SBB Cargo: successful restructuring measures 
SBB Cargo, Switzerland's freight railways, has posted a positive six-monthly result of CHF 2.6 million. The restructuring measures taken in 2011 are proving to be successful. Overall cargo transport services rose by 1.8% to just over 6 billion ntk. SBB Cargo Switzerland clocked... more
New Renault Trucks for Norbert Dentressangle
BRS, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of commercial vehicle contract hire solutions, has provided Norbert Dentressangle with 13 new Renault trucks. The new trucks have been acquired for Norbert Dentressangle’s contract with Mitsubishi Electric. They have all been delivered in... more
Finding alternative routes 
The 5,000 transport and logistics industry companies in Dubai make the sector a key pillar of the emirate’s economic future. The Arab Spring has also left its marks here, but some firms, such as Heavy Load Freight Services, are doing well. The specialist for the oil and... more
TIL Group orders heavy-duty MAN trucks
MAN will deliver 54 Euro V semi-trailer tractors and rigid trucks for hazardous goods vehicles and general freight to Transport Investments (TIL Group), based in New Plymouth. The TIL Group operates over eight hundred trucks and around 1,000 trailers. Part of the order comprises... more
Three investment groups interested in Trainose
French train operator SNCF, Romania's Grampet Group and the Greek building group GEK Terna in cooperation with Russian Railways RZD have expressed their interest in acquiring 100% of Greece's railway network operator Trainose. Trainose was established in 2005, initially as a... more
RCA: new Duisburg-Ljubljana rail link
The Rail Cargo Group has a new intermodal train between the German terminal of Duisburg Rheinhausen DKT and the Slovenian terminal of Ljubljana Moste. Semitrailers and containers are transported, while the rolling stock (pocket and container cars) belong to the Rail Cargo Group.... more
Time:Matters opens new Ic:Kurier station in Amsterdam
Time:Matters, the international special speed logistics expert, continues to expand its Ic:Kurier Network for same-day shipments transported to destinations outside of Germany. In addition to 140 German train stations with Ic:Kurier service stations and the international... more
Of boilers and refrigerators
Holleman has expanded steadily across Eastern and Central Europe since it launched its activities in Romania in 1997. It now has branches in Bulgaria, Serbia, Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine. After a management buyout in 2003, the company P. Schwandner Transport + Logistik, from... more
Burnt Tree launches temperature-controlled vehicle rental
The UK’s largest independent vehicle rental company, Burnt Tree has launched Refrigerental, a brand-new dedicated temperature-controlled vehicle rental operation. The new service is available through the company’s 19 locations in Great Britain. All the refrigerated vans and... more
Canada to reduce locomotive emissions
The Canadian rail sector and the country's government have extended their voluntary agreement to limit greenhouse gases (GHG) and monitor criteria air contaminants emitted from locomotives operating in Canada. The president and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada and the... more