120 vans in retro style 
Swiss haulage company Planzer has added 40 new Man TGE 3.140 vans with box bodies to its fleet. Another 80 MAN vans are to follow this year. They will be delivered in Planzer's retro design and will soon be seen on Swiss roads. Planzer and Man have been partners for many... more
40 freight locomotives delivered
Azerbaijan Railways recently received the last two of a total of 40 Prima freight locomotives produced by Alstom. The locomotives will be put into operation initially on the Baku-Boyuk Kesik and Bilajari-Yalama sections of the east-west and north-south transport corridors.... more
Infranord to invest in signalling system
Manufacturer Hitachi Rail is installing new digital signalling technologies on board two yellow maintenance trains operated by Swedish rail maintenance company Infranord. The digitisation of these vehicles will help Infranord to better maintain rail infrastructure across the... more
More intermodal services for the Mezzogiorno
Swiss combined transport operator Hupac launched a new train service in Italy on 15 February 2022. The shuttle operates two weekly round trips between Pomezia, near Rome, and Novara, to the west of Milan. It also offers numerous gateway connections from Novara with... more
Bosch adds truck parking lots in Spain
Bosch is creating more options to meet the high demand for safe parking spaces in Europe: the provider of technology-based services is expanding its network of bookable truck parking lots with seven sites in Spain. The new locations are spread over different regions in the... more
Further expansion in British bulk market
GB Railfreight (GBRF) and building materials supplier Brett Aggregates have launched a new aggregates service in UK from Newhaven, East Sussex, to Thorney Mill, West Drayton. The first train consisted of 17 wagons, transporting 1,350 t of aggregate destined for construction... more
Fleet renewal completed
Nexon Group has extended its fleet with a pair of Iveco S-WAY rigid trucks. The instinct blue metallic fleet travels UK-wide delivering cleaning and hygiene products, mainly heavy fluids, to healthcare providers and care home groups. The two 19-t 4x2 rigid AT190S33/P... more
Two new direct trains for Sweden
Swedish rail freight operator Green Cargo is expanding its hinterland connections in Sweden. With two new domestic direct lines from Trelleborg and Gothenburg, the company is responding to the growing demand for eco-friendly intermodal services to transport goods that arrive at... more
More intermodal links to Rotterdam and UK
A new five weekly train now connects the CT terminal in the inland port Bayernhafen Nürnberg (Germany) with Rotterdam Cobelfret (The Netherlands). From Rotterdam, there are ferry links to UK and Ireland. Containers, semi-trailers and swap bodies can be transported on this... more
West-east service via Moscow
Fesco is launching a regular rail service from St. Petersburg to Chita and Blagoveshchensk via Moscow. With the new train, customers now can deliver their goods to the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Amur Region via the capital of Russia as part of a single logistics service.... more