Extra shifts at Schmitz Cargobull 
The heavy demand for box body semitrailers throughout Europe has ensured full order books at Schmitz Cargobull's Vreden competence centre. While competitors are reducing their production capacity due to lack of orders, Schmitz Cargobull's Vreden plant (Germany) is producing... more
HHLA subsidiary Metrans serving Switzerland
A blocktrain operated by the rail service provider Metrans recently arrived in Basel (Switzerland) for the first time. The new scheduled service runs between Hamburg, Ludwigshafen KTL and Basel/ Weil am Rhein. Six blocktrains per week (three in each direction) now connect the... more
BNSF to improve and expand rail capacity in California
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), a North American freight transportation company headquartered in Fort Worth TX, plans to invest an estimated USD 100 million on maintenance and rail capacity expansion projects in California this year. BNSF's 2013 capacity enhancement projects in... more
GMC expands CNG offerings
GMC will offer new bi-fuel versions of the 2015 GMC Sierra heavy-duty trucks next year. The bi-fuel versions of the Sierra trucks are equipped to run on either petrol or natural gas. Using both fuels, the vehicles have an approximate total driving range of 650 miles. Compressed... more
Waco System welcomes Norbert Dentressangle
The global freight network Waco System has named Norbert Dentressangle Overseas as its member in France. The appointment follows the completion of Norbert Dentressangle’s acquisition of the freight forwarding activities of Daher Group, Waco’s long-term French member. Waco, which... more
High priority for trans-Siberian railway development
"The development of the Trans-Siberian Railway as the foundation of the Eurasian east–west direction is one of Russia's most important infrastructural tasks," said Russian Railways' first vice-president Vadim Morozov in his speech at the International Forum... more
TIR restrictions extended to Privolzhsky customs...
The International Road Union (IRU) has been informed that the Russian Federations's customs service (FCS RF) has extended the scope of its illegal restrictions on TIR guarantees to the Privolzhsky customs directorate, thereby further defying the UN’s and the international... more
Russian Railways Logistics delivers oversized cargo
Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) organized the delivery of some excessively sized cargo weighing a total of 334 t for Ryazan Oil Refinery. The load, comprised of processing equipment, was transported from the Atomenergomash plant in Volgodonsk in Russia's Rostov region, to a... more
More room for general cargo handling in Coburg
Schenker Deutschland AG has doubled its production area for handling general cargo at its location in Coburg, near Frankfurt (Germany). The logistics service provider invested EUR 7 million in the construction of a new state-of-the-art, around 3,200 sqm logistics platform with... more
Rail freight usage on the rise in UK
Britain’s rail network carried 3.7% more freight in Q2/2013 compared to the same period last year. The Q2/2013 volume reached 5.7 billion net tonne kilometres (ntkm), according to the latest data by the UK's Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The amount of coal hauled increased by... more