20 candles for rolling highway 
Rolling highway (rola) trains set off on the Freiburg (Germany) – Novara (Italy) route for the first time on 11 July 2001. As a pioneering user of the 4-m Simplon intermodal corridor, Swiss Rola operator RAlpin has since then shifted over 1.7 million heavy goods vehicles from... more
Ore export railway opened
The African SMB-Winning Consortium, Africa, which specialises in bauxite production, has inaugurated a new 125 km railway line in Guinea. Connecting important storage towns between Boké to Boffa with the river port of Dapilon, the new link will now transport ore destined for... more
Jumbo swap bodies save time
Germany-based freight forwarder Würfel is investing in jumbo swap bodies that feature a transfer plate for loading cargo into other swap bodies. This means that both jumbo swap bodies of a vehicle can be loaded or unloaded at the same time, using only one gate on the ramp for... more
Russian shunting locomotive delivered
The Lyudinovo Diesel Locomotive Plant (part of Sinara Group) recently produced and dispatched a TEM9 shunting diesel locomotive to the Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Association (part of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom). The four-axle shunter with... more
CSX extends green fleet
The US class I railway is partnering with Wabtec to accelerate sustainable rail services to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 37% by 2030. An early adopter of digital rail technologies, CSX will be the first railroad to demonstrate Wabtec’s trip optimiser zero-to-zero... more
Medway: more locomotives for Spain
The Portuguese railfreight operator is adding another eight locomotives to its fleet in Spain to complement the six already operating in this market. Of these eight new locomotives, four are diesel engines of the 333 model equipped with the Spanish ASFA railway safety system,... more
Furniture dealer opts for rail transport
A.P. Moller - Maersk and Ikea have shifted container transports on a 100 km long stretch between the port of Barcelona and the Tarragona terminal from truck to rail. The intermodal solution is managed and operated by APM Railways. The last part of the journey, from the... more
Electric trucks for food deliveries in Stockholm
Food transports in the Stockholm region are set to become a lot more eco-friendly: Dagab, Axfood’s purchasing and logistics arm, has commissioned Scania’s first serial-produced all-electric heavy truck for its daily food deliveries to stores in the Swedish capital and the... more
Self-driving trucks in port area
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Munich-based truck manufacturer Man have tested a truck prototype equipped with electric automation systems in regular logistics operations in the port area. As part of a two-day practical trial, Spedition Weets brought 40 ft... more
Accelerating freight traffic
After two years of construction and several months of test runs, the new EUR 171 million container terminal Mega Hub Lehrte has now opened its doors. The facility loads containers in record time within just a few minutes. All in all, the terminal assembles up to 13 freight... more