Truck conversion to green drives well on track 
In the commercial vehicle segment, the retrofit business is booming due to growing demand for truck conversions to zero-emission drives. Quantron generated sales of EUR 10 million in 2021, an increase of 500% compared to 2020. Among other things, the company delivered 30... more
Direct train for Rhine port and Belgian sea ports
In April, the Birsterminal will send off the first direct train from the Birsfelden Rhine port in Switzerland to the terminals in the Belgian seaports. The "Tango Rail Line" will operate regular rail services between the Rhine port and the Antwerp and Zeebrücke... more
Digitalisation goes ahead in the Netherlands
Dutch infrastructure manager Pro Rail has selected Thales to implement its ERTMS central safety system into the railway network in the Netherlands. The contract has a maximum duration of 37 years with a value of EUR 420 million, with a significant part being dedicated to... more
Swiss family-run company invests in fleet
Dreier, a Swiss transport company, has added five new Man TGX 18.470 4×2 LL carrier vehicles for swap bodies to its fleet. The vehicles were recently handed over to the haulier in Vétroz in the canton of Valais and will be used to transport parcels to Western Switzerland on... more
Pallet network’s family is growing
Blacks Haulage in UK has joined the Pall-Ex network as a shareholder member. The haulier has been a successful family run business for over 48 years. As a shareholder member of Pall-Ex, the company now has access to a network of over 90 independent hauliers, providing pallet... more
Port’s rail access steadily improving
The Theemswegtrace, a 4 km long stretch of the Dutch Rotterdam harbour railway line, is a success. Since it was opened a month ago, around a hundred trains have been using what is now the first section of the Betuwe Route every day. In other words, some 10,000 trains have... more
Heavy vehicle charge temporarily lifted
Switzerland’s federal office for customs and border security (FOCBS) is waiving the requirement for a motorway charge sticker for all vehicles transporting Ukrainian refugees or relief supplies for Ukraine. Moreover, aid transports can be exempted from the... more
Reducing emissions with higher biodiesel blends
US class I railroad Union Pacific (UP) will start using a higher biodiesel blend in locomotives it acquired from Wabtec. UP will begin testing with B20 biodiesel and R55 renewable diesel on trains powered by Wabtec FDL engines operating in California in Q2/2022. As testing... more
UK haulier augments its portfolio
UK-based Palletline Logistics has acquired the pallet distribution and warehousing elements of Ningbo Palletised Distribution. Under its new ownership, the business will operate as Ningbo Wrexham and Ningbo London which between them employ 120 staff and operate 70 vehicles.... more
Call for urgent action to cap fuel prices
Global oil prices, reaching their highest level since 2008 this week, are set to climb even higher amid continuing instability and sanctions related to the Ukraine crisis, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) anticipates. The organisation now calls for urgent... more