Milestone for intermodal terminal in Barcelona 
In Spain, the port of Barcelona and infrastructure manager Adif have jointly created the Train Port Barcelona company to promote freight transport. At its Barcelona Port Rail Management Centre, the JV wil plan and coordinate services between Can Tunis station and the port of... more
More capacity for Luxembourg carrier
The first CFL Cargo locomotives equipped with a “multi-system” feature have been approved for service in Europe, circulating between Germany-Luxembourg-Poland. Bombardier’s new Traxx MS3 will run on both the North-South and the West-East axis, from Poznan (Poland) to Bettembourg... more
Digitalisation to boost volumes
The IDS groupage network saw its shipment volumes decrease by 5.6% overall in 2023, with its partner companies moving a total of 3.2 million t of goods in Germany - almost 7.2% less than in 2022. Demand was particularly weak in the housing and mechanical engineering sectors and... more
UPS gets 15 litre CNG-powered truck
The Cummins X15N-equipped Kenworth T680 runs on compressed natural gas (CNG) and is the first of several trucks utilising the new powerplant that Kenworth is delivering to UPS in the USA. The 400 hp strong truck will meet upcoming (2027) stringent EPA emission requirements... more
Powered by electricity and chip fat
Making rail transport greener with hybrid locomotives: DB Cargo’s first dual-power locomotive of the new generation will be powered by electricity and diesel from chip fat and will initially operate in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. On electrified sections, Siemens’s Vectron Dual... more
More than 750 million t transported
Eurotunnel le Shuttle Freight transported the 35 millionth truck through the Channel, on Wednesday 13 March 2024. The jubilee truck belongs to the Spanish forwarder Ontime Capitrans. The company’s driver has been driving for 36 years and has crossed the Channel with Le... more
Joining forces for intermodal services
The German digital road freight forwarder Sennder and the Italian logistician Mercitalia have joined forces with Poste Italiane to develop proprietary technology for sustainable intermodal transport and create and introduce combined rail/road solutions in Europe. Under the... more
Some toll exemptions for handicrafts
From 1 July 2024, tolls will also be mandatory in Germany for goods transport vehicles with a technically permissible maximum laden mass (TPMLM) of more than 3.5 t and less than 7.5 t. Under certain conditions, domestic and foreign craft businesses do not have to pay tolls... more
Polish carrier certified
LTG Cargo Polska has obtained the GMP+ certificate for the transport of animal feed, confirming the company’s compliance with all the necessary requirements and conditions for ensuring the safe transport of such goods. The carrier’s quality assurance system is applied... more
Signalling technology for railfreight
Supported by the regional government of Extremadura, the Spanish infrastructure manager Adif is building a new intermodal railfreight terminal, the Mérida Logistics Platform, in the west of the country. To this end, it is necessary to connect the infrastructures with the... more