Applications for trucking industry awards are now open 
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has launched the 2020 national trucking industry awards. Nominations will close on 5 March 2020. The award winners will be announced at the ATA foundation sponsors awards gala dinner, held during the ATA’s Trucking Australia 2020... more
Modern technology for Brazil’s rail network
Brazil's largest rail-based logistics operator Rumo has signed a multi-year contract with Globalsat, Inmarsat and Cobham to install a satellite communications across Brazilian railway network. The system will connect Rumo's cargo trains and allows to increase the speed with... more
Hungarian rail carrier renamed
The Hungarian company AWT Rail HU has been renamed PKP Cargo International HU. It has been offering rail transport services and operating railway sidings in Hungary since 2010. It uses the facilities of the parent Group PKP Cargo International, which is one of the most... more
New train link between Bettembourg and Kiel
CFL multimodal, Stena Line and LKW Walter have jointly launched a new direct intermodal service. The train links the Bettembourg-Dudelange terminal (Luxembourg) with the Schwedenkai in the port of Kiel in Germany, where there is a direct connection to ferry services to... more
Watch out: overloaded trucks could soon be caught on camera
Overloaded trucks represent a problem for road traffic. Excess loads increase the risk of traffic accidents and do great damage to roads and bridges. Accurate and reliable measurements of trucks’ axle loads are essential to monitor overloading and take whatever measures are... more
Starting the new year with new intermodal equipment
The delivery of newly built equipment for the intermodal pioneer Ambrogio Intermodal started at the beginning of January 2020: 45 multimodal chassis that can load several types of units (swap bodies, box containers, reefers); 30 innovative swap bodies for the transportation of... more
Newly-adapted wagon fleet to transport aggregates
DB Cargo UK has made its first delivery of aggregate to the site of a new state-of-the-art asphalt facility under construction by Tarmac, at Washwood Heath, Birmingham. The city centre plant, which will provide essential materials to support the ongoing delivery of... more
UK: Green Truck technology boosts cold store’s efficiency
Third party multi-temperature warehousing and logistics network Norish has introduced lithium-ion battery-powered Flexi articulated VNA truck technology at its cold store facility in the West Midlands, UK. The fully integrated Flexi LiTHiON’s lithium-ion power system... more
Companies gain funding for quiet trains
Middle-sized companies often do not have access to funding programmes to refurbish their fleets with low-noise brake blocks. The European rail service offered by the Verband Hamburger Güterwagenhalter in Germany (Hamburg’s association of freight wagon owners, VPI) has now acted... more
Saving 53 t of CO2 emissions at one go
Gebrüder Weiss (GW) Salzburg is now operating two gas-powered trucks on the European network. The vehicles run daily between Löhne in the German federal state of North Rhine –Westphalia and the city of Mozart in Austria. The trucks are powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas).... more