Austria bans truck transit for two thirds of total cargo 
The Brenner Pass in Austria has always been one of the most important routes across the Alps. A recently adopted drastic tightening of the Austrian sectorial traffic ban will forbid most trucks to cross the pass as from January 2020. The German federal association of road... more
Koper to receive a fourth rail-mounted gantry in 2020
Many operational measures that were taken by the port of Koper and Slovenian railways last year helped to improve the port’s railway infrastructure. The current daily average of arriving/departing container trains varies from 20 to 24, while the container terminal capacity is 30... more
Switzerland takes measures to promote modal shift
The Swiss federal council wants to extend the planned time limit for operating allowances for providers of unaccompanied combined transport services and lower the fees for using the rail tracks. Furthermore, as from 1 January 2021, EURO IV and V trucks will no longer benefit... more
A train that goes down in history
The first freight train in history recently crossed the Marmaray tunnel in Turkey under the Bosporus. The train departed from the Chinese city of Xi'an and is on the way to Prague in Czechia. China Railway Express handled the journey on the Asian part of the route and the... more
New train running between Austria and Hungary
With the TransFER Wels-Vienna-Budapest, the Austria-based ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail connection, thereby creating further network effects for intermodal solutions on key corridors and between three of the most important intermodal nodes in Europe.... more
Innovative engines for cross-border railfreight
Metrans, a subsidiary of the Hamburger Hafen and Logistik, Hamburg’s port operator (HHLA), has received the first Vectron MS locomotive at the company’s container terminal in Prague (Czechia). The vehicle is part of a group of ten multi-system locomotives ordered from Siemens.... more
Volvo Group to restructure its marketing efforts
The Volvo Group has decided to expand the footprint of its two brands Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks in Europe. For this purpose, the company will create separate market units (importers) for both brands across Europe as from 1 January 2020. Until now, the brands were... more
Climate-neutral transports per mouse click
The fleet.tech-CO2 balance provides the commercial vehicles industry with an innovative tool to easily measure the amount of CO2 greenhouse gases emitted by their vehicles. The companies can then compensate for the emissions with the help of the Swiss foundation myclimate.... more
From Germany to Hungary in one round trip per day
With effect from January 2020, Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) will offer up to seven round-trip departures per week between German seaports and Budapest in Hungary. Of these, four round trips per week will run directly between Germany and Hungary and three connections per week will... more
Third shunting track at the Schwedenkai
An additional track will be built at the rail terminal at Kiel’s Schwedenkai, raising the number of entrance tracks to three. This will enhance the port’s line-up capacities for wagons in order to cut back the amount of train movements to and from the Kiel-Meimersdorf shunting... more