New north-south axis over the Brenner Pass 
Kombiverkehr, which is based in Frankfurt (Germany), will add a new north-south axis to its European network. As from the beginning of May 2019, the terminal in Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district (North Rhine Westphalia), which was inaugurated only recently, will... more
Three more locomotives for European network
AWT, which is based in Czechia, has signed a contract to lease three Siemens Vectron A17 multisystem locomotives. The locomotives will be handed over to AWT in the middle of 2019. AWT currently runs a total of seven multisystem locomotives, which are used mainly for... more
Award for US short-line railroads
In the USA, OmniTRAX recently honoured some of its short-line railroads for safety, culture and performance in the framework of its annual national leadership meeting in Denver (CO). The OmniTRAX “railroad of the year” award went to Brownsville & Rio Grande... more
Russia: first new dumpcars to be delivered this year
Russian manufacturer United Wagon Company (UWC) introduces dumpcars to the market, intended for the transportation and automated discharge of bulk and lump construction aggregates and ore mining products. Dumpcar prototypes are currently subjected to a variety of preliminary and... more
Building a rail massing centre in Xi'an
The international trade and logistic park in Xi’an, Shaanxi province in Northwest China, recently launched a series of land-sea intermodal cargo transport services, linking Xi'an and Ningbo, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, and Xi'an and Qingdao, a port city in Shandong... more
E-trucks for Paris, Frankfurt and Stuttgart
DB Schenker and Fuso are intensifying their collaboration in the field of all-electric light commercial vehicles. The German logistics provider recently acquired four additional Fuso e-Canter trucks for urban distribution services in Paris (France), Frankfurt and Stuttgart... more
Coal shipment volumes surging in Russia
Russian Railway has reported that the volume of goods moving on its network to seaports in Q1/2019 was 5% higher than in the same period in 2018. The Q1/2019 tonnage exceeded 80.6 million t, due to an 11.7% increase in coal shipments, a 6.5% increase in oil, a 23.1% increase in... more
Fewer trains hauling more timber
The Swedish forest company Holmen has taken a new step in its sustainable strategy. Holmen is located in northern Sweden, but much of its industrial production takes place in the south. To ensure supplies of timber, the company has decided to haul its wood on Green Cargo trains... more
Door-to-door from Luxembourg to China by train
A new Luxembourg – China intermodal train service has just been launched. The first train has already left the Bettembourg-Dudelange intermodal terminal and is expected to arrive at the Chengdu Qingbaijiang international railway port on 19 April. The train is operated by the... more
Railfreight goes from strength to strength in Europe
Traffic performance on Europe’s railfreight network climbed to 469 billion tkm in 2017, and it is expected that the pre-crisis level of 474 billion tkm will be reached over the next two years, as a new study conducted by the consulting company SCI concludes. Combined traffic... more