Leimgruber adds intermodal option 
The Swiss forwarder now also offers container transports by rail. The low emission train picks up the containers at the Swiss frontier in Basel and carries them to the regional terminal in Oensingen. From there, the cargo is delivered to customers within the region by truck.... more
New train speeds up transport to Western Europe
P&O Ferrymasters has expanded its pan-European logistics network with the introduction of a new train service from Lovosice in Czechia to Europoort - Rotterdam in the Netherlands with the option for onward sea connections to Britain. The company will run its own trains... more
Box Xpress goes for green energy
The private rail service company box Xpress, which specialises in container transport, will be even more environmentally friendly in the future. Beginning January 2021, the company will exclusively use “Tü Strom Bahn Natur,” electricity generated 100% from hydropower. The... more
Testing refrigerated wagons in Norway
Swedish railfreight company Green Cargo and the German transport company DB Schenker are testing new refrigerated wagons with Schenker’s North Rail Express (NRE) product in Norway. The innovative freight wagons, which were developed by Swiss manufacturer Wascosa, are powered... more
DB Cargo to invest in logistics for steel giant
DB Cargo has signed a ten-year contract with Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel company, to supply its blast furnace in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany. By next summer, DB Cargo will purchase 352 multi-functional double wagons and 1,408 special containers to transport ore,... more
Inaction risks wave of bankruptcies
New research of the International Road Union (IRU) reveals the continuing catastrophic impact of Covid-19 on the commercial road transport industry, with a very high default and insolvency risk across the sector worldwide. Ranked on a risk scale from one to ten, all regions... more
First transport of coke to Italy completed
PKP Cargo International has transported the first train hauled by a multisystem locomotive with a load of 1,220 t of coke from Ostrava in Czechia to the Slovenian-Italian border crossing station Villa Opicina. This was the first journey of the carrier’s locomotive on Italian... more
Pacific Harbor Line to test battery locomotive
In the USA, Progress Rail has reached an agreement with Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) to supply its new battery electric locomotive for a demonstration project operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. The new, six-axle locomotive will feature the latest... more
Rail service between Rouen and Paris launched
Through its subsidiary FluvioFeeder Armement (FFA), Marfret is introducing a new container rail service in France to link Normandy with the Ile de France region (Bonneuil-sur-Marne). FluvioFeeder Armement recently already started a weekly railway service between the TCMD... more
Kombiverkehr augments intermodal offer
By adding the Rotterdam Europoort P&O terminal to its network, Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr in Germany has further expanded the range of intermodal options by truck and rail in its services to and from the Netherlands for customers from the freight forwarding and logistics... more