DB Cargo Italia ditches diesel, switches to HVO

Image: Shutterstock. Peeradontax

DB Cargo Italia is currently in the process of implementing a switch from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel. All diesel-powered locomotives of the company will switch to HVO by the end of the summer. According to DB Cargo, HVO represents a more environmentally friendly and renewable alternative to fossil fuels.

Do you want to read the full article?

Are you already a member?

Log in

Having problems logging in? Call +31(0)10 280 1000 or send an email to customerdesk@promedia.nl.

 

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Author: Dennis van der Laan

E-mail

Related posts

Railway investments China to pour at least $2.3 billion for line to Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan

The financing agreement details of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) line have been revealed. The project is expected to cost 4.7 billion US dollars in total. According…
Asia-EUrope Nurminen Logistics and Kazakhstan eye joint Middle Corridor investments

What started as a regular service cooperation in late 2022 is now ready to upgrade into a full partnership aimed at rail investments. Nurminen Logistics…
closed corridors German network overhaul at full steam; here are the latest updates

Amidst a wave of railway infrastructure renovations expected to occur in Germany in the coming weeks and months, more information surfaces regarding the closure and…
Transalpine rail faces another hurdle as Simplon route undergoes upgrades

The already debilitated Transalpine rail freight corridor is undergoing another set of infrastructure closures targeting tunnel upgrades. Closures along what is known as the Simplon…

Add your comment

characters remaining.

Log in through one of the following social media partners to comment.

DB Cargo Italia ditches diesel, switches to HVO | RailFreight.com

DB Cargo Italia ditches diesel, switches to HVO

Image: Shutterstock. Peeradontax

DB Cargo Italia is currently in the process of implementing a switch from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel. All diesel-powered locomotives of the company will switch to HVO by the end of the summer. According to DB Cargo, HVO represents a more environmentally friendly and renewable alternative to fossil fuels.

Do you want to read the full article?

Are you already a member?

Log in

Having problems logging in? Call +31(0)10 280 1000 or send an email to customerdesk@promedia.nl.

 

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Author: Dennis van der Laan

E-mail

Related posts

Dutch challenge as Germany works Crucial Dutch Betuwe line closed: 60 of the 80 weeks will be ‘usual busy days’

Next month, the 80-week Betuwe line works will officially start. DB InfraGO will be building a third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen, near the border…
reopening date set Austria: ‘new’ Westbahn to fully reopen on 15 December

After disastrous floods hit Austria in September, the country’s rail infrastructure was left with unprecedented damage, especially in the northeast, in the area of the…
possible delays Germany might not get access to the Brenner Base Tunnel until 2050

The German Christian Democratic parliamentary group CDU/CSU rejected Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) project for German access to the Brenner Base Tunnel, running between Austria and Italy.…
Gulf railway Oman – UAE Hafeet Rail secures 1,5 billion dollars in funding

The planned railway between Oman and the United Arab Emirates, Hafeet Rail, can count on 1,5 billion US dollars out of the 2,5 billion in…

Add your comment

characters remaining.

Log in through one of the following social media partners to comment.