Special fleet for bitumen transports 
UK-based Puma has extended its bitumen logistics contract with Hoyer for another five years. Under this agreement, the German dangerous goods specialist is responsible for loading and unloading at customer sites, planning capacity utilisation and scheduling drivers and fleet.... more
Hupac invests in Viennese terminal
WienCont and the Swiss intermodal operator Hupac have been cooperating for years. Now Hupac has acquired a 4.16% stake in the WienCont container terminal to expand its transport services and strengthen the land bridge from southeast Europe as far as Turkey. By the end of... more
Italian network grows
Kombiverkehr is extending its intermodal offering on the European transport corridor through Switzerland. Train services between Mortara (Italy) and Krefeld (Germany) and Mortara and Rotterdam CTT (the Netherlands) will be expanded to a total of five round trips per week from 6... more
Covid testing sites for Australian drivers
Two additional freight-friendly pop-up testing sites in NSW Australia are opening along key regional freight routes to support the industry and keep drivers Covid safe. The two new facilities in Yass and in Ballina complement the six sites already set up at various locations in... more
Qingdao train to reach Milan in 23 days
In cooperation with Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), the Russian transport company Trans Container, has arranged its first dispatch of a transit train from China to Austria and Italy. The train consisting of 50 containers loaded with consumer goods recently departed from Qingdao,... more
Rail Hub in Louisiana to open next January
Logistics company Savage is partnering with rail firm Kansas City Southern (KCS) to construct a multi-commodity rail port with transload and railcar storage capabilities in Mossville (La), USA. Savage will own and operate the rail port, which is being built on property... more
Scottish distiller invests in green fleet
Glenfiddich pioneers the decarbonisation of its transport operations. The Scottish whisky distiller has taken delivery of three 4x2 AS440S46T/P CNG compressed natural gas-powered Iveco Stralis NP 460s. These have subsequently been converted to 6x2 tractors capable of running at... more
China-Vietnam cross-border trains doubled
China Railway Nanning (CR Nanning) operated 128 China-Vietnam cross-border trains in H1/2021, a year-on-year increase of 204.8%. Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese Group has intensified its efforts to improve freight marketing and loading/unloading processes. It... more
The efficiency of the ground effect 
The erstwhile Soviet Union once had plans to transport huge loads over the Caspian Sea with its Ekranoplan aircraft. The wing-in-ground-effect units designed by Flying Ship Technologies are much smaller and thus more agile. Now the US enterprise has landed its first sales... more
Canadian railway moves closer to China
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is building closer ties with its customers in China following the launch of its Chinese language website. The website is part of a broader outreach program in China and across Asia to ensure that customers have access to up-to-date information,... more