74 t e-truck runs 19 hours a day at the mine 
Swedish mining company Boliden has put its first electric truck into operation between its Renströmsgruvan mine and the concentrator plant in Boliden. With Scania’s new EV, the mining company hopes to reduce its CO2 emission intensity by 40% by 2030. With a total weight of... more
Modern equipment improves intermodal performance
Alliance Shippers is enhancing its refrigerated intermodal operations in North America with Carrier Transicold’s telematics solution and new refrigeration units. The telematics solution is being installed on all 1,500 of its 53-foot trailers for remote monitoring of all its... more
Funding for emission-free logistics
Twelve companies from all over Germany will receive funding from the Federal office for goods transport for the purchase of climate-friendly commercial vehicles. The subsidies arise from more than 450 applications submitted within the framework of a programme to promote... more
UK’s first e-tipper truck in operation
Transition from diesel to battery electric heavy trucks: Fox Group has become the first business in UK to introduce electric tipper trucks into its fleet. The family-owned company has purchased two new Volvo FE electric tippers. The pair will operate from the company’s depot on... more
More telematics technology for railfreight
Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has joined the Rail Pulse coalition and its effort to develop, broaden and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies in North America’s railfreight industry. The US class I railroad is Rail Pulse’s seventh member after GATX, G &... more
Switch to rail saves 2,600 t in emissions
Audi Brussels (Belgium) has contracted DB Cargo to deliver components for battery production from its Hungarian supplier by rail. The first rail transports are already running and the switch from truck to rail is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of 2023. Until now,... more
US manufacturer to modernise mining locomotives
Wabtec has signed an agreement to upgrade locomotives for Fortescue Metals Group. It will be the manufacturer’s first delivery of modernised locomotives to an Australian customer. The fleet will be transformed into AC44C6M locomotives to meet Fortescue’s performance... more
Three rail companies build a maintenance station
The Austrian rail companies ÖBB Train Tech, LTE and ELL (European Locomotive Leasing) have opened the doors of their joint Locomotive Maintenance Station, Locmasta, near Vienna, Austria, after just 14 months of construction. Locmasta's buildings next to Gramatneusiedl train... more
Partnership in Brazil bears fruit
Automated Mercedes-Benz trucks have been used in the Brazilian sugar cane harvest since 2019. Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has configured its Axor truck specifically for automated harvesting operations as part of a development partnership with the Brazilian agricultural technology... more
More road freight congestion ahead?
The European full and part load network Elvis and the German association of small and medium-sized enterprises BVMW have warned of new problems for supply chains. Bottlenecks in the German rail network are threatening to increase congestion in road freight traffic if more... more