First fully electric Scania in Switzerland 
The first fully electric BEV Scania (Battery Electric Vehicle) has arrived in Switzerland. Migros Zurich has purchased two of these vehicles to replace older CNG trucks. They will now be equipped with a refrigerated box body with lifting platform manufactured by Grünenfelder... more
KV to become ICE of freight trains
Hauliers and railways are pulling in the same direction: more than 230 hauliers are partnering with DG Cargo to shift more trucks onto the railways. The transport companies involved in Kombiverkehr and DB Cargo are focusing on the expansion of the joint network into a... more
Increasing rail capacity for Mid Canterbury
New Zealand’s railfreight carrier Kiwi Rail has signed an agreement with Fairfield Freight Hub, paving the way to increase rail volumes through Kiwi Rail’s current Ashburton rail site and creating the potential for a new container terminal and freight hub outside Ashburton.... more
Taking a big step into 2035 
Many people would appear to have forgotten that the Chinese economy remains a centrally-planned effort. The 14th five-year plan that has just been passed includes an ambitious scheme for the transport sector with a 15-year horizon. more
Viaduct near Beska completed
RZD International has laid the last link of the railway track on the viaduct in the Beska area at 51 km of the Stara Pazova - Novi Sad section of the Belgrade - Budapest line. Now this viaduct is finally complete. It intersects the Maradik - Beshka road. Its span structures,... more
Locomotives for Mongolian rail line
Progress Rail has entered into an agreement with Bodi International, an engineering, procurement and construction contractor, for the purchase of 16 locomotives. The loco type EMD SD70ACeLW will support operations on the Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait railway project. The nearly... more
15.3 million consignments in corona year
German general cargo cooperation IDS Logistik has weathered the corona year well. Compared to the previous year, it increased its turnover by 4.3% to EUR 2.43 billion and transported 15.3 million consignments, 4.1% up from 2019. Consignment volumes in domestic business grew by... more
Greater range for e-trucks
Germany's Rheintal-Transporte and Loop Energy are developing new solutions for heavy-duty battery electric trucks in Europe. Rheintal is looking to use Loop's 'eFlow' fuel cell modules to expand the trucks’ driving range to the levels required for its fleet of long-haul... more
Do as airfreight does?
An initiative has been launched in France to bring overnight trains back to Europe’s railways. A study financed by French authorities, SNCF Réseau, and the Catalan rail operator FGC, has analysed the feasibility of running mixed passenger / freight trains. more
Coal transport now in open top containers
Russia-based Trans Container is developing its network for the transport of coal in open top containers and is launching a regular train service from Batareinaya station (Irkutsk Region) to Manzhouli station (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China). The transit time is three... more