Oregon's port railway to be modernised 
The Port of Coos Bay in Oregon has received a USD 10 million grant from the US department of transportation for improvements of the Coos Bay Rail Line (CBRL), which serves the port. The project will replace 67,000 crossties and resurface the main line, sidings, an industrial... more
Rail projects in the Balkans in progress
In North Macedonia, rail construction work has begun along the 34 km section from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka and the remaining works on a 31 km section from Kumanovo to Beljakovce are currently being finalised. The two stretches are part of the 89 km eastern part of the... more
More rail services between North and South Italy
The Italian cargo terminal Verona-Giovinazzo will see an increase from 12 to 18 freight trains per week linking the logistics hub Quadrante Europa with the terminal in Puglia in Southern Italy. This 50% rise in frequencies was also made possible by FS Italiane’s subsidiary... more
Austrian forwarder involved in rocket mission
The international transport company Gebrüder Weiss (GW) is the official logistics partner for the Sub Orbital Express rocket mission to be carried out by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). GW is organising the transport of twelve scientific experiments from the SSC’s head... more
Easier transport between EU, Ukraine and Moldova
The European Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee has approved two separate agreements with Ukraine and Moldova to simplify cross-border goods transports. The new road transport agreements will replace existing bilateral transport agreements with EU countries and... more
Not even a year old and already expanding
The Swiss construction transport company BS Kaltmicrobelag was only founded in March 2022. Eight months later, it is already augmenting its fleet of three tankers and a crane truck with a C480 P8x4 EVO from Renault Trucks. The four-axle truck has a highly complex superstructure... more
Italian-Swiss cooperation to boost rail traffic
The FS Italiane Group and the Swiss Hupac Group recently signed an MoU aimed at creating more intermodal land and maritime services in Italy and to and from Europe. By jointly developing and managing terminals to improve the quality of intermodal transport and expand their... more
Honours for most sustainable carrier
Stobart in UK has won the Transporeon award – most sustainable carrier – multimodal award for 2022 for its outstanding customer commitment, the highest transparency and lowest carbon footprint in the performance of its transport services. Over 130,000 carriers worldwide were in... more
Best week ever for grain movement
During the week of 16 October 2022, Canadian National Railways (CN) moved over 806,000 t of grain from Western Canada, exceeding its previous record by over 50,000 t. The result represents the best week ever for grain movement, CN said. This record also comes on the heels of... more
Equipping 1,000+ rail cars for coal transports
DB Cargo is transporting coal by goods train to the power plant operator Steag in the German federal state of Saarland. The Bexbach power plant near Neunkirchen is thus one of the first large power plants to benefit from the recently created "priority corridors" for... more