Diesel-powered vehicles to phase out by 2025 
DHL in the USA now owns and operates 50 Orange EV yard trucks that are currently in service at more than 30 DHL Supply Chain sites in the country. By 2025, the company plans to increase its fleet to 100 electric yard trucks and phase out its diesel-powered vehicles.... more
Gothenburg train shuttle launched
The new train is operated by TFK Logistics and runs twice a week between Pitea in northern Sweden and the Port of Gothenburg in southern Sweden. The wagons are loaded at both Shorelink in the port of Pitea and Stenvalls Trä's rail-connected terminal at Lövholmen before departing... more
Quehenberger opts for HVO
The Austrian haulage company wants to replace diesel with the eco-friendly biogenic fuel in as many of its vehicles as possible. It has therefore secured an annual supply of 3 million litres of HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oils) for 2024. The fuel is produced from vegetable... more
Girteka to shift more freight from road to rail
The Lithuanian forwarder has launched a daily intermodal service from Sweden to Germany. Operated in cooperation with Samskip, it can be used to transport cargo from Nassjo/Katrineholm in Sweden to Duisburg in Germany. The initiative is expected to reduce CO2 emissions per... more
GATX to roll out telematics software
The leasing company is installing ZTR’s remote monitoring solution on its North American railcar fleet. The system will collect, monitor, and distribute data through the ZTR platform as well as the Rail Pulse platform from GPS gateways and wireless sensors mounted on railcars.... more
Ambrogio Intermodal: an office in Campogalliano
The new facility will initially operate as a commercial base, allowing Ambrogio Intermodal to expand its intermodal network and further develop its freight forwarding services. As a strategic hub in the province of Modena, Northern Italy, it will also strengthen the... more
Ticino’s terminals raise container throughput
In a recent report, Switzerland’s federal office for spatial development (ARE) said that the new railway infrastructure on the Gotthard axis has resulted in a noticeable shift of freight from road to rail. In addition to transit traffic, the volume of goods transported... more
Forwarder may still offer transport insurance
A. Hartrod can continue to provide individual insurance services to customers that do not have their own transport insurance. This support, particularly needed by small and medium-sized companies, appeared to be put at risk by a ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ)... more
Cargo Beamer extends railcar fleet
The French investor Flexam will finance 40 railcars. Some of these wagons are part of the first batch to roll off the assembly line of the Erfurt (Germany) plant, which Cargo Beamer opened in 2022. The patented railcars are now being deployed in day-to-day operations on its... more
EU funds for Spain's railfreight sector
Spain is investing EUR 17.3 million in modern rolling stock. The funds will be given to Ermewa Iberica to produce 150 Shimmns wagons for coil transport and 50 new-generation pocket wagons, Spain’s ministry of transport said. Delivery is planned for 2024. The 50 pocket wagons... more