EU to promote shift from road to rail in Italy 
The European Commission has approved an Italian support scheme to encourage the shift of freight traffic from road to rail in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. The scheme, which has an overall budget of EUR 6 million and will run until 2022, aims to increase the share of... more
Upgrade of Serbian railways goes ahead
Russian Railways (RZD) and Serbia have signed an agreement on the joint implementation of a project to modernise the Belgrade – Vrbnica (Slovakia) – border railway line with Montenegro (Bar). The contract includes the construction and electrification of a 15-km second track... more
Dutch forwarder invests in digitalisation
A seamless flow of information is the basis for the smooth operation of a logistics company. This aim can hardly be achieved without modern IT systems. Therefore, Raben Group has equipped all drivers in eleven countries with an IT solution provided by Panasonic. The robust... more
E-commerce consignments to be carried on EMU services
Indian Railways has started a pilot project that allows e-commerce consignments on its EMU services. As a part of innovative pilot project, the carrying of e-commerce consignments of Amazon in EMU services commenced from Sealdah to Dankuni in EMU local (suburban services)... more
More LCL railfreight options on the new Silk Road
Cargo-Partner currently operates 40 FCL railfreight services und 15 LCL railfreight services from China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin) to Poland (Warsaw) per week. Now, the company has introduced additional direct LCL railfreight options from China to important transshipment... more
First Georgia railroad in new industrial park
OmniTRAX has signed on chemical transport specialist A&R Logistics as lead tenant to anchor the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) near the port of Savannah in Georgia, USA. OmniTRAX is the master developer of the industrial park owned by the Effingham county industrial... more
Volvo boosts autonomous business
Volvo is creating a new business area for autonomous transport solutions to accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions. Volvo has already demonstrated a number of different autonomous transport options. In the electric site... more
Technology is not the problem 
The interoperability of Europe’s railway systems is an ongoing issue for many players in the industry. What is lacking; what needs to be done – the opinions of the various partners in the Austrian railway sector differ. more
Across three waterways
Moving ten beer tanks from Serbia to Italy is challenging. R & B Global Projects deployed trucks, inland barges as well as ocean-going vessels to manage such an order recently. more
Switzerland: private rail company buys freight locomotives
The Swiss railfreight company BLS Cargo is purchasing 25 new multi-system locomotives that are equipped for rail networks from Belgium or the Netherlands to Italy. The new traction units will modernise and extend the fleet, the company says. The engines are Vectron... more