USA: high-tech equipment speeds railway's tie cleanup 
Union Pacific (UP) is using new high-tech work equipment to remove ties more quickly. The US class I railroad annually replaces between 3 million and 4 million railroad ties along its more than more than 51,500 route kilometres. The new equipment has two giant excavators... more
More innovation incentives required
At the "Forum Schienengüterverkehr" in Germany, the Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik (association for supply chain management, procurement and logistics, BME) and the Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (association of German transport... more
Moving more Canadian goods to international markets
The government of Canada is investing CAD 15 million (EUR 10.3 million) to increase transport capacity and efficiency by reducing bottlenecks on the Western Canadian rail network. The project improves the transport services from the Alberta industrial heartland with the... more
Railway upgrade through the Nile Delta goes ahead
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Egyptian ministry of international cooperation (MOIC) have signed a cooperation agreement to provide up to EUR 1.5 million of grant financing for a feasibility study for the Tanta – El Mansoura – Damietta Rail project. The aim is to... more
Intermodal sector benefits from increased activity in Poland
After Rail Time Polska was taken over by Austrian ÖBB RCG in autumn 2019, the Polish carrier was renamed to Rail Cargo Carrier – Poland. Now ÖBB RCG has started providing its own traction services in Poland. The rail company bridges the gap on freight corridor 8 for... more
Extending UAE's rail network
Etihad Rail in the UAE has launched the construction works for package A of stage two of the pan-Emirates railway network that is being developed by the rail company. The corridor of package A will run for 139 km from Ghuweifat on the UAE border with Saudi Arabia to Ruwais in... more
CO2 reductions and business expansion go hand in hand
Lidl's new green fleet in Italy includes five biomethane-fuelled vehicles. The trucks are a result of the company's collaboration with IVECO, LC3 Trasporti and Edison. Lidl will use the vehicles to restock points of sale that are located close to the logistics centre in Somaglia... more
Bangladesh to improve intermodal connections
The Asian Development Bank has approved USD 42 million in project readiness financing (PRF) for a facility to help improve transport connectivity and promote multimodal transport in Bangladesh. Transport demand is expanding nationwide but insufficient transport... more
Moving 80 HGV trips off the roads every day
GB Railfreight (GBRf) in UK has resumed services from Cricklewood to Calvert. The railfreight operator operates services five times a week between S Walsh and Sons waste transfer station, off Brent Terrace at Cricklewood, to FCC Environment’s landfill site in Buckinghamshire,... more
Another trailblazer in environmental care
CDP (formerly known as the carbon disclosure project) has awarded Geodis an “A-”rating for 2019. The group is now categorised as a ‘leader’ in environmental care. This result recognises the global logistics provider as a trailblazer that implements the relevant actions to... more