Turkey invests billions in transport, rail freight going for sevenfold increase
Turkey is pouring 198 billion US dollars into its transport sector, and rail is the big winner. “Turkey will become a logistics superpower by 2053”,…
Future for UK timber trains in Scotland
There are fresh calls for a more sustainable approach to the timber industry, and a new look at bringing back rail as the prime mover.…
China and Russia test delivery of seafood by rail
China and Russia have tested the interstate rail transportation of seafood. The first batch of frozen fish was delivered from the Russian port of Zarubino…
ERA certifies first freight wagons for operations across Europe
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has issued the first vehicle authorisation for thirty freight wagons to be operated across Europe. The historic document…
Rail freight linking Ethiopia and Djibouti port
A new rail network between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, and Djibouti port started in January, an infrastructure linking the country with the Indian Ocean. This…
DB Cargo fleet will be ‘quiet’ by 2020
The entire freight car fleet of Germany’s DB Cargo will quite literally be the ‘smartest’ in the land by 2020 with cutting-edge telematics and sensors.…
China-Italy sauce train turns the tables
If rail freight is all about diversity, then the current cargo load of tomato sauce on its way from China to Naples is surely the…
Lineas and EWS join forces to bust the wood bugs
A specialist ‘bug-busting’ treatment is ensuring that Lineas Intermodal’s wood-laden trains bound for China are arriving clean and customer-ready. The Belgian rail freight operator has…
P&O freight berth boosts Tilbury’s rail plans
The overhaul of rail freight operations at the Port of Tilbury, London’s main trading port, has been boosted further with a planned new purpose-built river…