E-commerce consignments to be carried on EMU services 

Indian Railways has started a pilot project that allows e-commerce consignments on its EMU services. As a part of innovative pilot project, the carrying of e-commerce consignments of Amazon in EMU services commenced from Sealdah to Dankuni in EMU local (suburban services)... plus
More LCL railfreight options on the new Silk Road 

Cargo-Partner currently operates 40 FCL railfreight services und 15 LCL railfreight services from China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin) to Poland (Warsaw) per week. Now, the company has introduced additional direct LCL railfreight options from China to important transshipment... plus
First Georgia railroad in new industrial park 

OmniTRAX has signed on chemical transport specialist A&R Logistics as lead tenant to anchor the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) near the port of Savannah in Georgia, USA. OmniTRAX is the master developer of the industrial park owned by the Effingham county industrial... plus
Volvo boosts autonomous business 

Volvo is creating a new business area for autonomous transport solutions to accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions. Volvo has already demonstrated a number of different autonomous transport options. In the electric site... plus
Le problème n’est pas technique 

L’interopérabilité des systèmes ferroviaires européens est un sujet de discussion permanent. Différents acteurs du secteur ferroviaire autrichien sont en désaccord sur les obstacles freinant l’interopérabilité et sur la manière de les surmonter. plus
Trois voies navigables 

Transporter dix citernes de bière de la Serbie jusqu’en Italie est exigeant. R&B Global Projects a exécuté cet ordre de transport par camion, bateau et navire. plus
Switzerland: private rail company buys freight locomotives 

The Swiss railfreight company BLS Cargo is purchasing 25 new multi-system locomotives that are equipped for rail networks from Belgium or the Netherlands to Italy. The new traction units will modernise and extend the fleet, the company says. The engines are Vectron... plus
330 more new trucks for Maritime 

Maritime Transport in the UK has ordered 330 new generation trucks from Scania; 260 vehicles to be added to its fleet by the end of the year, with the remaining to enter service in 2020. Maritime’s latest fleet expansion will extend its customer-offering and capability to... plus
Wolfurt on the way to becoming a paperless terminal 

In its first year of operation, the new ÖBB intermodal terminal in Wolfurt, Austria, loaded more than 70,800 containers on or off trains, 14,238 of which were containers coming from or going to Hamburg (Germany). This means that per month, 2,700 fewer trucks were travelling on... plus
77 Belarusian trucks to be delivered to India 

Belaz, Belarus’s producer of dump trucks and specialised equipment, will be able to expand its export activity in the Indian market with a major trade operation facilitated by the European bank of reconstruction and development (EBRD) and Belinvestbank. Belaz will export 77... plus