UK begins trial with battery electric truck 
In what is one of the largest and most significant deployments of zero emission trucks in UK to date, 20 DAF LF electric vehicles are entering service with a range of public bodies including the National Health Service (and local authorities, as part of the Battery Electric... more
More departures in Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven
In Germany, Transfracht is increasing its hinterland transport services with the Albatros Express with the timetable change on 12 June 2022. Four new trains will run between the seaports of Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven and Osnabrück via the central hub in Maschen. In... more
First grain train from Ukraine arrives in Austria
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been importing grain from Ukraine for many years. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, however, the number of transports has increased - mainly to northern Germany. From March to April 2022, RCG organised 30 grain trains from Ukraine,... more
66 m mobile crane lifts over 9 t
Crane and special haulage contractor Beokran has taken delivery of the first Liebherr LTM 1150-5.3 mobile crane in Serbia. The new 150 t crane will complement the Belgrade-based company’s crane fleet that comprises units with lifting capacities of 130 and 200 t. The 66 m... more
Improving the port's rail network
In Germany, Duisport is currently evaluating options to install the Mag Rail technology in the port’s infrastructure. Mag Rail was developed by Nevomo and enables to expand the capacity and performance of existing rail lines and operate electric rail vehicles in currently... more
Czech construction firm gets Effi Shunter with ETCS
The construction company Subterra has become Czechia's first private operator of a CZ Loko Effi Shunter 1,000 locomotive equipped with the ETCS train control system. The company’s representatives recently took over the unit in Jihlava, Czechia. Subterra will use the modern... more
Investment needed to shift more semi-trailers
Standard vertical transhipment technologies (gantry cranes/reachstackers), in combination with containers, are becoming more competitive with road-only transport solutions over distances of around 1,000 km, a study has concluded. It added that most intermodal transport chains... more
Sun power on the roof to reduce emissions
Guernsey Post in the UK has implemented solar power on five of its larger vehicles with the photovoltaics provided by Trailar, a solar power solutions company from the UK. The solar vehicles include three 8.5 t Mitsubishi Fuso canter trucks, a 7.5 t Iveco Eurocargo unit and a... more
Enhancing a rail carrier’s hydrogen infrastructure
Atco, a Canadian corporation with investments in logistics, is constructing two hydrogen production and refuelling facilities in Alberta (Canada) for Canadian Pacific (CP). The hydrogen infrastructure at each CP site in Calgary and Edmonton will include a 1 MW electrolyser,... more
Autonomous trucking going ahead
Volvo Autonomous Solutions (VAS) is set to offer new hub-to-hub autonomous transport solutions in the USA, and to this end will partner global logistics provider DHL Supply Chain as its first customer in the project. The solution is designed to serve shippers, carriers,... more