Building a rail massing centre in Xi'an 
The international trade and logistic park in Xi’an, Shaanxi province in Northwest China, recently launched a series of land-sea intermodal cargo transport services, linking Xi'an and Ningbo, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, and Xi'an and Qingdao, a port city in Shandong... more
E-trucks for Paris, Frankfurt and Stuttgart
DB Schenker and Fuso are intensifying their collaboration in the field of all-electric light commercial vehicles. The German logistics provider recently acquired four additional Fuso e-Canter trucks for urban distribution services in Paris (France), Frankfurt and Stuttgart... more
Coal shipment volumes surging in Russia
Russian Railway has reported that the volume of goods moving on its network to seaports in Q1/2019 was 5% higher than in the same period in 2018. The Q1/2019 tonnage exceeded 80.6 million t, due to an 11.7% increase in coal shipments, a 6.5% increase in oil, a 23.1% increase in... more
Fewer trains hauling more timber
The Swedish forest company Holmen has taken a new step in its sustainable strategy. Holmen is located in northern Sweden, but much of its industrial production takes place in the south. To ensure supplies of timber, the company has decided to haul its wood on Green Cargo trains... more
Door-to-door from Luxembourg to China by train
A new Luxembourg – China intermodal train service has just been launched. The first train has already left the Bettembourg-Dudelange intermodal terminal and is expected to arrive at the Chengdu Qingbaijiang international railway port on 19 April. The train is operated by the... more
Railfreight goes from strength to strength in Europe
Traffic performance on Europe’s railfreight network climbed to 469 billion tkm in 2017, and it is expected that the pre-crisis level of 474 billion tkm will be reached over the next two years, as a new study conducted by the consulting company SCI concludes. Combined traffic... more
UK haulier boosts bulk commodity chemical business
Suttons Tankers in UK has agreed a deal to acquire DHL Supply Chain’s domestic bulk commodity chemical business. The acquisition covers mainly chemical transports from sites in Billingham, County Durham and Runcorn, Merseyside. DHL’s dedicated services in packed chemicals,... more
Blocktrain carries storm-damaged timber over Brenner
The Austrian Rail Cargo group (RCG) is operating a new timber train for the Pfeifer group between Trento (Italy) and Wörgl (Austria). To begin with, the blocktrain will run once a week, but the company plans to extend this service to two weekly round trips before the end of... more
Regular China-Europe trucking service launched
Ceva Logistics, which is based in Switzerland, has extended its highway to the west road service between China and Europe following on from its first ever TIR truck to Poland. This week, the company marked a new milestone with its first ever truck from China arriving safely... more
Dreaming of the trans-Maghreb 
A start was made by railfreight links to and from the large phosphate mines of Algeria, with a Chinese consortium wanting to invest substantial amounts of money therein. A port project is another element. The dream of a trans-Maghreb railway is being reborn. more