BAG issues ECMT licences for 2021 
Application documents for ECMT licences for 2021 can now be ordered from the branch offices of the German federal office for goods transport (BAG). Applications must be submitted by 1 October 2020. The ECTM licence authorises road hauliers to transport goods across... more
Swiss forwarder goes on holiday
Logistics company Planzer has got Switzerland's smallest motel up and running. On 10 sqm the motel provides everything that is essential to make a trucker feel at home. The living area is equipped with toilet, shower, heating, refrigerator, washbasin, a kitchenette, LED... more
Austrian fibres en route to China by train
Due to the high demand from Chinese brands and retailers for sustainably produced fibres, Lenzing is now shipping the fibres from its two Austrian production sites directly to customers in China by train for the first time. Operated by Nummer Logistics, the train was... more
Indian Railways introduces drone-based surveillance
Drone surveillance technology has emerged as an important and cost effective tool for security surveillance over large areas with limited manpower, the Indian government said. The Mumbai division of Central Railway in Indian Railways has therefore procured two Ninja UAVs for... more
US railway honours safety performance
BNSF recently honoured 106 customers with the railroad’s annual product stewardship award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2019. Companies receiving the award carried an established minimum of loaded tank cars of hazardous materials with zero... more
Pacific seafood shipments shifted to rail
Far Eastern Railways has been using the Freight Express service to deliver Pacific seafood since May 2020. The frozen fish is delivered to China from Russia’s Vladivostok, Ussuriisk and Uglovaya. Container shipments of seafood exported through the railway checkpoint on the... more
A stopover on the new Silk Road 
Intermodal links represent an effective measure to counter the fragility of the supply chain that has been observed again of late. Duisport is taking this path and fortifying its portfolio by buying the Trieste Interporto. more
Direct rail link between Germany and the Netherlands
Samskip and Nunner Logistics are introducing direct rail services between Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Duisburg (Germany), in a new and far-reaching commitment to shippers using rail, road and waterborne transport services out of two of North Europe’s main container ports.... more
UAE’s railway to increase capacity by factor 8
Etihad Rail is tripling its fleet. The operator of the UAE’s national railway has awarded a contract to Chinese CRRC for the manufacture, supply and commissioning of 842 new wagons. The new rolling stock brings Etihad Rail’s total fleet to more than 1,000 units. This... more
Corona spares wagon hire business
Despite the massive global fallout from the Covid-19 crisis, VTG Aktiengesellschaft ended the first half of the 2020 financial year with solid results. Both revenue and ebitda are roughly on a par with the previous year’s levels. At EUR 605.8 million, group revenue was... more