Kombiverkehr: modal shift reduced in 2023 
With a total of 815,467 truckloads (one load corresponds to the capacity of a truck-trailer combination), or 1.63 million teu, the overall number of containers, swap bodies and semitrailers transported dropped by 15.9% last year compared with 2022. Transport volumes... more
Powerful e-truck charging network ready to go
Citywatt, a German service provider for electric mobility, is opening up its charging network to electric lorries. This will ensure more e-mobility for heavy goods vehicles at more than 50 charging park locations in Germany. The charging parks with more than ten HPC charging... more
Freightliner invests in digital signalling
The UK rail operator Freightliner will retrofit European Train Control System (ETCS) equipment to its first Class 66V locomotive, number 66591. The in-cab signalling, which will be installed in partnership with Siemens Mobility, will improve the network’s reliability to support... more
Container train delivers finished vehicles
DP World has launched an industry-first solution based on using 53-foot intermodal containers with racking systems to ship finished vehicles by rail from Mexico to the USA and Canada. The service is based on loading finished vehicles into containers directly at the factories in... more
Bandar Anzali connected to railway
The Iranian Rasht-Caspian-Railway was launched last Thursday (20 June 2024) in a ceremony attended by representatives of Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan. The 37 km railway links the city of Rasht with the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea. The line is a critical rail... more
IRU adds a member in China
The Truck and Rail United Logistics Group (TRU), based in China, has joined the International Road Transport Union (IRU) as its newest member. The Chinese forwarder specialises in cross-border road and road-rail-sea freight transport to Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and... more
A new truck tipper for the UK's northwest
UK forwarder Roy Braidwood & Sons has taken delivery of two C440 8x4s with sleeper cabs from Renault, joining the 35-strong eight-wheeler tipper fleet. The new C440s are being deployed in the business’ busy aggregate and muckaway fleet, primarily in the northwest of the... more
150 dual-mode locos to arrive by 2027
DB Cargo is currently trialling six new generation dual-mode locomotives in Zwickau and Kreuztal, Germany, to assess their performance under real conditions. The Vectrons can be operated on both electrified lines and those without overhead contact wires. They are being put... more
More electric transport in Portugal
In late June, transporter Klog will deploy the first of several battery-electric vehicles from Scania to transport Ikea products in Portugal from the furniture factory in Pacos de Ferreira to the port harbour in Leixoes, and to dealers’ outlets. The collaboration and... more
Chongqing launches regular train to Germany
The first train with a full timetable and loaded with 55 containers of goods is now en route from China to Europe. It left Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park last Saturday (15 June 2024). On 16 June 2024, German time) a second train started its... more