EU to co-finance study on Spanish intermodal hub 
The European Union will contribute EUR 620,000 from the TEN-T programme to co-finance a study for the creation of an intermodal hub in the Spanish region of Asturias. The study will look at the design options for the hub, which, once in operation, aims to make the region the... plus
Slovakia: launch of freight car casting production plant
United Wagon Company and Tatravagonka a.s, the largest manufacturer of freight cars in Europe, have launched a joint venture (JV) named Railway Casted Components a.s (RCC) to produce Barber bogie heavy castings for rolling stock that run on 1,520 mm gauge railways. The new... plus
Improvements in the pipeline for tachograph
Work started at the turn of the millennium, and now the legislation for the third generation of the digital tachograph will soon be in place. Freshly registered lorries in the EU will get a new version of the digital tachograph by January 2017. The tachograph, which is designed... plus
Scania inaugurates climate test facility in Sweden
The Swedish truck maker Scania has officially inaugurated its SEK 400 million (EUR 44.7 million) climatic wind tunnel for full-size trucks and buses. Scania will use the facility, located at the research and development centre in Södertälje (Sweden) to subject test vehicles... plus
Transnet rolls out new automotive rail cars
Transnet Freight Rail, a Southern African provider of freight logistics solutions, has rolled out new automotive wagons that were designed and manufactured in Transnet Engineering's wagons facility in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth (South Africa). The new car carrier can carry... plus
More accidents on Ukrainian Railways
The number of accidents on railway tracks and crossings in Ukraine rose to 73 between January and October 2013, 4.3% more year-on-year. All of the accidents were caused by vehicle drivers who contravened traffic rules when crossing rail tracks. The majority of cases (65 in all)... plus
Banning high vehicles will put more trucks on Irish roads
The Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) believes that banning vehicles with a height of 4.65 m and over from the country's roads could substantially increase the total number of vehicle movements. At a meeting with the joint committee on transport and communications... plus
BRS expands fleet
BRS Ltd, a UK-based provider of commercial vehicle contract hire solutions, has supplied 25 new Renault Premium trucks to B&Q for its trade operation, TradePoint. Specifically built for the operation, the new Renault Premium 380.26 6x2 chassis cabs have been fitted with... plus
Prague-Athens railfreight corridor in service
The railfreight corridor No. 7 (RFC-7) that connects Prague and Athens has gone into service. The dedicated line runs through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia and Thessaloniki. Seven European countries with their eight railway infrastructure managers and a capacity... plus
Russian Railways and IZ-Karteks cooperate
Russian Railways Logistics is augmenting its alliance with Izhorskiye Zavody (IZ-Karteks), the largest manufacturer of electric mining shovels in Russia and the CIS. In September and October, the St Petersburg branch of Russian Railways Logistics successfully implemented a... plus