Endesa to supply green electricity to Spanish railway system until 2025
tech tuesdaySpanish electricity company Endesa has been awarded contracts from Adif for traction power for 1,6 billion euros and two lots of non-traction power for 109,5 million euros. The contract will start in April 2023 and...Read more
Switzerland starts testing ‘DAC+’ digital freight train
A Swiss consortium that includes the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) launched the so-called DAC+ pilot freight train. This automated freight train is equipped with an automatic coupler including a digital data line. This new initiative...Read more
Challenging market conditions can be an opportunity for terminals too
BRAND STORYThe year 2022 was a turbulent year, and that has not gone unnoticed in the logistics industry. But this terminal operating system provider found new opportunities in the same year. “As terminal operators sought answers...Read more
Europorte and InVivo choose Saipol’s green fuel to transport cereals
tech tuesdaySince last week, another train can be seen on the tracks, fuelled by a plant-based biofuel. In France, the freight trains of Europorte on behalf of InVivo, a French agricultural group, will be fuelled by...Read more
Skoda to retrofit 110 Lineas locomotives with ETCS
Skoda has recently acquired the majority of shares in The Signalling Company (TSC) from Lineas and ERMTS Solutions, a company specialising in railway testing. One of the projects picked up by the company is to...Read more
German government grants 15 million to Helrom for non-cranable trailers
Helrom, a railway undertaking focusing on the transport of semi-trailers, will get 15 million euros from the German federal government for the market launch of their Herlom Trailer Rail technology. The money will be used...Read more
Nevomo: hyperloop-inspired rail freight could be soon a reality
interviewCan hyperloop-inspired technology be applied to rail freight within this decade? Tech company Nevomo thinks so. RailFreight.com had a chat with Stefan Kirch, CBDO at Nevomo, about the possible applications of Nevomo technology in the...Read more
Cargo Sous Terrain starts drilling tests on project’s first section
Cargo Sous Terrain (CST), the Swiss company working on underground freight transport, will start tunnel-related activities for the first time. This project entails test drilling and geophysical measurements of the subsoil along the first section...Read more
German wagon keepers: rail modernisation needs to speed up
Modernisation of rail in Germany needs to go faster. That includes the modernisation of infrastructure, investments in the European Train Control System (ETCS) and the introduction of digital automatic couplers (DAC) to counteract the shortage...Read more
Renfe: 122 million euros to improve rail freight in Spain
Spanish national railway company Renfe will invest 122,7 million euros for the improvement of the rail freight transportation system. The funds will be used to acquire new, greener, rolling stock and to implement new technologies...Read more
Rail industry may be resistant to change, but automation is now trending
The rail industry faces a long way ahead before we can speak of a digital revolution, but there are steps taken. Gradually, terminals are implementing automation, and data sharing is a trending topic among industry...Read more
New rails from Europe on the way to reconstruct Ukrainian infrastructre
France will supply Ukraine with new rails, produced by rail manufacturer Saarstahl. Much of the rail infrastructure in Ukraine is destroyed, and so is the only producer of steel rails in Ukraine AzovStal, was was...Read more
Retrofit dual fuel for Britain’s freight workhorses
A partnership between two British companies promises a leap forward in fuel technology. Work by Bristol-based G-volution and SBL-Rail from Manchester could significantly reduce emissions from the existing UK fleet of diesel power units. The...Read more
What were this year’s best tech developments in rail freight?
Many innovative technologies have been tested and applied in the rail freight sector throughout 2022. To better understand what the industry thinks, we want to ask for your opinion. What do you think the best...Read more
Alstom, ProRail, and Lineas test driverless shunting locomotive
Alstom, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and rail freight company Lineas on Tuesday demonstrated the operation of a shunting locomotive on Grade of Automation (GoA) Level 4. Dutch sister publication SpoorPro joined the demonstration of some...Read more
Long-term cooperation with Kuenz brings highest quality and safety for CFL multimodal
The commissioning of a new semi-automated and remote-controlled crane for CFL multimodal’s terminal in Bettembourg-Dudelange in September 2022 is about to significantly increase the site’s handling capacity while providing more quality and safety in operations...Read more
Innofreight will digitalise its whole fleet with Nexxiot’s help
Innofreight, an Austrian rail logistics company, will collaborate with Nexxiot, a TradeTech pioneer providing Asset Intelligence through hardware and software solutions, for more efficient transportation, to digitalise its entire InnoWaggons fleet. Over the last year,...Read more
7 questions to ask when buying a quality container
Just as there is fast fashion, there are fast containers: cheaply fabricated boxes that do not last as long as you would expect. Therefore, it is important to be aware of the requirements a container...Read more
Smart containers: anti-war, anti-drug, and money-saving?
Cargo theft from containers has always been a headache for rail professionals. However, logistics security has been improving in the past years mainly due to the deployment of innovative technologies. Smart containers are now the...Read more