Uinta Basin Railway project progresses 
US regional freight railway operator Rio Grande Pacific Corporation (RGPC) has selected the companies to complete the final engineering and construction of the Uinta Basin Railway. The 137 km long common-carrier railway will provide the first-ever common-carrier railway... more
Rail tracks opened at Port of Larvik
Wood chips from the Norwegian timber corporation Bergene Holm in Amundrod near Larvik will now be transported by rail to Norske Skog’s mill in Halden. On Friday, 13 May, railway tracks at Larvik Port opened, reducing the number of trucks on the roads on the Larvik – Oslo –... more
7,000 eco vehicles for 225 cities
DPD plans to transport parcels to 25 of the largest towns and cities in UK with zero and low-emission vehicles by 2025. The programme aims to step up the company’s efforts to achieve pan-European targets based on the know-how and expertise gained from the first cities where... more
US short line railroad changes hands
Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC), an Anacostia affiliate, has acquired the assets and operating rights of the former Southern Indiana Railway (SIND), a short line located in the Louisville metropolitan area, USA. Until 2020, SIND served customers along its 8.85 km of... more
Final test for eEconic
Germany-based Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service (FES) has taken delivery of a battery-electric eEconic truck: with immediate effect, FES is using the near-series vehicle manufactured by Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks for municipal waste collection in Frankfurt am Main. The... more
More intermodal links between Italy and Belgium
Swiss intermodal transport operator Hupac has added a new service between Antwerp HTA (Belgium) and Novara CIM (Italy) to its network. The terminal offers gateway connections in Italy to Pescara/Manoppello and Bari with profile C70/P400 as well as onward links to Rome/Pomezia... more
Rapeseed decarbonises French road transport
Bolloré Logistics recently put into operation a new shuttle that uses B100 biofuel. This end-to-end solution, designed for all pre and post air shipments, operates six days a week ensuring a rotation between the Bolloré Logistics French sites in Lyon and Roissy CDG. 100%... more
New HGV to train drivers and supply towns
HMT Group in UK is the latest company to introduce the Isuzu Grafter 3.5 t truck as a driver training vehicle to encourage non-HGV drivers to make the step up to Class I and 2 driving levels. The truck is also being used within the company’s Palletline pallet network business to... more
Railway supplies hygiene products for war refugees
In cooperation with its freight transport customer Essity, ÖBB organised the transport of relief goods for refugees from Ukraine and brought 38 pallets with 30,000 rolls of toilet paper provided by Essity to Poland. The urgently needed relief goods will directly benefit the... more