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
China launches intermodal rail-sea service
The first train departed on Monday, 15 January, from Yinchuan in China's autonomous region Ningxia Hui and is now heading for the port of Qingdao in the east of the country. It marks the launch of a regular railway route for an intermodal rail-sea train, which needs to go... more
More Trans Montanas for Romania
DB Cargo Romania, part of DB Cargo Group, and PSP Cargo Group Romania are acquiring Trans Montana locomotives from manufacturer Softronic. A Trans Montana TM 082 locomotive was delivered to DB Cargo’s Romanian branch at the end of December. A second locomotive, a TM 085, is... more
Volvo's e-trucks discover Latin America
More markets for battery electric trucks: Volvo Trucks has now delivered its first heavy-duty electric trucks to Latin America, with the vehicles going to customers in Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Volvo’s electric trucks are now in service on six continents and in 45 countries.... more