From strength to strength in 20 years
Exactly twenty years ago, Innofreight started with two people in a small office in the old business park in Bruck an der Mur, Austria. Today, more than 130 employees are working at six international locations. One of the company's strengths has always been innovation: in... more
Strike could cost billions per day
A US nationwide rail service interruption by a freight-rail strike could cost more than USD 2 billion per day of a shutdown, according to the latest report published by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). The report is associated with a new labour contract with the... more
Felix for future
A family firm turning 70. The firm Felix Transport was founded as W. Felix Transporte in Zwingen (Switzerland) in 1952. Since 1976, Hanspeter Felix has worked in the company founded by his father Walter. Now he is handing over the reins to his children, the third generation to... more
Zero-emission locos for the Betouwe route
Northrail is leasing four "zero-emission" shunting and medium-haul locomotives of Vossloh’s new DM 20-EBB model to the Dutch rail transport company RTB Cargo. The locomotives are part of the framework purchase agreement for 50 DM 20-EBB. The delivery of the first... more
Craiss triples transport volume in Poland
Craiss Logistyka is expanding its services for a long-standing client, a major international manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Germany. Craiss’ Polish branch, based in Jasin in Poznań county, won the contract after a renewed tender. From now on, the... more
Rail First changes ownership
DIF and Amber are jointly acquiring the Australian railfreight leasing company Rail First on a 50-50 basis. The companies have signed a takeover agreement to this effect. The transaction is subject to approval by Australia’s foreign investment review board and is expected to... more
Channel Tunnel: almost one million trucks
Le Shuttle Freight shipped 106,930 trucks in August 2022, an uptick of 1% compared to the 105,704 trucks in August 2021. Almost 1 million trucks have crossed the Channel aboard the shuttles since 1 January 2022. Compared to the same period last year truck volumes increased... more
Honours for US truck drivers
During the National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (11 -17 September 2022) in USA, the multimodal transport company Container Port Group (CPG), along with American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the entire trucking industry, will thank the nearly 1,300 men and women who... more
New life for old batteries
Korean carmaker Kia and Deutsche Bahn (DB) have partnered to re-use used lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles to create efficient and cost-effective energy storage systems for green electricity. For example, they can save surplus electricity from photovoltaic systems... more
Increased productivity for FTL carrier
XPO Logistics is investing in Digitisation. A newly implemented technology tool will help full truckload (FTL) carriers to enhance their productivity and utilise their vehicles more efficiently. The new capabilities are part of XPO’s transport technology ecosystem built around... more