Truck manufacturer adds e-bikes to repertoire 
Renault Trucks in France has joined forces with Kleuster, a Lyon (French)-based electric cargo bike manufacturer, to accelerate the production and distribution of Freegônes e-cargo bikes. The bikes will be assembled at the heart of Renault Trucks' Vénissieux industrial site... more
Freight volume halved due to sanctions
International transport and logistics company Operail reported a freight volume of 5.2. million t in the first nine months of this year. This is 50% less than in the same period last year, the carrier said. The decline in freight volume is due to the sanctions imposed by... more
336 million barrels of oil saved
Lineage Logistics, a specialist in temperature-controlled industrial REIT (real estate investment trusts) and logistics solutions, has renewed its participation in the Smartway transportation partnership of the US environmental protection agency EPA. The programme provides a... more
Trains don’t have to enter town anymore
After years of building work, the US railway operator BNSF recently celebrated the opening of the Willmar rail bypass in Minnesota (USA). It includes 4.5 km of new tracks and a triangle of railroad tracks used to turn locomotives and trains. Now that this infrastructure has... more
Prangl readying for business in Serbia
Encouraged by numerous enquiries and with the aim to seek new projects in a growing market, Prangl is expanding its activities in the Adriatic region and founding its own company in Serbia. Prangl Srbija will be an independent sales company for Serbia based in Belgrade. The... more
Strengthening the North-South route
Russia’s RZD Logistics, Kazakhstan’s KTZ Express and the Transport and Logistics Centre of Turkmenistan have signed an MoU with the aim of establishing a joint rail service on the Russian North-South route. In addition to an expansion of the rail infrastructure, the partners... more
A comprehensive EV charging infrastructure
Nikola, a specialist for zero-emissions transportation, and the EV charging network Charge Point are joining forces to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for fleets in USA. The collaboration will enable Nikola and its network to resell... more
LTG Cargo to despatch test train to Trieste
The Lithuanian carrier LTG Cargo, the freight arm of the Lietuvos Geležinkeliai group (LTG), is set to launch regular services to and from Italy. LTG Cargo’s first intermodal test train has been prepared to leave for the port of Trieste. During the test run, semi-trailers... more
British haulier speeds into new era
Freight Force, the first founding member of the UK Palletforce network, is the latest logistics heavy weight to join Pall-Ex Group. The Norwich-based long-established storage and distribution specialist has become a shareholder member of both the Pall-Ex and Fortec... more
Russia expands rail service to Black Sea region
Fesco Transportation Group has launched a regular container service between Vladivostok and Timashevsk in the Krasnodar region near the Black Sea. Shuttles will depart once every two weeks from the commercial port of Vladivostok (CPV) and will arrive at the Timashevskaya... more