Sawn timber wagon arrives in Finland 
The first wagon of the new Habins sawn timber wagons ordered by Fenniarail has arrived at the port of Hamina, Finland. The Finnish carrier has been working for a long time to make sawn timber transports more efficient. Based on an investment decision in 2020, the company... more
Green truck to clean up in Aarhus
The battery-electric e-Econic truck for municipal use is now also in operation in Aarhus, Denmark, on the east coast of Jutland, where the waste disposal company Urbaser is deploying five of these Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Already 20 e-Econics are in use in other Danish cities... more
Designwerk finds new market
After entering the German market in 2021, the Swiss electromobility specialist is now expanding its business to the Benelux countries as well. As in Switzerland and Germany, the company offers the complete electric truck portfolio in this new market - from dump trucks and... more
Schenker France pushes fleet electrification
In its largest order to date, the haulier is acquiring 53 electric Renault Trucks. The investment follows several tests performed at the company’s French locations. Schenker France will receive 50 electric Renault Trucks E-Tech D of 16 t and three E-Tech D of 19 t, which are... more
Trialling a solar-powered hybrid truck
The Scania truck was developed in a research project funded by the Swedish government agency of innovation Vinnova, creating new, efficient, and lightweight solar panels to power the vehicles. The truck is a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid. On the 18 m trailer, an area of 100... more
DSV buys its first e-truck in Singapore
The transport company has signed a MOU with Volvo Trucks about the purchase of one Volvo FL electric truck. Developed and specially adapted to an urban environment, the vehicle will be used for package deliveries in the Asian city-state. The acquisition is only a first step... more
China launches cargo service to Central Asia
The first train of the new service is currently on the track between Zhangjiakou in China’s Hebei Province and Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Managed by China Railway Beijing Group and loaded with auto parts, home appliances and textile products, the train will reach Tashkent in... more
Road haulage partners in Europe 
Two Arab cargo airlines expanding their RFS networks. July saw two full-freighter airlines operating from the Arabian Peninsula announce that they had assigned their pan-European road feeder services to a single experienced partner each. While Etihad Cargo from Abu Dhabi (UAE)... more
Weekly block trains from Greece to North Macedonia
Starting on 6 September 2023, the new regular container block-train service will connect the Port of Thessaloniki in Greece and Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia, initially on a weekly basis. It will depart from Thessaloniki every Wednesday and arrive in... more
Swiss train paths: carriers demand lower prices
The partial revision of the ordinance on access to the railway network access adopted by the Swiss federal office of transport (FOT) provides for an increase of the wear factor by 18.5%. At the same time, energy costs are to rise again: by 16.7% from 2024. For the logistics... more