Trialling a solar energy powered truck 
Geodis has joined hands with Volvo Australia to pilot the first fully electric (FE) variant truck for freight forwarding within Australia. The vehicle is powered by both solar energy and energy-efficient charging systems. Geodis will be assessing factors, including the... more
Rail-sea service to the East launched
Ruscon and Sakhalin Shipping Company (Sasco), both part of Delo Group, have launched a joint multimodal service on the Moscow-Vladivostok-Korsakov-Magadan route in Russia. Trains from Ruscon's own terminal at Kresty station (Moscow) depart for Ugolnaya station (Vladivostok)... more
Silver for haulier’s environmental efforts
Kerry Logistics has won the Silver Award in the transport and logistics category at the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence for its outstanding green leadership, effective environmental programmes and efforts in encouraging its partners to implement environmental... more
Direct links from a one-stop shop 
The ‘Schweizerzug’ now connects Switzerland and the port of Rotterdam with three round trips a week. Not every terminal operator has the infrastructure, the connections and a quantum of courage to set itself up in the railfreight segment. Seven years ago Swissterminal took the... more
Hupac to launch new shuttle service from Belgium
The international transport network between UK and mainland Europe continues to grow: Swiss combined transport operator Hupac is introducing a new train service between the Antwerp Combinant and Zeebrugge CLdN terminals and thus enabling connections to/from UK via the CLdN short... more
Kick-off for French Monitor Project
Wabtec, Fret SNCF and regional operator RDT13 have launched the Monitor Project, the first innovation project of the French “Railfreight of the Future” coalition to accelerate the development of the country’s railfreight industry. The project, funded by the French state,... more
Creating a new rail footprint for Australia
Team Global Express (TGE) has signed an eleven-year partnership with Aurizon to operate its containerised railfreight service along the East-West (Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth) and North-South (Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne) railfreight networks. The Australian carrier will... more
A start-up for green trucks
Over the last two years, the Hylix-B project created by the ministry of the environment of Baden-Württemberg (Germany), has built a fully electric 26 t truck with fuel cell drive and a range of 500 km. Now a company named Iontrak has been founded to develop, industrialise,... more
Rail parcel service launched
Indian Railways and India Post have formally launched the Rail Post Gati Shakti express cargo service to provide seamless logistics for the services sector in the country. The new product is currently operational in four sectors -Delhi to Kolkata; Bangalore to Guwahati,... more
Prestigious awards for eco-friendly hauliers
German hauliers Götz Transport and Dankerts Spedition won prizes for the greatest CO2 reduction and the highest score for eco-friendly driving in 2022: nearly 11,000 drivers from 75 companies with 131 teams and around 7,000 vehicles took part in Add Secure’s Eco-Driving... more