PiteĂĄ-Gothenburg intermodal rail shuttle
NewsTräfraktkontoret (Wood Freight Office) in Gothenburg and its subsidiary, TFK Logistics, have established a railway shuttle between Piteå o...
Infrabel to invest €1B
NewsThe Belgian rail infrastructure arm of Belgian railways company SNCB/NMBS, has approved a major railways improvement programme...
Wascosa closes successful financing round
NewsWascosa Group Holding has successfully closed the raise of its existing capex facility by €90M and the incorporation of a second capex fac...
Digital freight wagon in UK
NewsWagon leasing company VTG Rail UK and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) have announced the network trial of the UK’s first digital freight wa...
Riding the IoT train
NewsSweden-based Railway Metrics and Dynamics has developed a cloud-based, real-time technology platform that monitors the entire railway system...
Hydrogen-powered rail freight for Nestlé Waters
NewsFrom 2025, Nestlé Waters will be the first company in Europe to use a hydrogen fuel cell solution for regular rail freight trains, includin...
Swedish project trials combined freight and passenger services
NewsVinnova, the Swedish Innovation Agency, has awarded software company SilverRail Technologies AB a grant of SEK1M (US$114,300) to trial mixed...
Lotos Kolej invests in rolling stock
NewsGdansk-based rail freight company Lotos Kolej is investing in a new electric-propelled locomotive and its own flatbed wagons in a move that ...
Trieste’s in-port train company’s share capital increase approved
NewsAdriafer Srl, the train formation and haulage company controlled by the Port of Trieste, has approved an increase in its share capital of â‚...
Road transport – on the road to nowhere
NewsOverdependence on long-haul trucking in Europe can be tackled by sustainable multimodal chains....
Slow burn for Indian rail
NewsLiberalisation attracted new investment to India’s container rail sector but the mode’s share of freight movements has declined....
Adding wood pellets to the power mix
NewsPartnership between the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Drax Biomass expands on record wood pellets exports from North America to Europe....
Longer trailers on UK roads
NewsThe British government’s Roads Minister, Mike Penning, has authorised trials on longer semi-trailers - “high volume trailers” (HVTs) -...
Tough times – past, present and future?
NewsBuffeted by the recession, some ports are looking to diversify their client base and cargo activities....
British rail freight “to double by 2030”
NewsNew forecasts of demand for rail freight to 2015 and 2030 have been published jointly by two British transport associations, the Rail Freigh...