Railway orders another 50 e-trucks 
Canadian National Railway (CN) and Lion Electric have signed a memorandum of understanding for CN to acquire 50 zero-emission trucks to add to its vehicle fleet. The trucks will be used in the railway company's intermodal terminals in urban areas to reduce greenhouse gas... more
Tamworth Intermodal on track for delivery
A major upgrade of the Tamworth Intermodal rail line is on target for delivery with the NSW Australian government announcing AUD 28 million (EUR 17.3 million) to support regional NSW’s freight sector, creating hundreds of regional jobs. This funding will restore and raise... more
From China to Uzbekistan in nine days
The Kazakhistan multimodal operator KTZ Express (KTZE) recently organised the shipment of a train on the China-Uzbekistan route with a full range of services, from loading and processing cargo to providing its own containers and using the terminal belonging to the KTZ group. 50... more
Ceneri tunnel officially opened
Today, Friday 04.09.2020, the Ceneri base tunnel in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland) is officially opened in the presence of federal president and transport minister Simonetta Sommaruga and foreign minister Ignazio Cassis. The Ceneri base tunnel is the third and last piece of... more
More capacity for services to and from Italy
Kombiverkehr will expand its intermodal services from 7 December 2020. Firstly, the intermodal operator will increase the frequency of the Hanover (Germany) - Verona (Italy) link from five to six weekly departures. And secondly, the trains running between Munich-Riem... more
Salzburg subsidises modal shift
The federal state of Salzburg in Austria has decided to support companies with active industrial sidings and companies reactivating existing industrial sidings or offering single wagon transport to further the shift of freight to rail. According to the Austrian Rail Cargo... more
High-capacity car-carriers now in operation
Transfesa Logistics has added the first train made up of 18 of the 100 new car-carriers manufactured in Poland to its international traffic network. The wagons are specially designed to respond to new trends in the automotive market, where the production of large and heavy... more
Another Renault truck for Swiss bulk cargo specialist
Jan Hug Transporte in Aarburg, Switzerland, has taken delivery of a new T520 T4x2 HIGH RT Live Edition. The company, which provides transport services on a national and international scale, has now added a third Renault truck to its fleet of five heavy duty vehicles. The... more
Door to door delivery between UK and Turkey
Freight forwarder Rhenus has created a direct UK-Turkey transportation route. The route, which bypasses the existing stopover in Germany, harnesses the expertise of Rhenus Intermodal Systems in Turkey. Rhenus can thus ensure that goods remain in one network, with unified... more
Road and rail equally hit by corona crisis
Freight traffic crossing the Swiss Alps decreased significantly in H1/2020 due to the corona pandemic. Both the number of truck journeys and railfreight transports dropped by around 12%. The rail's share in the total volume of transalpine freight traffic remains unchanged at... more