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
US short line rail joins responsible care initiative
Omnitrax has joined the American chemistry council’s responsible care partner programme and thus confirmed its commitment to the chemical and manufacturing industry’s environmental, health, safety and security performance initiative. It will now cooperate with North... more
Austria bans truck transit for two thirds of total cargo
The Brenner Pass in Austria has always been one of the most important routes across the Alps. A recently adopted drastic tightening of the Austrian sectorial traffic ban will forbid most trucks to cross the pass as from January 2020. The German federal association of road... more
Koper to receive a fourth rail-mounted gantry in 2020
Many operational measures that were taken by the port of Koper and Slovenian railways last year helped to improve the port’s railway infrastructure. The current daily average of arriving/departing container trains varies from 20 to 24, while the container terminal capacity is 30... more
Switzerland takes measures to promote modal shift
The Swiss federal council wants to extend the planned time limit for operating allowances for providers of unaccompanied combined transport services and lower the fees for using the rail tracks. Furthermore, as from 1 January 2021, EURO IV and V trucks will no longer benefit... more
A train that goes down in history
The first freight train in history recently crossed the Marmaray tunnel in Turkey under the Bosporus. The train departed from the Chinese city of Xi'an and is on the way to Prague in Czechia. China Railway Express handled the journey on the Asian part of the route and the... more
New train running between Austria and Hungary
With the TransFER Wels-Vienna-Budapest, the Austria-based ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail connection, thereby creating further network effects for intermodal solutions on key corridors and between three of the most important intermodal nodes in Europe.... more
Innovative engines for cross-border railfreight
Metrans, a subsidiary of the Hamburger Hafen and Logistik, Hamburg’s port operator (HHLA), has received the first Vectron MS locomotive at the company’s container terminal in Prague (Czechia). The vehicle is part of a group of ten multi-system locomotives ordered from Siemens.... more