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
CSX extends network in New England
CSX has completed the acquisition of Pan Am Railways. The takeover will expand the US class I railway’s reach into the rapidly growing Northeast region of the country. The completion of this transaction comes six weeks after CSX received regulatory approval. The terms of the... more
Enhanced cross-border rail interoperability
The European Commission has approved a EUR 8 million Slovenian scheme to encourage freight transport to shift from road to rail and remove barriers to interoperability. Under this scheme, railfreight companies will receive direct grants to finance the integration of the European... more
Exposing the blind spot
Volvo Trucks is introducing a new safety system to detect other road users entering the blind spot on both sides of the truck. The system uses a dual radar on each side of the truck to detect other road users – such as cyclists. When someone is in the blind spot zone, the... more
Railfreight business booming in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) achieved an increase of 25% in freight transport in Q1/2022, transporting more than 5.5 million t of minerals and goods compared to the same period of 2021. Furthermore, the quantities of cargo transported by rails over the first quarter... more
On the way to a fully electric fleet
DB Schenker has already completed more than 1.5 million km with electrically powered trucks in its European land transport network. The logistics company is thus scaling up its efforts to shift all its urban collect and delivery vehicles to electric drives by 2030. DB... more