Container wagons to extend fleet 
VTG Rail Russia is buying another 250 container wagons from Transmash. The first batch is to be delivered before the end of 2021, the other wagons by early 2022. VTG Rail Russia's fleet already includes 439 of the manufacturer's wagons, including pocket wagons, which are a... more
Entry barriers discourage hauliers
According to the first systematic survey to be conducted with 200 German transport companies, entry barriers continue to prevent many forwarders from shifting truck transports to rail. Many participants cited the efforts required for planning and a lack of expertise as... more
Work and truck stop inaugurated
Luxembourg-based CFL group has opened a new workshop and secure truck stop (CRS) Bettembourg-Dudelange. Located at the terminal and marshalling yard, the new maintenance and repair workshop will reduce rolling stock downtime and improve the availability of the wagon and... more
Locomotive cuts emissions by up to 30%
Canadian National Railways (CN) is purchasing its first 100% battery heavy-haul locomotive. It is therefore partnering with Wabtec to induct its next-generation FLX drive technology, which can decrease fuel consumption and emissions by up to 30%. The anticipated efficiencies... more
From Korea to Poland via Far East
Trans Container, Pantos Logistics and PKP LHS have launched a weekly intermodal service for containers from the Republic of Korea to Poland via the Russian Far East and Ukraine. The first shipments were recently dispatched in Busan (Korea) and arrived at Nakhodka in Russia by... more
Trucks acquired for UAE’s building sector
Abu Dhabi Ports Group is entering the construction logistics business: Its subsidiary Micco Logistics has acquired 31 tipper trucks to offer a wider range of integrated logistics support to the UAE’s construction and metals manufacturing sectors. The trucks will join Micco’s... more
VTG expands its footprint in the Balkans
VTG Rail Logistics has opened a new office in Sofia (Bulgaria), thus strengthening its presence in the region. VTG Rail Logistics Bulgaria provides the entire range of services of a global rail forwarder. By integrating its new location in the Bulgarian capital into its... more
Workshop services 25 locomotives per week
DB Cargo continues to invest in its site in Halle, Germany, where the German railfreight company has set up and inaugurated a EUR 26 million workshop for line and shunting locomotives. The workshop has six working stations. 75 employees make sure that 25 locomotives of DB... more
Joining forces to optimise rail operations
PJ Monitoring (PJM), an Austria-based system specialist for rail transport, and technology group Voith, which is headquartered in Germany, will work together to develop a system that combines coupler-assisted automatic train inauguration and the safe remote-controlled decoupling... more
Large investment in intermodal equipment
Russian transport group Fesco has acquired nine thousand new containers, bringing its fleet up to more than 100 thousand teu. Three thousand forty-foot and one thousand twenty-foot containers have already been built at the factory in Dalian in China and delivered to the Fesco... more