LKW Walter and MediaMarkt shift to rail for Germany-Italy services
LKW Walter established a partnership with IMTRON, a subsidiary of the MediaMarktSaturn Group, to transport items between Germany and Italy via rail. These services were previously carried out on the road. The main reason behind...Read more
VR Group wants more Metsa cargo on trains
Finnish state-owned railway company VR Group and Finnish forest industry group Metsa Group agreed on shifting more goods from road to rail to reduce their CO2 emissions. According to VR Group, this measure would lead...Read more
Coca Cola bottler to put 2.5 million cans and bottles on the train per day
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the bottler of Coca-Cola drinks, is making the switch from road to rail for the distribution of the soft drinks to warehouse locations across London and Yorkshire. In partnership with Maritime...Read more
Why rail sidings can transform German rail freight
ANALYSISThe discussion around Germany’s carbon neutrality and modal shift to rail intensifies. Currently, the public discourse involving transport associations and governmental plans focuses on how rail sidings could help companies use more rail and provide...Read more
Audi shifts to rail for battery components from Hungary
Audi has switched from truck to train for the delivery of their battery modules and cells from Hungary to Belgium. The first shipment was already carried out in May, and is only the beginning of...Read more
‘Tank-to wake model to reduce emissions of all Rhine transport’
Green transport corridors are driving the integration of rail freight with inland waterway networks in Europe, as new roadmaps for development of the Rhine valley are showing the economic benefits of cross-border cooperation.Read more
Conclusion European Year of Rail: lot of thinking, not enough action
“There is a lot of consultation, a lot of unanimity, but not enough is being done on the ground,” says rail ambassador Wim van de Camp about the Dutch rail sector in his final report...Read more
Looking for a shift to rail? This initiative might be what you need
A new initiative is underway to incentivise shippers and freight forwarders to use more rail. Shift2030, an enterprise promoting the modal shift, launched the Time2Shift action, providing what possible rail customers need more: practical information.Read more
French rail freight industry to future president: ‘we need 10 billion, not 1’
Alliance 4F (Fret Ferroviaire Français du Futur), which brings together the French rail freight industry, has published a Charter of Commitment for the attention of the candidates in France’s forthcoming Presidential election. Instead of 1...Read more
More trailers on the rails in Sweden from next week
As of Monday 31 January, Sweden will have a new domestic service. TX Logistik AB, Swedish subsidiary of the German TX Logistik AG, has added a rail freight connection between Trelleborg and Eskilstuna, around 100...Read more
‘Austrian rail sector, be more attractive for potential staff’
The Austrian railway company ÖBB has sat around the table with the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), one of the largest nature and environmental protection organisations in the world, and they agreed about three...Read more
Can a study succeed and change rail freight forever?
FERRMED published a study on traffic and modal shift optimisation in the EU. The study presents very interesting proposals on how rail freight can meet the 30 per cent by 2030 modal share. Among them...Read more
‘Railways underexposed at climate summit’
Rail was too low on the agenda at the climate summit in Glasgow. “Let’s move people and not cars”, say the European Public Transport Association and international rail industry association UITP and UIC to the...Read more
A spark of rail freight at COP26 in Glasgow
A convincing speech advocating rail freight was held by CEO of Lineas Geert Pauwels at the climate summit in Glasgow this Thursday morning. “To achieve the climate targets, rail transport is an indispensable link.” Pauwels...Read more
DP World takes up door-to-door services: also rail is an option
Terminal operator DP World has set up its own digital freight booking portal, called Cargoes Logistics. With the service, it is offering door-to-door services which also include rail freight. It is yet another sign that...Read more
Is your transport flow eligible for a shift to rail?
Shippers that wonder if their transport could also be done by rail have just got a new way to find out. In MATCH 2 RAIL, they can upload their journey, and the tool will align...Read more
‘EU Year of Rail not extended, but one year definitely not enough’
The European Year of Rail will not be extended. This idea was proposed by Eu rail associations CER, EIM and UNIFE, considering the impact of the pandemic on the activities. However, there is already a...Read more
‘No Green Deal without investments in rail infrastructure’
Investment in rail infrastructure and the EU-added value this creates, are extremely important if the EU wants to achieve its objectives of decarbonisation, digitalisation, and increased competitiveness. This will be the core message of the...Read more
Modal shift now, rail freight industry tells UK government
The UK Government must support shifting freight from road to rail for a greener economic recovery, says the rail industry representative body Rail Delivery Group. On behalf of its freight operator members, it is calling...Read more