Carrier in Kazakhistan to invest in 400 tank cars 
Russia-based freight car manufacturer UWC will provide TEXOL, a railway operator from Kazakhstan, with articulated LPG tank cars. The number of tank cars to be supplied amounts to 400, with deliveries to be completed before the end of Q1/2021. At the start of the year, the... more
Russian Railways to test unmanned trains
During the International Railway Salon PRO//Motion.EXPO in Moscow last week (28.-31.8.2019), Russia’s first unmanned train was presented to the public. Russian Railways (RZD) chairman Oleg Belozyorov said it was “a major technological breakthrough”. The ES2G Lastochka... more
Albatros Express expands services in Germany
Effective 2 September 2019, Transfracht will expand the range of services for the Albatros Express Germany. The company will raise import and export capacities on the connections between Leipzig and Riesa in Germany. There will be five weekly departure times from Leipzig... more
Rails from Austria to smooth the way for British trains
The British infrastructure operator Network Rail is currently preparing to bid out a multi-year contract for the supply of rails. Companies that want to take part in the bidding procedure need to prove their ability to deliver long rails. DB Cargo is therefore working with... more
A big slice of the cake for Swiss Combi 
Swiss Combi – an entity comprised of the logistics service providers Planzer (40%), Camion Transport (40%), Galliker (10%) and Bertschi (10%) – have obtained a 35% stake in the Swiss railfreight operator SBB Cargo. Switzerland’s national railway SBB will retain the remaining 65%... more
US short-line railroad changes ownership
A managed affiliate of OmniTRAX in the USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cleveland Commercial Railroad (CCRL) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad (CHB). The acquisition is expected to close in late August 2019. The price for the... more
RZD: China – Madrid route needs an additional freight base
Russian Railways’ CEO Oleg Belozorov has discussed the further cooperation in the railway sector with Spain’s minister José Luis Ábalos. One of the priorities is to increase transit traffic between Spain and China, which is of particular importance for the growing container... more
Heavy-duty truck producer celebrates milestone vehicle
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has commemorated the production of the 750,000th vehicle built at its Cleveland (NC, USA) truck manufacturing plant. Keys to the milestone vehicle – a Freightliner new Cascadia – were shown to representatives from United Parcel Service (UPS)... more
German forwarder invests in new truck
The new Wiesel truck manufactured by KAMAG Transporttechnik is now in action at the Achern (Germany)-based forwarder Wilfried Maier Speditionsgesellschaft. For six months, the Wiesel has been put through its paces dealing with demanding yard logistics tasks at the Duravit... more
Hupac to expand its network within Europe
Swiss intermodal operator Hupac is responding to increasing demand for intermodal connections from and to south-east Europe by adding Ludwigshafen to its network starting from 10 September 2019. The new connection includes two roundtrips per week between Ludwigshafen in Germany... more