Wagon keeper goes on the safety offensive 
Safety on the railways involves more than technical regulations and procedures. Human factors are at least as important. Wagon keeper Ermewa is therefore going on the offensive: over the next few months, its 220 employees will take part in a training programme that was developed... more
Railfreight companies demonstrate in Berlin
It was the first demonstration to take place on rail tracks, and SBB Cargo International was one of the participants. Yesterday, Monday, 28 September 2020, a line locomotive of SBB Cargo International joined 19 other locomotives of just as many other private railfreight... more
Rail and truck bring olive oil to Belgium
Transfesa has enhanced its intermodal transport services for food products within Europe by adding a new weekly connection to its network. Over the past two months, Transfesa has been transporting olive oil from Spain to Belgium via a new international route. It is a... more
Pan-European call for Brexit deal
The International Road Union (IRU) and 32 transport business groups and road transport associations from across Europe call on EU and UK negotiators to reach a Brexit deal for the sake of consumers and the economy. In an open letter to Michel Barnier and David Frost... more
More rail tank cars meet US safety standards
Nearly half, 48%, of rail tank cars carrying class 3 flammable liquids in 2019 met the new safety requirements, up from 33% in 2018, according to the latest statistics of the US department of transportation’s bureau of transportation statistics (BTS). The report says that... more
Daily trains from China to Hamburg
UTLC ERA, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, and Belintertrans Germany, are launching a joint end-to-end regular multimodal service from Altynkol, on the border with China, to Kaliningrad (Russia) and Hamburg (Germany). The new service will provide competitive and reliable... more
Alpensped launches ‘50/50 climate initiative’
Alpensped customers now have a new opportunity of having their goods hauled in a climate neutral way, thanks to the firm’s new ‘50/50 climate initiative’. The special aspect of the move is that the medium-sized German logistician will cover 50% of the compensation costs for... more
Hungarians investing in e-hybrid locomotive
The first locomotive developed for Rail Cargo Hungaria (RCH) rolled off the production line of the Chinese company CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive recently. According to a contract signed in 2019, CRRC will develop electro-hybrid shunters and high-power mainline locomotives with zero... more
Czech automotive trains rerouted
Since September, the Czech carrier CD Cargo has been able to meet 383 CD Cargo locomotives four times a day (twice in each direction) on a route through Austria and Germany. The trains run from Bratislava via Petrzalka, Vienna, Passau, Falkenberg and Elster, and vice-versa.They... more
Train service Scandinavia - China launched
Nurminen Logistics is the first in Europe to transport temperature-controlled foods by freight train from Scandinavia to China. "Earlier, it wasn't possible to transport temperature-controlled products by railway. But now, our new reefer containers which are suitable for... more