Wecon celebrates 25 years of making intermodal vehicles 
Wecon, based in Germany's Westfalen, has reason to celebrate: for 25 years the medium-sized enterprise has been making interchangeable trailers and superstructures for intermodal transport. The company also develops varied high-volume trucks of an extremely low design and high... plus
New full-train offers to Ludwigshafen and Basel
The railway company Metrans is expanding its intermodal network. In the future, the railway company of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) will offer full-train connections from the port of Hamburg to Ludwigshafen and Basel/Weil am Rhein as well as from Ludwigshafen to Basel... plus
Krone to focus on Cool Liner steel cases
Krone, a trailer manufacturer, will focus on the production and sale of steel cases in the refrigerated trucks sector at its Lübtheen site (Germany) from 2014. The Danish production subsidiary (Bernard Krone A/S) will be sold to Gorica Industries and Inner Circle. The new owner... plus
Major order from Italy for German trailer manufacturer
The Italian freight forwarder Nicolosi Trasporti has placed a major order for 50 new refrigerated semi-trailers with the new German trailer manufacturer CIMC Silvergreen. The first ten vehicles of the Reefer SR03 type have now been delivered. The remaining units are to follow by... plus
Deutsche Bahn et Etihad Rail peu avant le premier départ 
La joint-venture entre Deutsche Bahn et Etihad Rail en vue de l’exploitation du transport ferroviaire de fret sur la péninsule Arabique entrera en vigueur le mois prochain. Un contrat portant sur la création de la joint-venture Etihad Rail DB Operations LLC a récemment été signé... plus
Kazakhstan temir zholy organizes shuttle transportation
Kazakhstan temir zholy (KTZ) will assist the government of the Russian region of Chelyabinsk in implementing the TLK South Ural investment project. Under an agreement, the Kazakh railway administration will integrate the South-Ural transport project as regards cargo from China... plus
UK government relaunches longer semi-trailers trial
In the UK, the Department for Transport has relaunched its longer semi-trailer trial. More freight operators now have the opportunity to join a ten-year trial enabling them to use longer goods vehicles on UK roads. When it was launched in 2012, the government’s longer... plus
Exchanging rail data quickly and easily
UIC, the international railway association, and railML, a conglomerate of European railways, universities, software developers and engineering offices, have laid the foundations for a universal format to exchange infrastructure data at a meeting in Paris. The initiative should... plus
BNSF to improve and expand rail capacity in Illinois
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), one of North America's leading freight transportation companies, plans to invest an estimated USD 145 million in maintenance and rail capacity expansion projects in Illinois this year. BNSF will replace two bridges in Princeton and Wyanet and... plus
120 MAN TGS trucks for major building sites in Lagos
MAN, the German truck manufacturer, will be delivering the first of a total of 120 MAN TGS WW tilted articulated trains to Chagoury Group in Lagos at the end of September. The three-axle trains with great clearance, 40 to of total permissible weight and 400 bhp are fitted with... plus