East European groupage freight service launched 
PKP Cargo Connect has introduced a road general cargo network (groupage freight) linking the Baltic and the Balkans (Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia). General cargo will be handled in two major hubs - Vilnius (Lithuania) and Budapest... more
Fair play in cross-border road haulage
The Swiss government wants to ensure fair competition between companies in cross-border road haulage and strengthen cooperation with EU states. To this end, the Swiss federal council has submitted the relevant amendments to the law to consultation for three months. Companies... more
Medline prefers trains
Medline is now utilising rail transport in its supply chain for products bound for Spain to reduce its CO2 emissions. The provider of medical products is working with Transfesa Logistics, a Spanish specialist for door-to-door services, to shift more and more of its shipments... more
E-trucks have the edge over H2 trucks
In a recent analysis, the Fraunhofer ISI institute assumes that battery-electric drives will also become the norm for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Fuel cells are still a niche option. The decisive factor for switching to battery-electric vehicles is their energy cost... more
Kick-off for EUR 1.2 billion rail programme
The research and development programme “Europe's rail joint undertaking” was officially launched at the European Railway Summit in Paris, France, this week. The aim of Europe’s largest programme for rail transport, valued at EUR 1.2 billion, is to create an integrated,... more
Trailer adapted for special hauling needs
UK-based family-owned haulier BH Cecil & Sons has received a Krone profi liner curtainsider specially adapted to accommodate a DAF 3.1 m wheelbase tractor with tag axle, thereby keeping within the overall Euro vehicle length limit of 16.5 m. BH Cecil operates throughout... more
400 secure parking spaces
On Turtle, a services provider for transport companies, has opened the first translogistics centre on the Franco-Spanish border in partnership with Haulier Calsina Carré. In addition to a service area in La Jonquera, in Spanish Catalonia, the company now runs a 7,000 sqm... more
New terminal in Sweden
DB Schenker has opened a new logistics terminal in the Allmans district in the south of Stockholm. The new hub has 98 gates on an area of 122,000 sqm. Spanning 14,400 sqm, the terminal's central handling facility can deliver 4,000 parcels per hour. It is thus one of the... more
More services between Italy and the Baltic Sea
Intermodal operator Kombiverkehr recently introduced three more trains on its service between Verona (northern Italy) and the Skandinavienkai terminal in Lübeck-Travemünde (Germany). While the three existing round trips are open to all interested parties, the new connections... more
Italy: another 4,000 trucks to shift to rail
After successful test runs, Transport operator Metrocargo Italia has launched an inbound and outbound intermodal service for glass packaging producer Verallia between Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto. Metrocargo’s rail-road link between Borgo San Dalmazzo (Cuneo) and Valdaro... more