400 secure parking spaces 
On Turtle, a services provider for transport companies, has opened the first translogistics centre on the Franco-Spanish border in partnership with Haulier Calsina Carré. In addition to a service area in La Jonquera, in Spanish Catalonia, the company now runs a 7,000 sqm... more
New terminal in Sweden
DB Schenker has opened a new logistics terminal in the Allmans district in the south of Stockholm. The new hub has 98 gates on an area of 122,000 sqm. Spanning 14,400 sqm, the terminal's central handling facility can deliver 4,000 parcels per hour. It is thus one of the... more
More services between Italy and the Baltic Sea
Intermodal operator Kombiverkehr recently introduced three more trains on its service between Verona (northern Italy) and the Skandinavienkai terminal in Lübeck-Travemünde (Germany). While the three existing round trips are open to all interested parties, the new connections... more
Italy: another 4,000 trucks to shift to rail
After successful test runs, Transport operator Metrocargo Italia has launched an inbound and outbound intermodal service for glass packaging producer Verallia between Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto. Metrocargo’s rail-road link between Borgo San Dalmazzo (Cuneo) and Valdaro... more
120 vans in retro style
Swiss haulage company Planzer has added 40 new Man TGE 3.140 vans with box bodies to its fleet. Another 80 MAN vans are to follow this year. They will be delivered in Planzer's retro design and will soon be seen on Swiss roads. Planzer and Man have been partners for many... more
40 freight locomotives delivered
Azerbaijan Railways recently received the last two of a total of 40 Prima freight locomotives produced by Alstom. The locomotives will be put into operation initially on the Baku-Boyuk Kesik and Bilajari-Yalama sections of the east-west and north-south transport corridors.... more
Infranord to invest in signalling system
Manufacturer Hitachi Rail is installing new digital signalling technologies on board two yellow maintenance trains operated by Swedish rail maintenance company Infranord. The digitisation of these vehicles will help Infranord to better maintain rail infrastructure across the... more
More intermodal services for the Mezzogiorno
Swiss combined transport operator Hupac launched a new train service in Italy on 15 February 2022. The shuttle operates two weekly round trips between Pomezia, near Rome, and Novara, to the west of Milan. It also offers numerous gateway connections from Novara with... more
Bosch adds truck parking lots in Spain
Bosch is creating more options to meet the high demand for safe parking spaces in Europe: the provider of technology-based services is expanding its network of bookable truck parking lots with seven sites in Spain. The new locations are spread over different regions in the... more
Further expansion in British bulk market
GB Railfreight (GBRF) and building materials supplier Brett Aggregates have launched a new aggregates service in UK from Newhaven, East Sussex, to Thorney Mill, West Drayton. The first train consisted of 17 wagons, transporting 1,350 t of aggregate destined for construction... more