UK: New rail service connects East Midlands Gateway 
Maritime Intermodal in UK has launched a new five-day-a-week rail freight service to SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway (EMG). The new service is operated by DB Cargo UK. The first route connects the rail freight terminal at EMG to the Port of Felixstowe and will... more
More speed and higher axle load in Lithuania
"Lithuanian Railways" has awarded a EUR 51.1 million contract for the improvement of the Lithuanian section Livintai – Gaiuiunai to the JV of Eurovia CS, Eurovia Lietuva and UAB Gelezinkelio Tiesimo Centras. The railway section is situated within the Pan-European... more
Joint efforts to expand intermodal network
Greenlog & Nothegger will cooperate in international intermodal traffic in order to provide intermodal services to connect Europe and Turkey with Iran, Georgia and the CIS, the companies said. Greenlog Intermodal has more than 30 years of experience in intermodal traffic and... more
Russian Railways: export cargo volumes on the rise
Export cargo volumes shipped by the Russian Railways (RZD) to sea ports were 3.6% higher in 2019 than in 2018 and amounted to 308.8 million t. About 131.1 million t of cargo were shipped to north-western ports last year (+3.4% above 2018), 76 million t to southern ports (+1%),... more
Kyrgyzstan has great potential along key corridors
Kyrgyzstan can tap into the benefits of its strategic location along key transport corridors between Europe and Asia. Fundamental for its success is the creation of a modern transport infrastructure network, according to a Unece study. Road haulage remains the focus of freight... more
Extension of partnership provides freight stability
Canadian National Railways (CN) and NorFalco have signed a new multi-year agreement that will provide freight transportation of sulphuric acid from NorFalco’s rail served productions facilities in Sudbury, ON, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, and Valleyfield, QC. The agreement reconfirms... more
Expanding service capabilities in North America
Wabtec in the USA has acquired Relco Locomotives, a long-established player in the locomotive overhaul and maintenance industry. The acquisition expands Wabtec’s freight services capabilities and capacity. “The complementary combination of our portfolios will create... more
E-truck sales launched after successful trials
150,000 fully electric kilometres - almost four times around the earth: that is the extensive practical experience that truck manufacturer DAF has now gained with its CF Electric model by testing a total of six fully electric trucks within the space of a year. "We have... more
Automotive logistics provider tests LNG trucks in France
In cooperation with Volvo Trucks and Iveco, Gefco has tested two trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) under real conditions in the north of France. Overall, the two vehicles covered a total of 11,000 km in two weeks. Compared to a diesel truck, the LNG vehicles achieved... more
Scheduled road haulage services across Southeast Asia
Geodis Road Network (GRN) is now established as a time and date-specific service along the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) -Bangkok (Thailand) axis, with multi-modal gateway services beyond these hubs. Furthermore, 2020 will see the expansion of GRN’s time-definite... more