Pennsylvania intermodal facility to be re-opened
The US railway Norfolk Southern is planning to create additional handling capacities by re-opening its intermodal facility in Greencastle PA (USA).The railroad plans to phase in business gradually at the Franklin County regional intermodal facility from 10 September, starting... more
Electric beer delivery
Volvo Trucks North America delivered its first class 8, battery-electric regional haulage trucks on the US east coast to its customer Manhattan Beer Distributors. Five zero-emission Volvo VNR electric trucks are joining the New York City-based beer and beverage distributors’... more
Man and machine
Demand for logistics services is high, which has also benefited railfreight operators. In an interview in Salzburg recently, SETG founder and CEO Gunther Pitterka told Christian Doepgen how the private railway operator is increasing its capacities. more
Hupac expands Polish network
The Swiss intermodal operator has added a new terminal to its network. The new facility is located at Hohenbudberg in Krefeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and will serve as an intermodal hub for the company’s connections between Duisburg (Germany) and Poland.... more
Modern equipment to move semi-trailers
DP World has acquired a fleet of 30 new high-performance tractors, as part of its investment to modernise the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port of Luanda, Angola. These latest generation Terberg YT223 tractors are deployed in terminals across the world and will be used... more
High-speed train arrives in Uzbekistan
RZD Logistics has delivered a Talgo high-speed train from Spain to the Uzbek railways in Urtaaul, Uzbekistan. The cargo arrived by sea in St. Petersburg (Russia) from Bilbao. The assembled train was then put on its own axle. With the help of locomotives, it was transported... more
Real-time monitoring of wagon fleet
Eurowagon is investing in its fleet: the Polish freight wagon leasing company is equipping its wagons with sensors from Swiss IoT provider Nexxiot to improve the transparency and safety of its fleet and its cargo. The gateway devices, the so-called Globehoppers, will be... more
Growth development is two years ahead
Container transportation by rail between Europe and China is growing even more strongly than predicted by UTLC ERA, the operator that is responsible for 90% of all Eurasian transit freight. The reasons for the boom are complex: sea transport suffered various setbacks in... more
Rail Baltica hub opened
The Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) in Lithuania is now in operation. When all works and formalities on the Rail Baltica railway section between Kaunas and Palemonas have been completed, the new hub will be the most north-eastern point of the European railway system that can be... more
Railway hits record levels
Container rail traffic in the Port of Barcelona grew by 46% in H1/2021, recording a total throughput of 161,735 teu. With this significant increase, railway's share reached a record level of 16.1%, which is mainly due to the commitment that large retailers and industrial... more