Europe's first zero-emission green corridor opened 
Thanks to the collaboration of Gruber Logistics, APS Fuel and HAM, Europe's first zero-emission green corridor has now been launched. It is a project that aims to use biomasses for the production of fuel and to fully certify the chain from production to use. The new plant... plus
Test train run Taijuan – Paris in 24 days
Together with its Chinese and European partners, Transcontainer of Delo Group has arranged a test block train dispatch from Taiyuan city (Shanxi province, China) to Paris (France) via Mongolia, Russia and Belarus. The freight train carrying 50 containers loaded with consumer... plus
NCRR: new rail spur
The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) is one of several partners named in the recent announcement that Liberty Storage Solutions is expanding its facility in Davie County. The storage shed manufacturer and distributor is building a new manufacturing facility at its... plus
UK network expands fleet
Pall-Ex in UK is adding more urban delivery vehicles to its fleet to increase its share in the market. In total, the company has taken delivery of eight new vehicles in the last months as part of the first wave of a new investment, with more than ten similar vehicles due to... plus
Nouvelle poussée 
Il y a plus de dix ans, la Turquie, l’Iran et le Pakistan ont lancé le projet commun d’un train de conteneurs direct... puis le projet a atterri dans les tiroirs. Ali Abdollahi des Chemins de fer iraniens a annoncé à l’ITJ que les choses commencent de nouveau à bouger. plus
20 candles for rolling highway
Rolling highway (rola) trains set off on the Freiburg (Germany) – Novara (Italy) route for the first time on 11 July 2001. As a pioneering user of the 4-m Simplon intermodal corridor, Swiss Rola operator RAlpin has since then shifted over 1.7 million heavy goods vehicles from... plus
Ore export railway opened
The African SMB-Winning Consortium, Africa, which specialises in bauxite production, has inaugurated a new 125 km railway line in Guinea. Connecting important storage towns between Boké to Boffa with the river port of Dapilon, the new link will now transport ore destined for... plus
Jumbo swap bodies save time
Germany-based freight forwarder Würfel is investing in jumbo swap bodies that feature a transfer plate for loading cargo into other swap bodies. This means that both jumbo swap bodies of a vehicle can be loaded or unloaded at the same time, using only one gate on the ramp for... plus
Russian shunting locomotive delivered
The Lyudinovo Diesel Locomotive Plant (part of Sinara Group) recently produced and dispatched a TEM9 shunting diesel locomotive to the Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Association (part of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom). The four-axle shunter with... plus
CSX extends green fleet
The US class I railway is partnering with Wabtec to accelerate sustainable rail services to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 37% by 2030. An early adopter of digital rail technologies, CSX will be the first railroad to demonstrate Wabtec’s trip optimiser zero-to-zero... plus