Switzerland registers delivery van boom 
Around 402,000 vehicles were newly registered in Switzerland last year. The figure includes around 90,000 commercial vehicles, which raises the overall total of such units to 371.361, 2.6% more than in 2012. According to the country’s federal statistics office the increase... more
Ewals opens multimodal Turkey corridor
Ewals Intermodal (EIM) and its Turkish partner, Saras Lojistik, have started up a new multimodal daily transport service connecting northwest Europe to Turkey. Instead of the trailers that are generally used, EIM and Saras have chosen to use box containers, 45 ft pallet wide... more
Russian Railways delivers electric cars to Sochi
Russian Railways Logistics recently organized the carriage of Mitsubishi electric cars by rail from Moscow to the Olympic city Sochi in record time of less than two days. Extreme weather conditions in southern Russia, namely a sharp temperature drop and heavy snowfall, caused... more
Border census shows increase in road transport
The number of trucks crossing Denmark’s borders has returned to the same level as it was before the financial crisis. Denmark's road transport association (ITD) ascertained this fact from its border censuses for 2013. Some 5,392 trucks per day crossed into Denmark last year,... more
End to bottlenecks at ValuePark entrance
The Schkopau intermodal terminal (KTSK) and the ValuePark in Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany) have opened a new entrance to the Hoyer Group’s terminal. The new entry point gives vehicles direct access to the container terminal, and dispenses with an intermediate stop. Transit times for... more
Norfolk Southern opens transfer terminal in Chesapeake
The US rail service provider Norfolk Southern has opened a new thoroughbred bulk transfer terminal (TBT) in Chesapeake. TBT terminals are specialized facilities that allow customers to transfer a large array of commodities between rail cars and trucks. This type of... more
Two new members for Unisig
The Unisig Consortium (Unisig) has accepted the application for full Unisig membership from AŽD Praha and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA (CAF). AŽD Praha is a long-standing Czech supplier of railway signalling equipment and was the first company to become an... more
Super lorries – no replacement for trains
In the longer and heavier vehicle (LHV) field trials that are currently taking place in Germany, no companies have so far used the super lorries as an alternative to railfreight. The LHVs have been solely deployed to haul goods that are traditionally carried by conventional... more
DSV Road enhances quote & book service
DSV Road has added new features to its quote & book service, offering customers a full track and trace facility, proof of delivery (POD) and the ability to upload documents and print labels. As well as including real time traceability and PODs, the quote & book... more
Six regular trains now using Rotterdam–Duisburg corridor
PCC Intermodal has augmented its regular services by adding two new trains to/from Duisburg (Germany). This brings the number of scheduled container trains that use the Rotterdam–Duisburg corridor to six per week. From Duisburg trains run twice weekly to Malaszewicze in... more