Joining forces for autonomous haulage solutions
Truck manufacturer Scania and mining company Rio Tinto are developing more agile autonomous haul trucks at a mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region to pursue potential environmental and productivity benefits. The two companies have established a long-term research and... more
Swedish carrier stops operations within Norway
Green Cargo will discontinue its domestic operations in Norway, which comprise three railfreight lines, in Q1/2023. According to the carrier, current economic conditions are not sufficient to conduct commercially viable operations in this area. The decision will affect some... more
Milsped acquires new transport management system
Belgrade (Serbia)-based Milsped has chosen the transport management system (TMS) developed by software specialist LIS to organise its national full-load and groupage transports. After the first rollout phase, 400 users will be working with the new system. With over... more
Oregon's port railway to be modernised
The Port of Coos Bay in Oregon has received a USD 10 million grant from the US department of transportation for improvements of the Coos Bay Rail Line (CBRL), which serves the port. The project will replace 67,000 crossties and resurface the main line, sidings, an industrial... more
Rail projects in the Balkans in progress
In North Macedonia, rail construction work has begun along the 34 km section from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka and the remaining works on a 31 km section from Kumanovo to Beljakovce are currently being finalised. The two stretches are part of the 89 km eastern part of the... more
More rail services between North and South Italy
The Italian cargo terminal Verona-Giovinazzo will see an increase from 12 to 18 freight trains per week linking the logistics hub Quadrante Europa with the terminal in Puglia in Southern Italy. This 50% rise in frequencies was also made possible by FS Italiane’s subsidiary... more
Austrian forwarder involved in rocket mission
The international transport company Gebrüder Weiss (GW) is the official logistics partner for the Sub Orbital Express rocket mission to be carried out by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). GW is organising the transport of twelve scientific experiments from the SSC’s head... more
Easier transport between EU, Ukraine and Moldova
The European Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee has approved two separate agreements with Ukraine and Moldova to simplify cross-border goods transports. The new road transport agreements will replace existing bilateral transport agreements with EU countries and... more
Not even a year old and already expanding
The Swiss construction transport company BS Kaltmicrobelag was only founded in March 2022. Eight months later, it is already augmenting its fleet of three tankers and a crane truck with a C480 P8x4 EVO from Renault Trucks. The four-axle truck has a highly complex superstructure... more
Italian-Swiss cooperation to boost rail traffic
The FS Italiane Group and the Swiss Hupac Group recently signed an MoU aimed at creating more intermodal land and maritime services in Italy and to and from Europe. By jointly developing and managing terminals to improve the quality of intermodal transport and expand their... more