IRU and ETF urge EU to address driver shortage 
The European transport workers’ federation (ETF) and the international road union (IRU) have renewed their commitment as social partners of the EU road transport sector to further improve working conditions for truck drivers. Unfavourable working conditions are an undeniable... more
New transload hub for US short line railroad
TNW, a privately held operator of short line railroads and transportation logistics services, opened their third transloading operation in Brownwood, Texas, on the Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR) line. The railroad has been serving the rail transport, storage and operations... more
Railfreight services to move cars between Germany and Spain
Transfesa Logistics and Volkswagen Group Logistics have renewed their contract for international vehicle shipments by rail. The company will be responsible, until 2022, for transports originating in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, and Mosel in Germany, and Mlada Boleslav in Czechia to... more
Green light for trains to haul heavy duty loads in Italy
Rail Cargo Carrier – Italy has successfully completed the journey of the heaviest freight train in its history, travelling from Travisio to Udine. 24 fully loaded tank cars with a total weight of 2,200 t started at the large marshalling yard Villach Süd in Austria and arrived at... more
New hopper car model certified
Russian manufacturer UWC has received RC FRT certification for two models of six-axle articulated hopper cars running on 25 t axle load bogies. The rolling stock’s increased loading capacity and load per unit length bring additional economic benefits while maintaining standard... more
Hupac breaks the 1 million barrier
In 2019, Swiss intermodal transport operator Hupac increased its traffic volumes by 13% compared to the previous year, leapfrogging the 1 million threshold for the first time. In transalpine traffic through Switzerland, its core business, the company carried 550,796 road... more
Conciergerie service for VIP clients
DB Schenker has expanded its product portfolio with its new La Conciergerie service and is now the first logistics provider to provide a personalised customer service for the world's best-known luxury fashion brands. The offer comprises discreet and exclusive on-demand... more
100 new rail cars open up new market segment
Kombiverkehr transferred a total of 884,168 consignments or 1.77 million teu to the railways in 2019. The company thus transported 5.7% fewer containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers than in the previous year. While traffic volumes within Germany and total throughput on the... more
Autonomous driving tests to expand in the USA
Daimler Trucks and Technology specialist Torc Robotics will soon expand testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the USA. The team completed initial mapping of additional routes in January. These public road trials allow the teams to collect data from... more
Hungary: first non-craneable semi-trailers shipped by train
TX Logistik (TXL) is now deploying the NiKRASA system in Hungary as well. Thus non-craneable semi-trailers can be loaded in this country, too. In Budapest's rail terminal Mahart Container Center recently, the first non-craneable semitrailers were successfully loaded for the... more