DB Schenker Rail moves into Germany's biggest loco workshop 
After three years of construction, DB Schenker Rail has moved into its new workshop for electrically-powered locomotives in Nuremberg (Germany). It is the biggest locomotive workshop operated by the cargo railway company in Germany. The company invested EUR 24 million in it. At... more
IDS hub celebrates tenth anniversary
Germany's general cargo cooperation IDS is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its main handling base in Neuenstein. The HUB came on stream in June 2003, handling 280 t by night; today this figure stands at more than 1,000 t at peak times. On average, 5% to 6% of all... more
John Holland awarded Roy Hill mining project contract
John Holland has been chosen to construct nearly 350 km of heavy haulage railway track for the Roy Hill iron ore project in Western Australia. The USD 240 m rail construction, track works and infrastructure subcontract awarded to John Holland by Samsung C&T will traverse... more
Contract awarded for Saudi Arabia rail project
Parsons Brinckerhoff and the Fluor Corporation will provide project management consulting services for the design and construction of a new rail line between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Landbridge project is a 950 km double-track railway connecting... more
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