UK rail carrier invests in intermodal wagons 
GB Railfreight in UK has signed a new multi million contract for the lease of an additional 52 Ecofret2 intermodal wagons from wagon hire company VTG Rail UK. The rail carrier also recently announced the leasing of 32 Ecofret2® triple wagon sets from VTG, which will enter... more
First train arrives at Stockholm Norvik Port
The first Green Cargo train arrived at Stockholm Norvik Port on Tuesday (9.6.2020) on the newly built industrial branch line. Ports of Stockholm built the just over 4 km industrial branch line to couple Stockholm Norvik Port to the Swedish railway network; an investment of... more
Locotrans purchases 50 box cars
Locotrans consistently upgrades its freight car fleet by acquiring cutting-edge rolling stock. The Czechian railway operator has therefore ordered about 50 new-generation box cars from UWC. The Russian manufacturer will deliver the vehicles by 1 August 2020. Taking into... more
Tailored maintenance service for Lineas
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a comprehensive ten-year Kalmar care service agreement with Lineas Intermodal. The agreement covers the two Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers delivered to the customer’s main hub terminal in Antwerp (Belgium) in Q1/2020. In private hands,... more
Cashless payment at LNG service stations
UTA, a European provider of fuel and service cards, is expanding its supply network to include Liqvis' LNG (liquefied natural gas) service stations. UTA customers can now refuel their vehicles with LNG at this company's service stations without cash using the UTA full service... more
Extending rail connections from Germany to Xi'an
DHL Global Forwarding has launched two new block train connections from Germany to China. Trains departing from the German KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen travel via Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to the destination terminal in Xi'an in the Chinese province... more
40 million Chinese masks en route to Paris
RZD Logistics, SNCF Forwardis, Cosco group and UTLC are organising the delivery of medical devices from Nanchang in East China to Paris in France. A train consisting of 41 forty-foot containers loaded with 40 million medical masks, gloves, gowns, gel dispensers and other... more
Study examines rail link from Addis Ababa to Port Sudan
The African Development Bank has approved a USD 1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for the construction of a standard-gauge railway link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. The two-year, comprehensive feasibility study will assess... more
Sanitary containers now available at GVZ Bremen
New sanitary containers with showers and toilets for truck drivers are now available in the service park in the GVZ Bremen, Germany. The containers were supplied by the industry initiative #Logistikhilft, and the rents are financed by donations. About 6,000 to 7,000 trucks... more
Cargo sous terrain wins big shareholders
Cargo sous terrain (CST) has continued its work on the Swiss project for underground goods transport uninterrupted by the corona crisis. Currently, the main focus is on agreeing and fine-tuning spatial development plans and defining the privately financed basic logistics... more