Paris now a bit closer to the sea ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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New multimodal terminal for MSC north of the French capital. In a few months shippers will be able to make use of new services in Paris that are usually part of a seaport terminal’s portfolio. The new centre, which is being built in Bruyères-sur-Oise, relies on hinterland... more
Platform to improve e-trucks supply ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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DAF Trucks has joined forces with the HDV Booking to increase the availability of fully electric HGVs for long-haul transports, for instance with the DAF XF Electric model. HDV Booking is a new consortium that includes providers of charging facilities, card reader systems,... more
LTG Cargo to make operations more sustainable ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Lithuanian freight carrier has developed a fuel saving plan and is acquiring electric locomotives. The fuel plan will reduce diesel fuel consumption by 6 t a week, enough to fill the fuel tanks of about 120 cars. The new electrically powered locomotives will save about... more
More and more freight shifted to rail ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Businesses and freight companies in New Zealand shipping their goods by rail saved nearly 230,000 t of CO2 emissions in the last financial year compared with the emissions that would have been created carrying those products by trucks, Kiwi Rail’s latest data shows. Rail also... more
Green truck collects dirty waste ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The US waste management company Recology is testing North America's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse collection vehicle in San Francisco, CA (USA). The truck was developed in partnership with New Way Trucks and Hyzon. Recology will be the first waste and... more
Subsidies for services and not for companies ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The revision of its freight transport act and temporary bridging finance for single wagonload transport are to modernise the country’s freight transport sector and promote multimodal services, said transport minister Albert Rösti at the general assembly of the Swiss Shippers’... more
An e-truck for long-haul beer deliveries ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Swiss brewer Feldschlösschen used an e-truck for its beverage transport operations for the first time in 2013. It has gradually extended its fleet to a total of 20 fully electric Renault Trucks since then, recently adding a 44 t Renault Trucks E-Tech T. With its six... more
Croatian manufacturer modernises Slovakian locos ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Slovakian railfreight operator ZSSK Cargo plans to modernise ten more 742.6 series locomotives, which are a complete upgrade of 742 series locomotives to the Effi Shunter 1000M type with the Czech manufacturer CZ Loko. Only the frame and the undercarriage of the original... more
Adding a flatbed specialised division ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The US transport company AMX Trucking has expanded its fleet with the addition of a new flatbed specialised division to complement its existing fleet services, which include dry van, refrigerated, drayage, tanker, and intermodal. The new division enhances AMX's services by... more
CD Cargo: the last eleven ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The ordered eleven locomotives are the last batch of a contract for 50 locomotives, which the Czechian railfreight carrier signed with Alstom/Bombardier in 2018. They will be delivered in 2026 and will be equipped with modern signalling and safety equipment enabling them to... more