TIR carnet use in Mongolia triples 
Growing numbers of Mongolian transport firms are taking advantage of the facilitation and security benefits of the TIR system. Compared to 2019, the number of TIR carnets issued by the national road transport association of Mongolia has almost tripled in 2020. China’s recent... more
More efficient fleet management
RIO, which is owned by Traton Group, has made a new addition to its portfolio: the fleet.tech tracking solution from LOSTnFOUND came online on RIO Marketplace a few days ago. The electronic platform can be used for every brand of truck and other assets without retrofitting... more
Switzerland issues safety certificate
The Swiss federal office of transport has renewed the safety certification for TX Logistik (TXL) in Switzerland. Before that, TXL had seen its certifications extended for Austria and Italy as well. All certifications are valid for the next five years until 2025. They confirm... more
Lineas and EWS double fumigation capacity
EWS, a specialist for pest control, and railfreight operator Lineas will double the fumigation capacity at the main hub in Antwerp, Belgium, to meet the increased demand for lumber transport from Europe to China. Every week more than 3,000 containers of wood pass through the... more
VTG places green bonds
VTG in Germany has placed corporate bonds totalling EUR 746 million on the American and European equity markets. For the first time in the company’s history, these bonds are “green private placements.” In accordance with the criteria of the “climate bond initiative”, the... more
Siberian barley delivered to China by rail and ship
Fesco Transportation Group has completed the first intermodal transportation of containers with barley from Omsk (Siberia) to China. The scheme included the transportation of 64 twenty-foot containers with liner bags (special bags in which the cargo was placed) by a Fesco... more
Russian Railways to launch CRM system
Russian Railways (RZD) is completing work on creating a customer relationship management (CRM) system. The company has already begun trial operations and will launch the system by the end of 2020. According to deputy managing director Alexey Shilo, the key element of this... more
Patriot Rail expands in Utah
In the USA, Patriot Rail has entered an agreement to acquire US short line operator Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway (SLGW) and its related entities Caballero and Caballero 2, storage and transload service providers. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is... more
Safe transport along Silk Road
Bolloré Logistics Germany recently handled the transport of sensitive goods from Xiamen in China to Bocholt in Germany on behalf of its long-standing customer Gigaset. The highly sensitive IT components were packed in 66 pallets with a total weight of 10,915 kg. Their... more
Italian forwarder increases sustainable fleet
20 new Iveco S-Way NP tractors powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) were recently delivered to Arcese’s Basiano headquarters in Italy and have now officially joined the group’s fleet. The vehicles supplied are equipped with a predictive driving system and the latest... more