500 wagon owners follow VPI recommendations 
The VPI service company Vers welcomes the Voith Group as the 500th subscriber of the VPI European Maintenance Guide (VPI-EMG). Fifteen years after the first edition, the recommendations for the maintenance of freight cars have long since become a Europe-wide standard. The... more
Study on climate-friendly synthetic-fuel launched
Dutch inland haulier Kleijn Transport and UK-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) have started a joint pilot study based on eco-friendly hydro-treated vegetable oil fuel (HVO). HVO is made of 100% renewable raw materials such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fats and reduces... more
Green city logistics in full swing
DB Schenker has become the first customer worldwide to take delivery of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros as a series-production vehicle. The transport company will be using the 19 t truck for general cargo deliveries in urban logistics operations. DB Schenker is... more
Shuttle links Gothenburg and Rosersberg
A new freight shuttle has been launched in Sweden between the Port of Gothenburg and Rosersberg, north of Stockholm. Departing six times a week, the shuttle transports paper products and other goods from Rosersberg to the Port of Gothenburg, for onward transit to France and UK.... more
Foreign truck drivers use vaccination offer in Austria
The introduction of compulsory anti-Covid vaccination in Austria and the high number of unvaccinated professional drivers from abroad have created enormous challenges for the transport industry. In order to make an uncomplicated vaccination offer to unvaccinated drivers near... more
Norway: rail carrier to trial e-reachstacker
Cargo Net has signed a one-year agreement with Kalmar covering field trials for a Kalmar electric reachstacker. The Norwegian railfreight operator has reserved an option to put the machine into regular commercial operation after the test. The reachstacker will be delivered in... more
Covid-19 measures for rail extended
Given that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect the level of rail traffic, the European Council has extended until 30 June 2022 the emergency measures put in place in October 2020 to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the sector. The measures give member states the... more
More and more timber being shipped by rail
Working closely with Austria’s federal forestry office (Österreichische Bundesforste, ÖBf), the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has digitalised the entire rail logistics process for timber transport - from the electronic consignment note and empty wagon orders to future transport... more
Scania orders robots for battery assembly plant
Truck manufacturer Scania is investing more than SEK 1 billion (USD 108 million) in a comprehensive range of robotic solutions from technology company ABB for its new highly automated battery assembly plant in Södertälje, Sweden. The 18,000 sqm facility is expected to be... more
More links between Iberia and the Baltics
Arcese's road haulages services in Spain are expanding with new consolidated weekly connections linking the Iberian Peninsula with Lithuania, and with relaunching towards the Baltic States and the CIS countries. The import/export service from Spain and Portugal to Lithuania... more