Digital counterpart to analogue offer 
With traigo, Germany-based freight wagon hire company VTG brought digital fleet management to the rail tracks last year. After providing various types of information about the hire business, the company has now moved to the next level. With the "wagon hire" tool,... more
Software to hardware 
The Austrian rail logistics enterprise Innofreight, headquartered in Bruck / Mur, is using the options presented by digitalisation to take its logistics processes to a higher level. ITJ correspondent Josef Müller found out more. more
100 brand new wagons for steel transports
Polo Mercitalia, a subsidiary of Italian state-owned railways FS Italiana, has ordered 100 Shimmns freight wagons for the carriage of steel coils from Ermewa. The first 25 brand new wagons will arrive at Mercitalia Rail already this week, while the last of the batch are due... more
EUR 20 million for growth and fleet
DPD Austria has already poured around EUR 40 million into growing its business over the last four years. Further major investments are now planned. EUR 9 million will be invested in sustainability: DPD plans to purchase 50 e-vehicles and install photovoltaic systems in... more
Who will win the race for KCS?
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has received voting trust approval from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for its planned friendly merger with Kansas City Southern (KCS). In order to close into voting trust, the transaction requires approval from both companies’ shareholders... more
First post-Brexit trailers in operation
Liverpool-based container carrier operator JMD Haulage has added a further three Krone Box Liners to its fleet, bringing the Krone total to 23. The latest 'skeletal' trailers were the first 'post-Brexit' UK consignment from Krone to UK. Joining JMD's diverse fleet of 90,... more
BNSF and UP to serve hub in Texas
In the USA, transport company Watco has opened a new full-service rail, storage and transloading facility near Refugio, Texas. The Refugio Transload Terminal is well positioned to support the expanding industrial areas for bulk products, chemicals, oil and gas, wind energy,... more
Italian haulier expands vehicle fleet
The expansion continues: Following the opening of new offices in Genoa, Venice and Naples, Carbox, which is part of Tarros Group and is headquartered in La Spezia (Italy), has added 25 new vehicles to its fleet. The vehicles will continue the company's path towards innovation.... more
100 trucks as part of the deal
In Australia, Toll is partnering with Woolworths Group’s supply chain and logistics arm - Primary Connect - over the next five years to deliver goods to more than 380 supermarkets in New South Wales. As part of the agreement, Toll will invest more than AUD 24 million (EUR... more
E-trucks for decarbonisation
Contargo is serious about green logistics. The container hinterland logistics network plans to be carbon free by 2050. The company already operates fully electric tractor units at two locations. For the transport and logistics industry and the EU to achieve their ambitious... more