New gondola type speeds up freight car turnover time 
Russia’s largest manufacturer of freight cars, United Wagon Company (UWC), has won certificates for two models of six-axle articulated gondola car running on bogies with a 25 t axle load. The increased load per unit length capacity makes it possible to raise the network carrying... more
An intermodal pioneer 
The logistician Ambrogio, headquartered in the northern Italian town of Gallarate, near Milan, was established 50 years ago. Livio Ambrogio, the family enterprise’s president, gave the ITJ an interview recently, in which he discussed the firm’s early years as an intermodal... more
Modernising cargo locomotives will save EUR 11 million
LG CARGO in Lithuania has begun a technical maintenance programme to renew the rolling stock that carries most of the cargo. This project will involve a major overhaul of 44 "Siemens" locomotives and save EUR 11 million. Unlike previously applied practices, this time... more
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