6,000 truckloads to be shifted to rail in Estonia 
This year, Operail plans to increase the amount of grain transported by rail by as much as three times. Increasingly large amounts of other goods are also transported by container lines. This season, the Estonian carrier bought 75 new top-loading bulk containers,... more
More freight on trains in Melbourne’s southeast
The Victorian and Commonwealth governments are making railfreight cheaper for businesses and taking trucks off suburban roads , thanks to an AUD 28 million (EUR 17 million) investment in direct railfreight between the port of Melbourne and Dandenong South, Australia. A new... more
UK container hubs to receive new equipment
Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), have made a significant investment in 75 new lifting and handling machines to be deployed at their container terminals throughout the UK. The initial batch of equipment was recently delivered, with... more
New shuttle links Ural with the Far East regions
Fesco is expanding its domestic network for regular container services. The new Ural Amur shuttle connects Ekaterinburg in the east of the Ural and Khabarovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast near the Russian-Chinese border. Trains will depart once a week. Transit time is seven days. The... more
Medway opens logistics platform
Medway recently inaugurated its terminal in Sines, Portugal. The hub has a total area of 33,000 sqm and capacity for about 2,000 teu. The logistics platform provides handling equipment, container parking, cargo consolidation and deconsolidation and moorings, among other... more
Another TIR corridor launched in Asia
Following several successful pilot operations in Central Asia and the Persian Gulf, a new TIR corridor has been activated from Iran to Uzbekistan, using the route via Afghanistan for the first time. Two sealed TIR containers carrying tyres and tea left Iran, passed through... more
Italian Brenner extension takes shape
The construction of the EUR 1.15 billion Verona-Fortezza line has taken a step forward. The Italian infrastructure manager RFI has published the call for tender for the final design and execution of the section of the line between Fortezza and Ponte Gardena. It covers around... more
Lorries load loads 
In June trucks on the USA’s highways transported slightly more goods than in previous months, as shown by an index published by American Trucking Associations. The continuation of the positive trend depends on how the outbreak of Covid-19 develops. more
SBB Cargo International crosses the Brenner Pass
Construction works on the Italian section of the Simplon route between Iselle di Trasquera and Domodossola will continue until 5 September 2020. In total, the route will have been closed for three weeks, preventing semi-trailers (P400) from travelling through Switzerland. To... more
Three US short line railroads change ownership
R. J. Corman Railroad Group has acquired the three US short line railroads Owego and Harford Railway (OHRY), Lehigh Railway (LRWY) and Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company (LS) as well as TranZ, a transload service provider operating on the short line railroads. TranZ... more