The efficiency of the ground effect 
The erstwhile Soviet Union once had plans to transport huge loads over the Caspian Sea with its Ekranoplan aircraft. The wing-in-ground-effect units designed by Flying Ship Technologies are much smaller and thus more agile. Now the US enterprise has landed its first sales... more
Canadian railway moves closer to China 
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is building closer ties with its customers in China following the launch of its Chinese language website. The website is part of a broader outreach program in China and across Asia to ensure that customers have access to up-to-date information,... more
Road freight service links Middle East and Africa
The digital road freight platform Saloodo is expanding its services between the Middle East and North and Northeast Africa; it now offers overland connections, called BeduConnect, between the nations in the CCASG and Egypt, Libya and Sudan. The member states of the CCASG, the... more
Expanding in France
CargoBeamer has commenced operations in its first full terminal in Calais (France). The opening saw the company put its patented technology to shift semi-trailers to the railways horizontally into service in the regular market for the first time.Four round trips will serve the... more
A 30,000 sqm warehouse with a rail spur
An ÖBB Rail Cargo Group warehouse in Prague Malešice is one of the few logistics locations in the Czech capital with a functioning railway siding. The site offers approximately 29,700 sqm of warehousing.In addition to this the Rail Cargo Group (RCG) also offers goods handling,... more
Container trains generate 60% less CO2
This year, Metrans trains have already transported 527,000 teu with zero emissions on routes directly connected to Hamburg and Bremerhaven (both Germany) and Koper (Slovenia).The low-emission electric locomotives and hybrid shunting locos deployed are particularly efficient, as... more
Asia–Finland trains almost weekly
Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL), Fesco and Nurminen Logistics have launched a regular intermodal service for the delivery of Finland Bridge containers between the Asia-Pacific region and Finland along the Trans-Siberian Railway.The first batch of 62 40 ft containers with... more
Pennsylvania intermodal facility to be re-opened
The US railway Norfolk Southern is planning to create additional handling capacities by re-opening its intermodal facility in Greencastle PA (USA).The railroad plans to phase in business gradually at the Franklin County regional intermodal facility from 10 September, starting... more
Electric beer delivery
Volvo Trucks North America delivered its first class 8, battery-electric regional haulage trucks on the US east coast to its customer Manhattan Beer Distributors. Five zero-emission Volvo VNR electric trucks are joining the New York City-based beer and beverage distributors’... more
