E-trucks for Swiss retail chain 
In Switzerland, Migros launched an online supermarket with home deliveries in September 2018, as a pilot project in cooperation with the city of Berne. The offer was so successful that myMigros has meanwhile been gradually extended to cover the catchment areas of Thun,... more
Hövelmann continues digitalisation programme
Hövelmann Logistik, which is headquartered in Rees in the Lower Rhine region in Germany, has now ordered 150 next-generation CarCubes from Trimble Transport & Logistics. The on-board computers are to replace the existing Trimble devices. All in all, the specialist for... more
Swiss carrier to be climate neutral by 2030
SBB Cargo has been expanding its intermodal portfolio since 2012. In 2019, the Swiss railfreight company carried 118,831 containers and semi trailers with a total of 98,743 wagons on its intermodal network. This corresponds to a payload of around 1.5 million net tonnes. With... more
16 trains on the Alps route
Starting off this November, Cargo Beamer has increased the frequency on its route between Kaldenkirchen in Germany and Domodossola in Italy. A total of four new intermodal trains, two each for Germany and Italy, were added to the schedule. The trains depart from... more
Improved rail access to Upper Midwest markets
The US railroad Union Pacific is opening its Twin Cities intermodal terminal and launching services to Minneapolis in January 2021. The new offer will feature domestic intermodal links between the Twin Cities and Los Angeles, expanding the reach to key Upper Midwestern... more
More parking space at Lübeck harbour
The Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) has opened a new 25,000 sqm space for weekly parking at the harbour house. It is primarily intended for truck drivers of freight forwarders who park their private cars there and transfer to a truck or tractor unit. The secured area is... more
Return to pre-pandemic service level
iPort Rail in Doncaster, UK, has this week welcomed a sixth daily train Felixstowe service, bringing the terminal back up to pre-pandemic service levels. The new overnight service will depart six days a week and bring the number of daily services between iPort Rail and... more
eTIR advances in Central Asia
A significant step has been made towards transport digitalisation with the first eTIR pilot movements between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the International Road Union (IRU) said. Trucks from Tashkent (Uzbekistan) carrying household electrical items crossed the border into... more
Another partner for UK network
Gurteen has joined its first network, Palletline, thus expanding the offer of its tailored nationwide across the UK. Following a recent move to larger premises Gurteen is positioned to offer a one stop shop professional service, which includes warehousing, storage and also... more
Special truck for innovative cargo
Delivering innovations with customised equipment – this how the most recent activity of Salzmann, a Swiss transport company, could be described. The newest vehicle to join the fleet is a three-axle container chassis of Krone’s box liner eL20 model used to convey 20' containers.... more