Handling unit trains with 100+ railcars 
The US Victoria county navigation district, owner and operator of the port of Victoria, has secured a USD 6 million grant through the economic development administration (EDA) for a proposed rail expansion project. This grant, which requires a 50% match from the port, will... more
TIR as solution for Brexit customs woes
A special shipment of essential medical supplies from Poland has arrived in UK by truck, promoting the TIR system to firms that continue to struggle with Brexit paperwork, delays and a shortage of customs brokers and transit guarantees. The Polish association of... more
Japan–UK by ship and rail in just 42 days
Russian Railways (RZD) and Maersk have launched the first transit container train with cargo from Japan on the Trans-Siberian route. Maersk recently dispatched the first container train loaded with Japanese freight from the Nakhodka-Vostochnaya station along the Trans-Siberian... more
Italian shuttle service launched
Shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has introduced the Piacenza Rail Shuttle. The new rail service connects the Italian port of Genoa with the Piacenza logistics hub and is operated in cooperation with the Italian intermodal rail operator GTS. The Piacenza Rail shuttle... more
New GCC cross-border express road service
Logistic provider Agility and last-mile delivery and e-commerce specialist Shipa have launched a bonded, express road freight network to connect businesses and consumers in the GCC. The new service provides customers with less-than-truckload (LTL) and full truckload (FTL)... more
Making non-craneable semi-trailers craneable
VTG has cooperated with logistics provider VEGA International to develop a solution to make non-craneable semi-trailers craneable. The successful trial runs were carried out in Tilburg (Netherlands), where VTG customer and terminal operator GVT tested Vega’s vertical... more
First LNG freight locomotive
Estonian state-owned rail company Operail is building its first LNG freight locomotive. Construction work on the locomotive, which saves 30% on fuel costs and emits 20% less carbon dioxide and 70% less sulphur dioxide, started a few days ago, after the supply difficulties caused... more
JV for portfolio of leased railcars
In the USA, Greenbrier plans to create GBX Leasing, a new joint venture (JV) with Longwood to develop an owned portfolio of leased railcars primarily to be built by Greenbrier. Longwood is a Chicago-based transportation equipment advisory and asset management firm. GBX... more
Fast BTK corridor
RZD Logistics and Turkish logistics operator Pasifik Eurasia Logistics have dispatched the first consignment of a container train from Turkey to Russia along the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail corridor (BTK). A train pulling 15 forty-foot containers departed recently from Marshandiz... more
Belarus and Russia join forces
Belarusian Railway and Russian Railways (RZD) have signed an agreement on cooperation in rail traffic, the procedure for transferring wagons, containers and cargo and maintaining the railway infrastructure between transfer stations. The companies reviewed their cooperation... more