State-of-the art equipment for UP-served rail facility 
Silica producer Sands has started a reconstruction project to optimise and consolidate processing assets. The company has also completed the purchase of its Diaz rail loading facility in Arkansas, USA. The plant is served by US class I railroad UP. The reconfiguration... more
UK forwarder takes delivery of 21 new-generation Actros
The growing partnership with Mercedes-Benz Trucks ‘came of age’ recently when Fowler Welch in UK took delivery of 21 tractor units from the award-winning Actros range. The latest Mercedes-Benz tractors operate from Fowler Welch’s chilled facility in Teynham, Kent (UK).... more
Calls for a corridor through France 
Swiss railway operators will continue to require subsidies for combined trans-Alpine transport operations, even after the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) has been completed. However, in order to improve the situation of the railways on the European north–south axis in the... more
A new way to operate an intermodal yard
Gaining a foothold in the US market is not always the easiest of things. The Austrian company Kuenz has successfully entered the US RTG market, since Norfolk Southern Railway has ordered six Kuenz Freeriders - 11 wide and 1 over 4. The cranes will be located at the Austell,... more
New intermodal links for European network
The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has launched two new rail connections: two times a week, a service between Verona (Italy) and Lübeck (Germany) offers a direct, non-stop intermodal connection between Northern Italy and the North German Hanseatic city to provide optimal logistics... more
Breakdown assistance: service centre to be opened in Bosnia
ADAC truckservice is reorganising the handling of its breakdown services. In the future, the reception of incoming calls for assistance and the responsibility for providing breakdown services will be run by two different units. Strategically important business functions will be... more
Global Train Services to support small US railroads
The American short line and regional railroad association (ASLRRA) has hired Global Train Services (GTS) as its newest preferred provider. GTS will provide both positive train control (PTC) implementation and support services and grant writing services at a discounted rate to... more
282,000 orders in first year of operation
In Canada, Porsche Cars has selected DB Schenker to operate its new parts distribution centre in Mississauga, Ontario. For the next three years, the global logistics provider will work with the manufacturer to run a streamlined logistics process. The culmination of two years... more
Street Scooter to be deployed for deliveries in Munich
Amazon has ordered 40 Street Scooter work box electric vans to be deployed at its distribution centre in Munich Daglfing. Complementing the vehicle order, Street Scooter has also installed 60 charging stations at the Amazon site. Amazon is committed to achieving the Paris... more
Ukrzaliznytsia to invest in 40 new locomotives
Ukrainia plans to modernise its locomotive fleet. Ukraine’s ministry for infrastructure, the Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia and the company Wabtec (GE Transportation) recently signed a MoU for the delivery of 40 new General Electric TE33AC locomotives in 2020 and the... more