General cargo network gains two more partners 
Oneflow and Heinrich von Wirth joining the German general cargo network Online Systemlogistik (OSL). Oneflow's catchment area covers the region east of Düsseldorf between Ratingen and Hilden; this was previously the responsibility of Spedition Kleine, which will leave OSL at the... more
Rostock-Kaldenkirchen rail service launched
Cargo Beamer has added the Kaldenkirchen - Rostock route to its portfolio as the first line operating exclusively in Germany. On a total of six roundtrips per week, Cargo Beamer enables customers to transport craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers as well as P400,... more
More e-trucks for Southern California
The US transport company Performance Team, an affiliate of Maersk, has deployed its first Class 8 battery-electric trucks from Volvo Trucks North America in Southern California. The e-trucks are designed to handle local and regional distribution with a range of up to 445 km on a... more
Transport activities transferred
In the Netherlands, Synerlogic has transferred its transport activities to Melis Logistics, effective 1 October 2022. Synerlogic has been managing chemical distribution and return of empty packaging as part of the supply chain for its customers for decades. Melis Logistics... more
Utah to receive new railport
Savage, a provider of industrial logistics infrastructure, is planning to construct, own and operate a multi-commodity railport in Iron County, Utah, northwest of Cedar City. The Savage Railport – Southern Utah will provide transloading services to connect critical supply... more
Saudi Arabia completes new rail link
With a special ceremony, the Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has celebrated its new constructed rail connection linking country’s East Track with the North Track. The new line is 124 km long. The operation is expected to start in Q1/2023. The rail line will serve the industrial... more
Large multi-year railcar order placed
North American leasing company Gatx has entered into a new long-term railcar supply agreement with Trinity Rail to purchase 15,000 newly built railcars until 2028, with an option to order up to an additional 500 railcars each year from 2023 to 2028. The agreement includes a... more
Higher speed and improved punctuality
With the time table change in India, effective from 1 October 2022, about 500 mail express trains have been speeded up by 10 to 70 minutes. 130 services (65 pairs) have been accelerated by converting to Superfast category, the Indian ministry of railways reports. Overall,... more
Three trucks added to fleet
Suga Rich, a big player in the surplus food reprocessing business, has added three new identical Volvo FM 500 6x2 trucks to its growing fleet. The new trucks will be used to deliver surplus food products to the company’s seven reprocessing mills located in UK. The trucks all... more
Locomotive prototype to be trialled in late 2023
In USA, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and technology specialist ZTR have joined forces to build hybrid-electric locomotives. The locomotives will be built at UP’s North Little Rock, Arkansas, facility with the first prototype expected to be delivered in late 2023 and five... more