Important freight route in UK secured 
Freight services through Cheshire in UK are now benefiting from a more reliable railway after work to replace two railway bridges. The Middlewich branch line reopened following a GBP 4.5 million (EUR 5.02 million) Great North Rail Project investment. The railway was closed for... more
Ten locomotives for Luxembourg’s carrier
Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with the Luxembourg-based railway undertaking CFL cargo for ten innovative TRAXX MS locomotives, taking a major leap towards integrated railfreight transport in Europe. The new engines will ensure seamless cross-border... more
Train to link Lower Rhine with Sweden
TX Logistik is expanding its portfolio of railfreight services to and from Scandinavia. The company belongs to the Mercitalia group and specialises in transport services across Europe. It recently launched a three weekly roundtrip service between Kaldenkirchen in Germany via... more
Fast charging station for e-trucks in Neuss
The container terminal Neuss, Germany, is the first in the Contargo network to acquire a fast charging station for "refuelling" its e-trucks. Effective immediately, both fully electric semi trailers at the location can re-charge speedily at a 150 kW charging post – in... more
UK’s first 16 t e-truck on route in London
DHL has begun operating the first purpose-built fully electric 16-t vehicle in the UK. The Volvo FL Electric 4x2 rigid is now part of DHL Supply Chain’s fleet in London, making last mile deliveries into the West End shopping district. The vehicle is powered by four 200 kWh... more
No more locomotive changes at borders
Since the beginning of November, Swiss carrier BLS Cargo has been running freight trains for Italian operator Ambrogio Intermodal to Belgium using the same locomotive throughout, without a change of engines at the borders. This is the first time the company has used its new... more
New rail solution from Asia to Europe
Gefco has introduced another Transrussian door-to-door intermodal service. The new train runs weekly from Vadivostok to Europe either via the port of St Petersburg or via the Ukrainian/Polish border point Malazewice/Brest with a transit time of maximum 30 days. From St... more
Trieste augments intermodal connections
Nuremberg in Germany is the new hub in the extended intermodal network of the port Trieste in Italy. The intermodal service will be operated by the Mercitalia Rail-TX joint venture in collaboration with Alpe Adria, the company responsible for the development of intermodal... more
Heavy cargoes delivered safely
Barrus Projects has completed the transport of several oversized cargoes for Alexander Global Logistics in Russia. Barrus was responsible for loading and transporting the cargo by rail from St. Petersburg to the site of Taneco in Nizhnekamsk (Russia). The transport consisted... more
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