Python train serves North India’s industries 
CMA CGM has launched a Python train service in India, running along the western dedicated freight corridor. The two double stack ‘ship-to-rail’ dedicated trains will join at New Kishangarh junction for their onward journey to New Ateli junction and will again split up for the... more
LNG technology secures new order
Armstrong Logistics in UK has taken delivery of five new Volvo FH LNG (liquified natural gas) trucks as part of the business’s strategy to reduce its carbon emissions and improve the long-term sustainability of its operation. The 6x2 tractor units join five conventional... more
More than 1,700 new jobs
BNSF Railway’s customers invested USD 1.1 billion in 2020. BNSF expects these investments to create more than 1,700 new jobs in local communities. This marks the 10th consecutive year that BNSF customers have invested more than USD 1 billion in a calendar year for new or... more
Obligatory registration in Hungary
Since 8 February, all goods transport operators carrying out services to, from, through and in Hungary must register the company and its operations in the Bireg system. However, companies operating exclusively under EU community licence will not have to register, except... more
Safe journey to Finland
Finnish State Railways (VR) fleet has received two additional locomotives. On behalf of Trans-Trading Hamburg, the Lübeck Port Company (LHG) recently converted two Vectron locomotives numbers 35 + 36, each weighing 90 t and measuring at 19.04 x 3.05 x 4.44 m. The deal covers a... more
Handling 1 million teu
A new intermodal terminal in Fényeslitke, Hungary, is set to become one of the largest and most modern terminals in Europe. Its innovative crane technology comes from Kuenz, the specialist for intermodal container cranes. East-West Intermodal Logistics has 1,250,000 sqm of... more
Coca Cola by rail
Beverage producer Coca-Cola is increasingly relying on rail services for long-distance deliveries between its production sites. Logistics services provider DB Cargo ensures that the products arrive on time. More routes are being added to the rail network since this month, in... more
Train factory for Yorkshire
As part of its commitment to UK jobs and growth and supporting the government’s levelling up agenda, Siemens Mobility has awarded the GBP 40 million (EUR 46,000 million) contract to build its new rail manufacturing site at Goole to Yorkshire-based GMI Construction Group. It... more
Cashless on the autostrada 
Italian hauliers operating beyond the country’s borders can now also test a product provided by DKV to pay the fees on toll roads without having any cash in their pockets. The service provider has 4.2 million cards and on-board units in use in Europe. more
Regular car-trains from Chongqing to Moscow
Russian transport company Fesco has sent the first container loaded with cars from Chongqing (China) to the Bely Rast Terminal and Logistics Centre near Moscow (Russia) via Mongolia. The route goes through the Chinese-Mongolian-Russian border checkpoints of... more