Urban test laboratory 
As the first city in Europe, Malaga in Spain is puttinh Kapsch Traffic Com’s most recent dynamic signalling system and real time traffic optimiser to the test. The solution developed by the Austrian technology company displays the most appropriate route in real time and... more
Train connects Turkey and UK in eight days
MSC has introduced the Omerli-Tekirdag rail service with three roundtrips daily on six days per week. The new train is operated by Medlog, MSC’s logistics arm in Europe, and connects the Omerli Depot in Istanbul’s industrial zone, Turkey, with UK. The service uses the fast... more
Faster transport with less emissions
CFL Cargo Sweden has started a new shuttle service for a forest producer in the north of Sweden wishing to export more products via the Port of Gothenburg and its rail network. The 500 m long new train operates four weekly round trips to the Port of Gothenburg. Each train... more
Big contract from Poland
Polish logistics company Koimex has ordered 29 plateau semi trailers – eleven Power Line Mega and 18 Power Line Cargo trucks - from Schwarzmüller to expand its vehicle fleet. The Mega trucks have a larger storing space within the trailer to be used in the automotive... more
Back to normal?
In March 2021, road haulage capacity on the routes between France and UK rose to 134.6 index points, 7.8% up from the previous month and also 7.8% higher than in March 2020. Capacities on this route have been growing since the beginning of this year, as a survey conducted by... more
Funds the keys between the seas 
The ‘Three Seas Initiative’, set up in 2016, has established itself as an umbrella under which 24 major logistics infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern European countries have been placed. Bulgaria, which holds the initiative’s presidency in 2021, is focusing its... more
Just ten days from China to Germany
Cutting the journey from 17 to between 10 and 12 days: DHL and Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group have launched the fastest rail service yet and shortened total transit time by travelling through the Mamonovo-Braniewo railway border between Russia... more
Record result in pandemic year
Hamburg’s universal port is a major hub for Austria’s global import and export trade. With an increase of 2% and a tonnage of 4.45 million t, the port of Hamburg posted a record result in goods traffic to and from Austria in 2020. Hence, the year of the pandemic was the most... more
Heavy haul locomotives for industrial sites
Russia-based Sinara produces shunting and clean-up diesel locomotives for raw material producer Cemix. The TEM9 locomotives will be involved all along the production chain, from the extraction of raw materials to the shipment of finished products at two industrial sites of the... more
Ten new LNG filling stations
Liquid natural gas provider Rolande is taking another step towards fossil-free road transport. The company plans to produce bio-LNG in the Netherlands by 2022. The company is therefore building a facility on the Energiecampus Leeuwarden, which is intended to produce the... more