Swiss forwarder orders 100 biodiesel trucks 
Schöni Transport ordered 100 trucks from Renault in one fell swoop at the Transport.ch trade fair that was held in Berne recently. The vehicles are EVO tractor units from the T series and equipped with bio-diesel engines. The Lyon (France)-based the manufacturer will deliver... more
Daily shuttle between Immingham and Doncaster
It is the first intermodal service from the UK Port of Immingham to the iPort Rail in Doncaster: The newly launched Humber Express train runs in both directions twice a day and has a capacity for 80 containers every 24 hours. The service is designed to help ease pressures on... more
Carbon-neutral block train en route to China
A 41-wagon block train set off on Monday, 16 November 2021 on a three-week journey from Dunajska Strada Slovakia to Xi’an China on the New Silk Road. It is Gefco’s first carbon-neutral train. The company will offset the 250 t of CO2 generated from this door-to-door service by... more
Ban on noisy freight wagons pays off
Noise pollution from railfreight traffic in Germany has decreased significantly with the ban on loud freight wagons, according to checks carried out by the German federal railway authority (Eisenbahn-Bundesamt, EBA). Between May 2019 and September 2021, the proportion of... more
More capacity for temperature-controlled goods
P&O Ferrymasters has expanded its fleet of reefers - refrigerated trailers - to enable more customers to benefit from the end-to-end logistics company's expertise in solving supply chain challenges for temperature-controlled goods. The 25 new specialist trailers are being... more
Second Euro Dual increases flexibility
Raildox is expanding is fleet with a second Euro Dual locomotive supplied by European Lok Pool (ELP). The new traction unit increases the German rail company's service flexibility. Amongst others, Raildox transports timber, fertiliser, grain, sand/gravel, steel and hazardous... more
130 e-trucks keep e-scooters moving
Sustainable micro-mobility provider Tier Mobility has signed a framework agreement with Man for the delivery of up to 130 electric vans to various European countries. The first Man eTGE to replace the e-transporters' batteries without local emissions. For Tier Mobility, the... more
Transporting 50 t of whey to China
RZD Logistics (RZDL) operates multimodal transports with its Agroexpress service. Now the subsidiary of the Russian railways has expanded its network and carried 50 t of dried milk products for Kosmos, a major producer of agricultural products, from the Russian republic of... more
Lithuanian haulier banks on green power
Iveco has completed the delivery of 65 Iveco S-WAY LNG gas trucks to transport operator Vlantana. The Lithuanian company, which operates 1,650 vehicles in total, is significantly extending its fleet of gas powered trucks with the new vehicles. The haulier began to convert... more
Two shunting locomotives ordered
In Russia, Sinara will supply Gazpromtrans with two diesel locomotives of the TEM9 and TEM14 series. The delivery is scheduled for later this year. TEM9 is an 882 kW diesel locomotive with electric transmission and independent wheelset drive, designed for shunting operations... more