US class I railway to upgrade its core network 
BNSF has earmarked USD 3.92 billion for capital investments this year. The largest component, USD 2.88 billion, will be used to maintain and service BNSF’s core network and related assets. Maintenance projects involve nearly 21,000 km of track surfacing and/or undercutting... more
USD 157 million for Wabtec's brakes
Siemens India has placed an order for a new brake system for Indian Railways. Valued at around USD 157 million, the technology will be used to improve the performance, efficiency, and safety of Siemen’s new line of 1,200 electric locomotives. Under the contract, Wabtec will... more
1,000 e-trucks for cement giants
The Swiss building materials producer Holcim plans to use most of the ordered 1,000 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s for transporting materials such as cement in silo trailers. The volume represents the largest single order for the eActros 600 to date, Daimler said. With a battery... more
Modern waste trucks for Fribourg
Switzerland's Trans-Auto is acquiring a new Scania G 420 truck for its partner company Kevag. With immediate effect, it will be deployed to collect and transport refuse in the Fribourg region. Agile and versatile, the truck has a drive train that reduces diesel consumption by at... more
Temperature-controlled rail service launched
The Swiss Inter Rail Group ran its first reefer container transports between Asia and Europe last year. The transport company has now added regular temperature-controlled rail services to its portfolio. Inter Rail uses diesel-powered 45-foot pallet wide reefer containers,... more
Swiss forwarders banking on e-trucks
Renault recently handed over the first battery-electric E-Tech T tractor units to the Swiss haulage companies Hugelshofer and Schöni. The truck manufacturer has delivered 359 electric vehicles in Switzerland since 2020, 40% of which are heavy commercial vehicles with a mileage... more
Clever mode combinations save time and CO2
The combination of different transport modes like road-air, all-road, and road-rail not only has ecological advantages; it also increases speed and cost-effectiveness. Kerry Logistics Network's (KLN) sea-air freight solution transports consignments from Chinese seaports to... more
Regular train service between Far East and Penza
Transcontainer and Stevedoring Holding Global Ports (both part of Delo-Group) have introduced a service for transporting imports from the Far East to Penza, 625 km southeast of Moscow. Containers arrive from China at the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company and are then... more
Railfreight’s future 
Concerns about passenger traffic; opportunities in the Swiss market. Ongoing developments in the railfreight segment worry European logisticians, as passenger transport continues to be prioritised, for example. Innofreight’s Peter Wanek-Pusset nevertheless sees railfreight... more
Intermodal partnership in North America
Bison Transport and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC) have launched an intermodal service connecting Canada, the USA and Mexico, giving Bison’s customers immediate access to cross-border multimodal solutions. The cooperation will generate multiple synergies and expand... more