Anniversary train delivers 453 t of bananas 
Government ministers were on hand to flag off the 1,000th trip of Central Railway’s Kisan Rail link (farmer’s rail) in India. The train from Savda to Adarsh Nagar (Delhi) had 23 wagons with 453 t of bananas on board. So far, 345,000 t of farm produce has already been... more
Trans-Siberian test run for Japanese reefer goods
Russian Railways (RZD), the Japanese transport ministry and Fesco have sent the first refrigerated containers with Japanese cargo to Europe on the Trans-Siberian Railway, with the transport carried out by Dalreftrans. With the new train the three players are implementing a... more
Three roundtrips between Wolfurt and Frenkendorf
Swissterminal is adding a new rail link to Wolfurt (Austria) to its intermodal portfolio. With immediate effect, the company is operating three weekly roundtrips via the Frenkendorf hub in Switzerland. The service connects customers in the Vorarlberg area and eastern... more
Swedish carrier takes bridge route via Denmark
Green Cargo has rerouted its international block train services Italy Direct and Austria Direct. Transports to Austria and Italy now run via Denmark instead the train ferry route between Trelleborg (Sweden) and Rostock (Germany). Italy Direct operates via Denmark at an... more
Better rail links for Osnabrück hub
TFG Transfracht and the terminal operator Container Terminal Osnabrück (CTOS) have launched six weekly direct rail connections between the economic region of Osnabrück and Hamburg in Germany. The train runs 100% CO2-free with green electricity. Operations at the Osnabrück... more
Huge truck order in the UK
Maritime Transport has begun to take delivery of a further 355 Volvo FH with I-Save tractor units, adding to the 170 it already has in service and making the Felixstowe-based business the UK’s largest operator of Volvo’s turbo compound engine trucks. All the tractor units in... more
US railroad invests in automated trucking
Union Pacific Railways (UP) will become the first customer to move freight on Tu Simple’s fully-automated trucking route between the Tucson and Phoenix (AZ) metro areas. UP is leveraging Loup Logistics (Loup), a wholly owned subsidiary, to coordinate freight shipment and... more
Another route for food transport
RZD Logistics is transporting fresh and frozen products by train from the Chinese Shandong Province to Moscow for the first time. The train, consisting of 50 autonomous refrigerated containers with fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, as well as other food and medical... more
Spedition Garbe gets LNG filling station
Alternoil and Hoyer have founded a joint venture to quickly expand the network of LNG filling stations. The JV will open new facilities with the innovative fuel at Hoyer service stations and Hoyer customers' sites, as was recently the case at Spedition Garbe, which has more than... more
Better rail access for Wilhelmshaven
Around EUR 13.6 billion is to be invested in Germany’s rail infrastructure in 2022. This is roughly EUR 900 million more than in 2021 and the highest sum ever made available in a single year. The money will be used for 175 infrastructure projects. Among other things, 1,800... more