Over 7 million t cargo transported 
Since its foundation in November 2012, Russian Railways Logistics has transported over 7 million t of cargo, and gained over 1,000 clients. The company has opened 21 branches in Russia and launched three joint ventures, namely FELB, YuXinOu and EuroRailTrans, in order to provide... more
Ups and downs in Europe’s road freight sector
The European road freight market will experience another year of decline in 2013, according to the latest report by Transport Intelligence, one of the leading providers of expert research and analysis. Due to slowing economic growth in northern Europe, Germany in particular, the... more
Action in the East 
The declared aim of RZD and its partner companies is to make container transport by rail from China to Europe able to compete with ocean freight. more
VTG pushes up revenue and net profit further
VTG Aktiengesellschaft, a European wagon hire and rail logistics company, once again pushed up its revenue at the end of Q3/2013. Compared with the same period in 2012, group revenue increased by 4.6% to EUR 599.1 million. The railcar division succeeded in gaining a key... more
Green light for container terminal studies in Bordeaux
The European Union will contribute EUR 550,000 from the TEN-T Programme for a series of studies analysing the construction of a new container terminal in the French port of Bordeaux. The studies will analyse the best way to develop the port into a key intermodal node for... more
Truck overtaking ban to enhance safety
Switzerland’s federal road office (Fedro) wants to improve the traffic flow and raise the safety level on national highways by the introduction of local truck overtaking bans. The first of these are already signposted in the Bern and canton Valais regions. Those areas were... more
Saf-Holland satisfied with business
Saf-Holland, an international supplier to the truck and trailer industry, saw business activities step up in Q3/2013, after a weaker start to the year. Group sales in the third quarter amounted to EUR 219.1 million (Q3/2012: EUR 217.2 million), and to EUR 654.7 million for the... more
Trainose to introduce new freight train service
Trainose, an independent Greek rail transport company, will launch a special commercial freight train service from Athens to Thessaloniki on 2 December, according to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. The new service will provide the Greek railway operator with revenues of some... more
Russian Railways and Hungarian state railway cooperate
Russian Railways and the Hungarian state railway have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) that is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the existing rail networks in Russia and Hungary. The MoC also wants to raise the competitiveness of rail transport compared to other... more
Celadon purchases Yanke Transfer in Canada
Celadon has acquired selected assets of N. Yanke Transfer Ltd, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada). Yanke operates approximately 300 tractors, including more than 100 team expedited trucks, and generated approximately CAD 90 million (USD 86.3 million) in revenue in 2012.... more