Block train delivers crucial medical equipment 
Maersk has organised another block train service from China to Poland. The 41-container-long train left the Chinese city of Yiwu (Zhejiang province) bound for the intermodal terminal in Małaszewicze, Poland, carrying personal protective equipment procured by Zarys International... more
Faster delivery
After a record year for Germany‘s courier, express and parcel service industry with an estimated volume of more than 4 million parcels delivered across the country, providers are now considering how to further optimise their parcel delivery services for their customers. To... more
Building a new rail hub in Hungary
HHLA intermodal company Metrans is building another rail terminal in Hungary to expand its transport services along the Adriatic corridor and towards southern and south-eastern Europe. HHLA and the Hungarian government have signed an agreement to this effect. The hub... more
Saving more than 1 million t of CO2
In 2020, Kombiverkehr, Germany, managed to shift a total of 858,079 truck consignments or 1.72 million teu from road and sea to the eco-friendly railways, saving 1,005,000 t of CO2. Due to the pandemic, transport volumes of containers, swap bodies and semi trailers dropped by... more
Finnish forwarders join forces
Turku-headquartered Finnish haulier Freja has acquired the business and share capital of TL Trans, a specialist in temperature-controlled transport. TL Trans’s personnel and equipment will be transferred to Freja. Freja Finland’s current capacity of roughly 850 curtain trailers... more
1.8 million t of aggregates moved across UK
B Railfreight (GBRf) has signed a five-year deal with GRS Rail Services, a joint venture between Tarmac and aggregates trading company GRS. The new GRS Rail Services contract builds on a partnership between the two businesses that begun in 2016, primarily supplying rail... more
Lithuanian haulier places mega order
Girteka Logistics is investing in no less than 2,000 of the latest generation Volvo FH trucks. The haulier, based in Lithuania, has 15,000 truck drivers and 8,000 trucks, operating a vast network in Europe and Russia. Girteka Logistics sees the mega investment as a logical... more
DRS cleans up UK’s civil nuclear sites
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is joining forces with its fellow NDA transport subsidiaries to create Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), launching in April 2021. NTS will be a centre of excellence that underpins nuclear transport and logistics operations. It will operate DRS and... more
e-van to be tested for home delivery service
Rhenus Home Delivery is trying out a vehicle powered by an electric battery. Initially, the Maxus EV80 will be thoroughly put to the test at the German business site in Düsseldorf for four weeks – with the option of extending the trials or continuing them at a different business... more
Contract to fill gaps in fleet
After more than 40 years in business, Hireco is much more than trucks and trailers. It has developed a “diagnostics-in-action” approach which has led to a new order from Panther Logistics. The order is for x44 brand new SDC curtainsider trailers on a contract hire package.... more