Mining company orders 5,000 gondola cars 
In Russia, United Wagon Company and Ural Mining Group have signed a memorandum to supply 5,000 gondola cars. The freight cars will be delivered in batches until 2024. The 12-9853 gondola car with hatches is manufactured at the Russian Tikhvin freight car building plant,... more
Ferries on wheels 
DFDS adds a railfreight division to its portfolio. The topic isn’t entirely new for the Danish enterprise DFDS, but with the recent takeover of Prime Rail in Germany, the line is now taking transport by rail combined with classic ferry traffic to a new level. more
Adding an intermodal service for containers
Metrans is responding to ever-increasing demand for intermodal services and long-standing congestion problems in many ports. Traffic volumes in the German port of Wilhelmshaven, for example, are constantly growing, either on regular shipping routes or when the port is used as an... more
Railways to transport more grain from Ukraine
In addition to aid deliveries to Ukraine, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has also been transporting grain from Ukraine with all available resources since the beginning of the war. From March to May 2022 alone, RCG transported over 130,000 t of grain from Ukraine to Germany,... more
Zero-emission commercial vehicles go online
Quantron is breaking new ground in the sale of new vehicles on online platforms. For this, the e-mobility company uses the reach of Truck Scout 24, an established commercial vehicle online sales platform. An important part and prerequisite of this cooperation is that the sales... more
Fyuriant celebrates premiere
Manufacturer Clean Logistics has presented its first hydrogen-powered zero-emission truck, called Fyuriant, at the Stade airfield in Germany. The 40 t truck is equipped with two hydrogen fuel cells with an output of 2x120 kW and hydrogen tanks with a volume of 43 kg, amongst... more
Morocco ready in 2040
ONCF awards three contracts to expand its network. The next step towards the expansion of the Moroccan railway enterprise ONCF’s track network has now been taken. The expansion will be tackled by mixed Moroccan-foreign consortia, with Korean participation in the projects... more
Boost for railfreight
Railfreight operators Ferrotramviaria, For Fer, Hupac, Medlog Italia, Medway Italia, Mercitalia Logistics (FS Italiane Group), Rail Cargo Carrier Italia and Rail Traction have joined forces to form Fermerci. With their cooperation, the companies aim to increase railfreight... more
ETS II: IRU demands a gradual roll-out
The European Parliament has approved the extension of the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS II) to road transport and buildings. The road transport sector is concerned about this decision which is associated with a very real risk of an increased cost base, without any... more
A brake on electricity costs for CT traffic
In Germany, the mega hub Hannover Lehrte and Mortara transport services are boosting transport volumes: Kombiverkehr shifted a total of 937,959 truck consignments or 1.88 million teu to rail in 2021, 9.3% above 2020 levels. With this improvement, the company has achieved a... more