Wider trucks with safety features 
The Australian government has amended national road vehicle standards to facilitate the supply of safer trucks in Australia. The safer freight vehicles package comes into effect on 1 October 2023 and includes an increase to the overall width limit from 2.50 to 2.55 m for new... more
First batch of Euro 5 trucks now in South Africa
Volvo will hand over 45 Volvo FH Euro 5 truck-tractors to add to DHL Supply Chain’s South African fleet. The company has already received the first five units, with the balance to be delivered by November this year. All the FH Euro 5 units were assembled in the... more
Moving closer to 80 intermodal services per day
The UK-based carrier GB Railfreight (GBRF) has opened a new maintenance hub located alongside the East Coast Mainline in Peterborough. The GBP 5.75 million (EUR 6.6 million) facility is larger than six-Olympic swimming pools. It was completed in just ten months and will be key... more
1,000 km with just one LH2-fill
Daimler Truck has reached another milestone with its hydrogen and battery-powered vehicles. A public road approved prototype Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck covered a distance of 1,047 km across Germany with one fill of liquid hydrogen (LH2). Powered by a cell-centric fuel-cell... more
China’s largest container now in rail service
China Railways will use the new 50 ft containers for domestic intermodal services. The first train carrying 46 of these boxes recently departed from Guangzhou International Port Station. Services from Shanghai Minhang Station, Changsha North Station, and Kunming Wangjiaying West... more
Alstom: maintenance work in Poland
Polish infrastructure manager PKP has signed a contract with Alstom for the service and maintenance of rail traffic control systems delivered by the manufacturer. The contract will be implemented by 2027. Alstom will supply spare parts for railway traffic control devices,... more
Heavier locos for Swiss railfreight operator
BLS Cargo is procuring ten new multi-system freight locomotives from Siemens Mobility to be used on the North-South corridor from Belgium/Netherlands to Italy. The locomotives are furnished with the newly developed XLoad equipment package, a combination of features that... more
Natural gas from waste for trucks
Rolande has opened an LNG filling station in Ziesar near Berlin (Germany). It has two LNG fuel pumps and is located on a strategically important transport corridor for East-West and North-South goods traffic, including routes to the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions. The... more
Irish haulier grows – and augments its fleet
South Coast Logistics has taken delivery of five new Volvo FM 460 6x2 tractor units. They join an 85 strong commercial vehicle fleet and will operate primarily in the south of Ireland, typically in the province of Munster, working on bulk ADR assignments. The Irish haulier... more
Record funding for rail projects
The USA has invested a record amount of USD 1.4 billion into 70 rail improvement projects of which USD 720 million will support 47 short line railroad projects in 36 states. One of the grants concerns the Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad in Washington state to... more