Contracts awarded for improving UK’s rail network 
Colas Rail has signed three deals with Network Rail: a rail systems alliance contract, a signalling and telecoms framework contract and a rail haulage contract. The first of these orders involves the Rails Systems Alliance in the South, Colas Rail and Aecom, to deliver rail... more
Joining forces along the iron silk road
Hellmann and the United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasia Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) have signed a letter of intent to expand their cooperation on the iron silk road. Their common aim is to further develop effective container transports between Europe and China, thereby... more
TX Logistik gains B licence for Danish rail network
TX Logistik (TXL) has received the green light to provide transport services on its own behalf on the Danish rail network, effective immediately. The Danish ministry of transport recently issued the necessary B licence to this effect. With this permit, TXL expands its... more
Europe Net to cooperate with Guretruck
The German-based ADAC Truckservice subsidiary Europe Net and the Spanish-based Guretruck will cooperate in the field of roadside supply. Europe Net will expand its Europe-wide cash assistance service and at the same time provide pan-European roadside assistance for 23,000... more
Rail/truck transload facility opened in Jeffersonville
Distribution of malted grain for the distillery and brewing industries in the northern Kentucky region (USA) will expand dramatically with a new 33-railcar transload facility developed by Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) and malt producer Great Western Malting (GWM).... more
Trieste and Bettembourg improve ship-rail links
The port of Trieste (Italy) has signed a MoU with CFL Mulitmodal to strengthen rail links between the Adriatic port and the Bettembourg logistics hub (Luxemburg). The aim is to provide even more reliable and high-quality services by using standardised, dematerialised... more
Milestone for Gateway Basel Nord
The Swiss competition commission WEKO raises no objections against the joint project proposed by SBB, Hupac and Rethmann. The major terminal Gateway Basel Nord (GBN) may have a negative effect on some of the competitors, but it can also improve market conditions for railfreight,... more
Emission-free and super-silent in the city
Can an electric truck keep pace with a diesel-fuelled vehicle in everyday urban traffic? The Germany-based contract logistics provider pfenning logistics has decided to explore this issue and is carrying out intensive trials with Mercedes Benz eActros trucks. In total,... more
A golden truck to celebrate 50th birthday
Temperature-controlled distribution specialist McCulla (Ireland) has marked its 50th anniversary with the arrival of a special Volvo FH tractor unit. The gold coloured Volvo FH-500 Globetrotter XL is joined by a further fourteen new Volvo FH tractors units that form the... more
First gas-powered truck in Memmingen
Gebrüder Weiss, which is based in Memmingen (Germany), put the region’s first gas-powered swap body vehicle into operation at the beginning of June this year, a move that will save the company about 20 t of CO2 per year. Nitrogen oxide output is 70 % below the limit for Euro-6... more