Testing a new rail route for containers 
Trans Container, Russian Railways (RZD) and Ulaanbaatar Railways (UBTZ) have organised the first railway shipment of containers from China to Russia via the Solovyevsk border-crossing point (Zabaikalsky Krai) on the Russian-Mongolian border. To date, this border-crossing... more
New shuttle to link Gliwice with Pordenone
Swiss combined transport specialist Hupac is offering new opportunities for climate-friendly road-rail transport between Italy and Poland. Next Monday, 10 October 2022, a direct shuttle train will start in Gliwice (Poland), in the centre of one of Europe's most important... more
Sustainable fleet growing further
US class I railway Union Pacific is investing in electric vehicles: Over the next six months, 67 electric vehicles – 50 Ford Lightning pickups and 17 Ford Mustang Mach-Es – will be delivered to select field locations across the railroad’s US network. Growing its... more
Joining forces to augment intermodal services
MSC and FS Group have signed a MoU to create synergies in logistics. The agreement will initially aim at checking the opportunities and mutual interest to implement a commercial and operational partnership project to develop intermodal services. FS’s Polo Logistica... more
Transit time significantly shortened
India and Iran have successfully concluded the first pilot of a fully digital intermodal TIR transport, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) reported. The container was released less than a day after arriving in Iran’s Bandar Abbas port, which would have otherwise taken... more
Spanish fresh products now shipped to UK by rail
Maersk subsidiary Sealand is launching a new rail product from Spain to UK. The new transport option is especially tailored for Spanish fresh produce, has flexible capacity and will initially offer three weekly departures from Valencia terminal to Barking terminal in East... more
The more users, the greener the road transport
DHL Freight is launching the Go Green Plus service to reduce CO2 emissions for road transport. This is achieved through carbon insetting, which focuses on decarbonising road haulage through investments in low- and zero emission technologies and fuels. Offsetting, on the... more
Helping to spread hydrogen technology
The implementation of hydrogen technologies in rail transport is accelerating. For railway operators, the availability of hydrogen supplies and refuelling stations is of key importance for the introduction into service of rail vehicles powered by hydrogen cells. The Polish... more
Traffic jams on Swiss roads cost billions
Switzerland’s roads accumulate almost 200,000 hours of delays every day because cars and trucks get stuck in traffic jams or make slow progress. The lost time costs money. According to the latest calculations by the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), delay costs... more
Class I to develop rail facility in California
BNSF Railways is planning to invest more than USD 1.5 billion in constructing a state-of-the-art master-planned rail facility in Southern California, the first to be developed by a Class 1 railroad. The Barstow International Gateway will contain a rail yard, an intermodal... more