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
Quantron to supply FCEVs for UK trial
The manufacturer is providing 14 vehicles in various weight classes and categories for the first large-scale deployment of fuel cell electric commercial vehicles (FCEVs) in the UK’s Tees Valley region. The EUR 8.2 million project involves at least 20 fuel cell trucks and the... more
More business in Estonia
LDZ Cargo expects to increase its transport volume within Estonia in 2024, having won several public tenders in the country at the end of last year. In November, the Latvian carrier was awarded a public contract to transport bio-based woodchips of the Estonian state-owned... more
Piloting H2-vehicles in Wales
Manufacturer First Hydrogen will run the test with the gas distribution network Wales & West Utilities (WWU) later this month. Its hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle (FCEV) will operate from WWU’s Swansea depot, as part of the business’ fleet of 1,300 vehicles, which are... more
First containers for HCT
Canadian National Railway (CN), New Hamilton Rail Terminal (HCT) and the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (Hopa Ports) have created a direct intermodal rail service between Hamilton, ON and Montreal, QC. Carrying export-bound shipping containers, the inaugural train completed its... more