UK pallet network honoured 
Major investments in technology have driven Pall-Ex in UK to its latest success at an international awards ceremony. The East Midlands-based logistics giant picked up the accolade for service innovation at the global freight awards, beating major players such as Maersk and... more
India invests in its rail system on a grand scale
Indian Railways has initiated 498 railway projects of a total length of 49,069 km, which are at different stages of execution/planning/sanction. The commissioning of 8,979 km has been achieved. The plan includes 188 new line projects measuring 21,295 km in total, 55 gauge... more
UIC: Railway safety achieves a record high
Rail transport is the safest mode of overland transport and is improving continuously in terms of safety, as the International Union of Railways (UIC) demonstrates in its latest report on railway accidents. Accidents and numbers of victims were reduced by almost 17% between... more
European transport to cumulate in Verona 
The Interporto Quadrante Europa has great plans in the pipeline. It is set to invest EUR 59 million in its railway infrastructure that will bring new tracks, more trains and a position as one of the continent’s leading terminals. The facility is already very well developed... more
Kiwi Rail: A major step forward linking rail and road
New Zealand’s government has unveiled a master plan for a new freight hub near Palmerston North. The 3 km long intermodal freight hub combines a container terminal, warehousing for road transport operators and bulk goods and forestry loading operations with KiwiRail’s train... more
Opening ceremony for locomotive workshop
A new locomotive workshop has been opened on the Massvlakte in the port of Rotterdam. In the high-tech facility all types of locomotives can be services, repaired and certified. Unique to the Netherlands are the test tracks with catenaries capable of handling all the different... more
New impulse for southern Silk Road
As planned, the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (ÖBB RCG) continues to pursue its strategy to expand freight transport links along the rail corridor between Europe and Asia. ÖBB RCG, the port of Baku und Cabooter have signed a declaration of intent to set up an overland trans-Caspian... more
Irish food forwarder invests in new trailers
Virginia International Logistics, based in Maghera, Ireland, has added a new trailer from manufacturer Ekeri to its fleet. Specialising in food products, F.M.C.G, electronics, manufacturing and pharma products, the family-owned business operates every day of the year between... more
Xi’an – Gdansk overland in just twelve days
The first Euro-China train, running from Xi’an in China directly to Poland, arrived via the Małaszewicze land terminal on the Polish-Belarusian border at its final destination, the DCT Gdansk container terminal, last week. This new regular intermodal Euro-China train... more
CN installs PTC on all required tracks
Canadian National Railways (CN) has successfully met the federal requirement to operate positive train control (PTC) on all 35 of its US subdivisions required to be equipped with PTC. This important achievement comes 13 months ahead of the December 2020 deadline. PTC is a... more