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
Expanding traffic to and from eastern Europe
Freja has established a new direct route between Poland and the south of Norway, featuring regular departures from Lodz in Poland to the south of Norway every Friday and returns to Poland on Tuesday/Wednesday. The link is routed through the ferry connection between Norway... more
Russian oil delivered by sea and rail to China
China is importing Russian crude oil using sea-rail transport. The first delivery arrived in China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday, 13 November 2021, according to the Chinese State Council information office (SCIO). The 2,000 t consignment was first shipped from the port of... more
Rail park in Oklahoma
Jaguar Transport has entered into an agreement with Haskell Lemon Construction to operate the Oklahoma Central Rail Park (OKCRP) in El Reno, USA. The 800,000 sqm facility just west of Oklahoma City will be fully operational on 1 January 2022. The park connects with the Union... more
Hintzen and Transland join OSL network
The general cargo network Online Systemlogistik (OSL) has gained two new partners for transport services in Germany. Hintzen Logistik is taking over the Eifel region and the Eschweiler area; and Transland is strengthening the North Rhine-Westphalia area. At the same time, OSL... more
Partnership for hydrogen trucks
Daimler Truck and Total Energies are collaborating in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen. The partnership includes hydrogen sourcing and logistics, supplying hydrogen at service stations, developing hydrogen-based trucks, establishing a... more
Tool to drive decarbonisation of supply chains
In accordance with the current EU climate programme "Fit for 55", emissions trading will also apply to the logistics sector as from 2026. The digital freight platform Transporeon has developed a new technical solution to measure and assess greenhouse gas (GHG)... more
Doubles for a quartet 
Four Swiss firms presented a joint effort in Lucerne recently that shows that fully electric road haulage tractors with a range of 500 km are no longer a pipe dream. more
Hupac adds another P400-Service
Swiss combined transport operator Hupac is expanding its network: As from 13 December 2021, a new shuttle will operate five weekly roundtrips Venlo in the Netherlands and Busto Arsizio near Milan in Italy. The new service is designed for P400 semi trailers. Venlo offers many... more
Expanding into eastern Switzerland
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is augmenting its services between Vorarlberg (Austria) and eastern Switzerland. At the beginning of 2022, the railway is launching a three weekly transfer train linking the Wolfurt terminal in Austria with the two Swiss terminals in Frenkendorf near... more