Growth in heavy duty traffic hits long-time high 
At 27.9 billion tkm, freight transport performance on Switzerland’s road and rail networks increased by 2.1% in 2018 compared to the previous year. Road haulage grew by 2.5% and railfreight by 1.4%. The domestic road haulage segment was particularly successful: At 4.7%, it... more
Japanese forwarder to launch unified IT platform
Yusen Logistics, which based in Japan, will introduce a new unified supply chain management IT platform on 2 December 2019. The new system provides real-time tracking and advanced supply chain management within a modular architecture. This is part of the company's digital... more
Truck centre opened in Switzerland
Volvo Trucks has opened a state-o-the-art truck centre in Inwil near Lucerne (Switzerland). The new hub replaces the former location in Emmenbrücke. With the new facility in Inwil, Volvo Trucks now has the capacities that will be required over the long term. The centre is... more
Single waybill for journey from China to Europe
By using a single CIM/SMGS waybill in a multimodal, transcontinental transport by rail and sea for the first time, Russian UTLC ERA has found a new way to reduce transit times and increase transport volumes on the new Silk Road. Moreover, this new CIM/SMGS waybill is being... more
Silk Road container train celebrates milestone
Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) has despatched the 1000th express train in Brest (Belorus) in the direction of Zabaykalsk in Russia on the Chinese-Mongolian frontier. The 1000th container train is loaded with 71 containers, most of which are carrying automobile parts. The... more
New public LNG filling stations as from January 2020
Rolande, a pioneer and major provider of infrastructures for fuelling trucks with liquid natural gas (LNG) and bio-LNG in the Netherlands, is now entering the German market. It will open its first German LNG filling station in Ulm in January 2020. In the same year, Rolande... more
Malawi to upgrade 346 km of its transport network
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Union are investing a total of EUR 139 million into refurbishing the principal road M1 across landlocked Malawi. Once carried out, the road works are expected to reduce transport costs, cut travel time, facilitate exports and will... more
VTG to add transparency to its fleet
From spring 2020, Nexxiot will equip VTG's entire tank container fleet with IoT sensors. The Swiss company, which develops digital supply chain management solutions, recently signed a contract to this effect with VTG Rail Europe, a German-based provider of logistics services for... more
Silver medal for CSR efforts
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been awarded the CSR “silver” status by Ecovadis, an international rating platform that meanwhile analyses up to 50,000 companies with regard to their corporate social responsibility (CSR). ÖBB RCG made a particularly good impression with... more
Chinese-Russian efforts to create an «Agroexpress»
RZD Logistics in Russia and the platform company YuXinOu in Chongqing, China, have signed an agreement on the joint development of services for the railway delivery of Russian food products to China. According to the provisions of the agreement, the two companies intend to... more