A new train service from South East Europe 
Shippers now have another option to bridge the distance between Asia and Europe: the Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has launched a new regular cargo train linking the Croatian port of Rijeka, via the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), to Budapest in Hungary. It will run... more
Hauliers demand higher EU fleet limits for trucks
In a letter to EU lawmakers, 41 medium-sized companies, including DPDHL, Kuehne und Nagel, Contargo, Knauf Insulation, have joined international groups in calling for fleet limits to be increased from the currently proposed -45% to -65% in 2030. In comparison to the European... more
A rail link for containers at Port of Houston
USA-based Union Pacific (UP) has started to load containers arriving at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal in the Port of Houston directly onto rail cars and transport the cargo further by rail to Denver, Salt Lake City, Oakland, Los Angeles and El Paso, all metropolitan areas... more
HVO for more than 2,500 vehicles on Spanish roads
XPO and Repsol have launched Less, a low-emission sustainable solution, in Spain. With the initiative, the two companies aim to accelerate the energy transition with renewable fuels, also known as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil). HVO can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90%... more
Automated train loading
For several months now, two automated loading cranes from infralogistics systems manufacturer Vollert have been accelerating the unloading of freight wagons with e-car batteries for e-car production at Skoda's main plant in Mladá Boleslav (Czechia). The two train handlers... more
Pan-Iceland links 
Salmon farmer to bank on Eimskip lorries. Logistics service provider Eimskip, an Icelandic institution, has signed an overland transport agreement with Arnarlax. The company produced 16,000 t of fresh salmon last year. more
A joint venture to develop H2-locomotives
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CSX are forming a joint venture for the building and deployment of hydrogen locomotive conversion kits for diesel electric locomotives. As an initial step, CSX plans to convert one of its diesel locomotives using a hydrogen conversion... more
Boosting traffic on China-Europe axis
Rhenus is strengthening its foothold along the Middle Corridor of the New Silk Road. The group recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) to enhance transhipment capacity in the Caspian Sea region between China and Europe. The partners will... more
Kombiverkehr shifts more trucks to rail
The Germany-based intermodal operator transported a total of 969,442 truckloads last year. 1.94 million teu were shifted from road to rail. This means that 31,483 more containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers were carried compared with the previous year, a rise of 3.4%. A... more
Cargo crimes reduced over the last five years
The amount of freight thefts from trucks left in unclassified parking locations in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (Emea) region has dropped dramatically since the pandemic. Companies take more proactive action to protect the resilience of their supply chains, according... more