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
Extending Egypt’s intermodal corridor
As a country with a growing population and economy, Egypt needs urgent investment in new transport facilities to reduce congestion, improve the distribution of goods and enable trade to flow freely. A key element in this chain are dry ports directly connected by road or rail... more
Operate more trains with a mouse click
The chemicals company Dow Olefinverbund has invested several million euros in a fully computerised interlocking, giving the Schkopau chemical cluster in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) a modern and efficient connection to Europe's rail freight network, and permitting direct rail access... more
Sustainable steel distribution
XPO Logistics has renewed its UK partnership with stainless steel manufacturer Outokumpu. The partnership has now lasted nearly two decades. As Outokumpu’s supplier, XPO is responsible for transporting stainless steel products from the manufacturer’s plant in Sheffield to its UK... more