Road to rail shift saves 150,000 t of CO2
In Sweden, Containerships has started its own shuttle service between the Port of Helsingborg and Mälardalen, with Green Cargo operating the trains. The state-owned railway will also continue to transport Containerships’ cargo within Sweden to Gävle, Gothenburg, Södertälje,... more
Strategic partnership in Adelaide
Rail carrier Pacific National and transport and logistics company Linfox have signed an option agreement for a strategic co-location at Adelaide Freight Terminal, South Australia. The contract combines Pacific National’s intermodal rail services with Linfox’s end-to-end freight... more
Additional trailers for Scandinavia
Haulier Freja has acquired 33 new trailers, with 30 more to come this summer. With the additional vehicles, the Scandinavian specialist for multimodal transport aims to meet the ever-increasing demand for transport in Norway and internationally. T he new trailers are... more
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