for bulk shippers
The USA-based transport company Schneider has launched the first-of-its-kind digital marketplace to give bulk shippers more freedom and visibility 24/7. With the electronic platform, shippers can instantly quote and book their freight. Once booked, customers use Freight... more
Three new Turkey connections
The Austrian carrier Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is adapting its Transnet offer from and to Turkey. ÖBB’s freight branch has introduced a direct train from Giengen in Baden-Würtemberg in Germany to Cerkezköy, which is 80 km west of Istanbul (Turkey). With two round trips per week... more
Agricultural haulier extends fleet
Keyo just recently took delivery of two new generation DAF XG 530 FTG 6x2 tractors. The UK-based agricultural haulier has now already placed an order for a further two DAF vehicles. The highly specified XG tractors feature a range of special choice options, including DAF’s new... more
Increased frequency for Albatros Express
Transfracht will introduce new trains in European hinterland traffic as from 5 September 2022. In Germany, services to the German seaports on the Osnabrück route will be expanded to eight Albatros Express departures and Hamburg Bremerhaven and Wilhelmhaven will now be connected... more