Trialling double-stacked train for UK retailer 
In cooperation with Nestlé UK and Ireland, the Rail Delivery Group recently delivered a new type of rail container to Grocery Tesco. The container uses a roof raising mechanism, allowing products to be double stacked from floor to ceiling operating at full capacity before... more
Four more Iveco trucks to run in Australia
The Australian car transport company Prix Car Services has ordered four Iveco S-Way prime movers. The first vehicle recently entered service. The others will arrive progressively in the coming months. The new vehicles feature low emission Euro 6 13l engines that produce 550... more
Vectrons to expand international services
In Malmö, Sweden, the Swedish railfreight company Green Cargo recently took delivery of the first of ten new Vectron locomotives ordered from Siemens. The new multiple unit will initially operate as a training locomotive on the Malmö - Trelleborg route. Equipped with ETCS,... more
2,500 vehicles order from UK
The trucks, ordered by the Consortium Purchasing Group, will be delivered to Culina Group, WS Group and A.W. Jenkinson Group. The contract is one of Scania’s biggest single European deals and the largest battery electric truck order to be completed over one calendar year.... more
Plans for a new rail terminal near Moscow
Transcontainer has founded a new company to build and operate a container terminal in the Domodedovo in the south of the Moscow region. The Usady Container Terminal will have a capacity of 424,000 teu per year. After the facility is put into operation, a cargo consolidation... more
Choosing the best pallet size
The Pall-Ex Group subsidiary Fortec Distribution Network in UK has extended its product portfolio. After reviewing its list of products, the group decided to introduce the Euro Pallet Base range and the Parcel Pallet. The Euro Pallet Base will include five new products. The... more
Gotthard Base Tunnel still closed
Bad news for freight traffic in Switzerland: The Gotthard Base Tunnel will remain closed until further notice. Actually, it was planned to open the line for single-track train traffic yesterday, Tuesday, 16 August. After the derailment of a goods train in the tunnel due to a... more
Swedish haulier receives 74 t electric trucks
More and more hauliers are now starting to invest in electric trucks, including HGVs. Mattson Akeri in Gothenburg, Sweden, is one of them. The company has bought three heavy electric Volvo FH trucks and over the past few weeks has been testing one of these vehicles in... more
APM sees railfreight on track for record volumes
APM Terminals reports worldwide record loadings for railfreight: in India for example, the port of Pipavav handled 206 trains and nearly 50,000 containers in July, the highest number this year so far, pulling significantly ahead of its previous loading record of 157 double stack... more
Expanding intermodal capacity in UK
US manufacturer Greenbrier has delivered the last of 150 wagons to leasing company Porterbrook in UK, which has ordered the batch for GB Railfreight. The UK carrier will use the new rolling stock for the movement of construction materials for High Speed 2 from the Peak District... more