Bringing Ukrzaliznytsia closer to EU rail network 
Ukrzaliznytsia and the Rail Cargo Group (RCG) have joined forces to develop intermodal transports between Ukraine and Austria. The project envisages a regular connection between Kiev (Ukraine) and Vienna (Austria), which will be extended to Lviv (Ukraine) and Budapest (Hungary).... more
USA: JV kicks off with two refrigeration units
Schmitz Cargobull and Utility Trailer Manufacturer have launched the JV Cargobull North America (CBNA). As a first step, the partners have developed two transport refrigeration units specially designed to meet the demands of North American refrigerated freight haulers and... more
16 new east-west connections
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its network: the Austrian railfreight operator has launched no fewer than 16 new connections between Central Europe and Central Asia via the Central Corridor. With regular connections and transit times of around 30 days, the trains... more
Pallet network adds Greece and Cyprus
Eurodis has gained the Greek express service Geniki Taxydromiki as a new partner. The family-run company serves both Greece and the Greek-speaking part of Cyprus. Its core business is combined freight, transporting parcels and pallets in one shipment. In addition, Geniki... more
Quantron wins order for 38 zero-emission trucks
The order includes battery-electric heavy commercial vehicles and will be delivered to Hama Trucks in Augsburg, Germany. The vehicles are tractor units and rigid trucks of the Quantorn QHM BEV model with a 450 kWh battery system. Equipped with an aerodynamic package, the... more
Chinese tea to Africa by rail and sea
The first train loaded with 56,000 kgs of selenium-rich tea leaves from Chinese Hubei Province left Yichang on 12 September and arrived in Ningbo Port just two days later, China Railways reported. At Ningo Beilun Port in Zhejiang, the goods were transferred to a sea vessel for... more
TX Logistik to handle 850 waste trains annually
Demand for international waste transports by rail has risen significantly this year. By the end 2023, TX Logistik (TXL), an affiliate of Mercitalia Logistics, expects transports to triple to up to 850 trains per year. Among other things, TXL delivers urban waste across borders... more
Retrofitted H2 loco to be trialled in 2024/25
Irish Rail Iarnrod Eireann (IE) and Digas have signed a contract to retrofit a freight diesel locomotive from diesel fuel to hydrogen (H2). The EUR 1.5 million project will help decarbonise the operations of IE diesel locomotives. Under the agreement, IE will provide the 071... more
Shaking up the US transport sector
J.B. Hunt Transport has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the brokerage operations of BNSF Logistics in the USA. The affiliate of BNSF Railway Company provides third-party logistics (3PL) services for full truckload, flatbed, temp-controlled, drayage,... more
Orders for around 6,000 e-trucks so far
Volvo trucks are now built in four factories – three in Europe and one in the USA. The manufacturer recently kicked off the serial production of heavy battery electric trucks in its factory in Ghent (Belgium). Three different electric models will be built here – the Volvo FH,... more