Another big step towards green distribution 
Unicon, Denmark’s largest producer and supplier of ready-mixed concrete, is placing the biggest private single order to date for electric trucks to run on Danish roads. Deliveries of the eleven Volvo FM electric trucks will start towards the end of 2022. Unicon and Volvo... more
Albatross Express increases capacities
TFG Transfracht has expanded its Albatross Express services and increased the capacities on its existing four weekly round trips between Wolfurt (Austria) and Munich (Germany). With this upgrade, Transfracht is providing more transport options to the German seaports of... more
First modernised loco to be ready in 2023
CZ Loko has won the tender for a complete modernisation of all 14 Class 742 locomotives in the fleet of Czech Railways (CD). The contract is worth more than CZK 684 million (EUR 28 million) and was signed by representatives of both companies. The national carrier will... more
Czech carrier adds Balkan services
Czech carrier CD Cargo has begun transporting containers between the Croatian port of Rijeka and Belgrade in Serbia. The new service includes four pairs of trains per week and is operated specially for Maersk. The containers are carried in CD Cargo wagons and for the time being,... more
Lithuanian haulier banks on rail
Girteka’s intermodal railfreight division shipped twice as many full truckloads in 2021 than in the previous year. The Lithuania-based haulier transported over 16,100 fully-loaded trailers travelling on rail tracks, saving more than 14.4 million kg of CO2 emissions, as the FTLs... more
E-trucks for Sweden’s largest charging hub
Scania is delivering an e-mobility solution including five battery electric trucks and 1.6 MW charging equipment to Falkenklev Logistik as part of the Swedish haulier’s plan to set up a 22-vehicle electric charging station at a new company depot in Malmö. The site, which... more
Hub for green battery logistics in operation
DB Cargo and Mercedes-Benz have opened an automotive logistics centre near the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen in Germany. It is to serve as a climate-neutral hub for transporting the battery systems of the new Mercedes EQ model EQE. DB Cargo is now using carbon neutral trains... more
Next step for Eurasian land bridge
Container services on the China-Western Europe route are flourishing, and a new connection from Wuhan to Germany has come on stream. Commissioned by Bahnoperator and Trans Container, and in cooperation with Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT), a subsidiary of Global Ports Group,... more
Ceva adds more land-based services
Ceva has launched numerous cross-border services connecting European, Middle Eastern and Asian markets, including a block train linking Vietnam and Europe via China. The logistics provider also handles container consolidation and trucking services to the Vietnam rail terminal.... more