Cooper ‘triples-up’ with iPort Rail in Doncaster 
Cooper has made a major advancement into the railfreight sector with a contract to triple the amount of reach stackers at a major UK railfreight hub. The contract, concluded with iPort Rail in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), will also see Cooper occupying a ‘purpose-built’... more
Hoyer fleet expands to 50,000 intermediate bulk containers
Hoyer, which is based in Germany, has reached a further milestone with its 50,000th intermediate bulk container (IBC). The company has therefore more than doubled its capacities in five years. The stainless steel containers are used to transport and store liquid goods in the... more
SBB crosses golden threshold in the Bözberg tunnel
Another milestone has been reached on the 4 m corridor in the Gotthard axis in Switzerland: the "golden sleeper", the last stretch of the slab track in the Bözberg tunnel, was concreted yesterday, 6 February 2020. The new tunnel in the canton of Argovia is the... more
Carbon-free trucks for breweries
Beer brewer Carlsberg's Swiss branch has ordered 20 electric trucks from Renault. The 26 t, 100% electrically driven type D Wide Z.E. vehicles will be delivered to Carlsbergs‘ Swiss breweries Feldschlösschen in Rheinfelden near Basel over the course of this year. The... more
Kuehne + Nagel acquires 78 new vehicles in UK
Ryder has supplied 78 new Mercedes-Benz 314CDI Sprinter chassis cab vans to Kuehne + Nagel in the UK. The new vehicles are equipped with automatic gearboxes and air conditioning and are being used to deliver fresh produce and consumables to Costa Coffee outlets throughout the UK... more
US class I railway invests in core network
BNSF Railway intends to spend USD 3.4 billion on capital expenditures in 2020. Similar to last year’s USD 3.9 billion plan, the major part of the strategy will be to replace and maintain BNSF’s core network and related assets. Here, the funds will be used primarily for... more
More hinterland connections for German seaports
As part of its German network, IGS Intermodal Container Logistics will connect its Heilbronn location with the German seaports Hamburg and Bremerhaven as from April 2020. Initially, the container trains will run three times per week and direction on this route. The company... more
Forwarder orders large number of tailor-made e-vehicles
UPS has placed an order for 10,000 purpose-built electric vehicles from Arrival and has also announced an investment in the UK-based e-vehicle developer. The initial 10,000 vehicles will be rolled out in the UK, Europe and North America from 2020 to 2024, worth hundreds of... more
Daimler takes another step towards sustainability
Truck manufacturer Daimler has opened a new charging park for electric commercial vehicles at the Stuttgart-Untertürkheim headquarters in Germany. This development is a further step in the company’s electrification strategy and related corporate activities. The innovative... more
New batch of flat cars for transporting timber
UWC, Russia’s largest manufacturer of freight cars, has signed a contract with Arkhbum, a major operator on the railway services market to deliver 25 flat cars on bogies with a 25 t axle load. The vehicles are designed for the transportation of timber and have an increased... more