Four UK railways win contracts 
Tarmac has renewed a number of five-year railfreight contracts with four railways in the UK. Tarmac, one of the biggest users of the UK’s railfreight network, with more than 60 rail-connected sites, transports around 9 million t of construction materials by rail every year.The... more
Vancouver intermodal hub opening in 2021
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Maersk have reached an agreement to build and operate a trans-loading and distribution facility in Vancouver. The CP facility will be an expansion of its existing Vancouver intermodal centre and will thus benefit from turn-key railway... more
Serbia–Montenegro Rail links progressing
The reconstruction of a 210 km rail link from the Serbian city of Valjevo to the country’s border with Montenegro is going ahead as planned, with RZD International designing the project. A supplementary agreement to an existing contract was signed recently by Serbian Railways... more
Special hopper cars to ship fertilisers
Mineral fertiliser producer Acron is the first company in Russia to use innovative 19-6978-01 hopper cars, manufactured by the United Wagon Company (UWC). The six-axle cars combine articulated structures and hopper boxes located at the lower end of the body.The 25 tf axle-load... more
New rail link between Xi’an and Dunajska Streda
Thanks to close cooperation with Metrans, cargo-partner now offers a regular, direct FCL service from Xi’an, China to Dunajska Streda, Slovakia with departures every Friday. The new link includes pickup throughout China and delivery anywhere in Central and Eastern... more
Freja adds 75 trailers
Freja has invested in 75 new Schmitz Cargobull Telematik curtain trailers from Tip Trailer Services. 50 of the vehicles are intended for Freja in Poland, and the remaining 25 for UK traffic. Poland has become an important expansion area for Freja with the new logistics... more
Fesco introduces intermodal service for seafood
Russian transport company Fesco has launched a regular intermodal container service for seafood deliveries from the Russian Far East to Jilin province in China. The seafood is shipped in refrigerated containers by Fesco's regular services from Kamchatka, Magadan and Sakhalin... more
280 fresh units to improve rail-road transports
Ambrogio Intermodal continues to invest in new intermodal equipment, to assure flexible and efficient transportation services. For this new order, Ambrogio decided to cooperate again with the German manufacturer Kässbohrer, its long-standing partner since 1991. The order... more
European rail carriers support DAC
A coalition of more than a dozen railfreight companies and several European rail associations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote digital automatic coupling (DAC) across Europe. With this sector initiative, Rail Freight Forward (RFF) fully supports the... more
Eight gas trucks expand UK fleet
Kuehne + Nagel in UK has put eight new Volvo FH Globetrotter LNG (liquified natural gas) tractor units into 24/7 operation on two major contracts with Whitbread and Costa. Their arrival marks the first Volvos to enter service in Kuehne + Nagel’s UK fleet. The new trucks will... more